discover the hog, but it is considered his by right of resemblance.

HOMOEOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.



HOMOEOPATHY, n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and

Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly



inferior, for Christian Science will cure imaginary diseases, and they

can not.



HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are

four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and



praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain

whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for



advantage of the lawyers.

HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual



needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.

So skilled the parson was in homiletics



That all his normal purges and emetics

To medicine the spirit were compounded



With a most just discrimination founded

Upon a rigorous examination



Of tongue and pulse and heart and respiration.

Then, having diagnosed each one's condition,



His scriptural specifics this physician

Administered -- his pills so efficacious



And pukes of disposition so vivacious

That souls afflicted with ten kinds of Adam



Were convalescent ere they knew they had 'em.

But Slander's tongue -- itself all coated -- uttered



Her bilious mind and scandalously muttered

That in the case of patients having money



The pills were sugar and the pukes were honey.

_Biography of Bishop Potter_



HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In

legislative bodies it is customary to mention all members as



honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur."

HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one.



Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left --

Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft;



When even his dog deserts him, and his goat

With tranquil disaffection chews his coat



While yet it hangs upon his back; then thou,

The star far-flaming on thine angel brow,



Descendest, radiant, from the skies to hint

The promise of a clerkship in the Mint.



Fogarty Weffing

HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain



persons who are not in need of food and lodging.

HOSTILITY, n. A peculiarly sharp and speciallyapplied sense of the



earth's overpopulation. Hostility is classified as active and

passive; as (respectively) the feeling of a woman for her female



friends, and that which she entertains for all the rest of her sex.

HOURI, n. A comelyfemale inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make



things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence

marks a noble discontent with his earthlyspouse, whom he denies a



soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient

esteem.



HOUSE, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat,

mouse, beelte, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe.



_House of Correction_, a place of reward for political and personal

service, and for the detention of offenders and appropriations.



_House of God_, a building with a steeple and a mortgage on it.

_House-dog_, a pestilent beast kept on domestic premises to insult



persons passing by and appal the hardy visitor. _House-maid_, a

youngerly person of the opposing sex employed to be variously



disagreeable and ingeniously unclean in the station in which it has

pleased God to place her.



HOUSELESS, adj. Having paid all taxes on household goods.

HOVEL, n. The fruit of a flower called the Palace.

• desperate [´despərit] a.拼死的；绝望的 (初中英语单词)


• impose [im´pəuz] v.课税；强加；利用 (初中英语单词)


• scheme [ski:m] n.计划；阴谋，诡计 (初中英语单词)


• monarch [´mɔnək] n.君主；(大)王 (初中英语单词)


• belief [bi´li:f] n.相信；信仰，信条 (初中英语单词)


• stomach [´stʌmək] n.胃；胃口，食欲 (初中英语单词)


• chemical [´kemikəl] a.化学的 n.化学制品 (初中英语单词)


• sandwich [´sænwidʒ, ´sændwitʃ] n.三明治，夹心面包片 (初中英语单词)


• marvelous [´mɑ:viləs] (=marvellous) a.奇异的 (初中英语单词)


• essential [i´senʃəl] a.必需的 n.要素，要点 (初中英语单词)


• spiritual [´spiritʃuəl] a.精神(上)的；神圣的 (初中英语单词)


• illustration [,ilə´streiʃən] n.插图，图解，例证 (初中英语单词)


• consult [kən´sʌlt] v.商量；磋商；请教 (初中英语单词)


• california [,kæli´fɔ:njə] n.加利福尼亚 (初中英语单词)


• discussion [di´skʌʃən] n.讨论；辩论 (初中英语单词)


• running [´rʌniŋ] a.奔跑的；流动的 (初中英语单词)


• wicked [´wikid] a.邪恶的；不道德的 (初中英语单词)


• priest [pri:st] n.教士；牧师；神父 (初中英语单词)


• domestic [də´mestik] a.家庭的；本国的 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• supposed [sə´pəuzd] a.想象的；假定的 (初中英语单词)


• bishop [´biʃəp] n.主教 (初中英语单词)


• compound [kəm´paund] n.&a.混合(的) v.合成 (初中英语单词)


• actually [´æktʃuəli] ad.事实上；实际上 (初中英语单词)


• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• mostly [´məustli] ad.主要地；多半；通常 (初中英语单词)


• remarkable [ri´mɑ:kəbl] a.值得注意的；显著的 (初中英语单词)


• appetite [´æpitait] n.欲望；食欲 (初中英语单词)


• illustrate [´iləstreit] vt.加插图；举例说明 (初中英语单词)


• chiefly [´tʃi:fli] ad.主要地；尤其 (初中英语单词)


• chorus [´kɔ:rəs] n.合唱；齐声 v.合唱 (初中英语单词)


• scientific [,saiən´tifik] a.科学(上)的 (初中英语单词)


• medical [´medikəl] a.医学的；医疗的 (初中英语单词)


• normal [´nɔ:məl] a.正规的 n.正常状态 (初中英语单词)


• disposition [,dispə´ziʃən] n.安排；性情；倾向 (初中英语单词)


• virtue [´və:tʃu:] n.美德；贞操；长处 (初中英语单词)


• female [´fi:meil] a.女(性)的 n.女人 (初中英语单词)


• paradise [´pærədais] n.天堂；乐园 (初中英语单词)


• mosquito [məs´ki:təu] n.蚊子 (初中英语单词)


• reward [ri´wɔ:d] n.&v.报答；报酬；奖赏 (初中英语单词)


• visitor [´vizitə] n.访问者；来宾；参观者 (初中英语单词)


• cheerfully [´tʃiəfuli] ad.高兴地，愉快地 (高中英语单词)


• sullen [´sʌlən] a.不高兴的 (高中英语单词)


• grimly [´grimli] ad.严厉地；坚强地 (高中英语单词)


• generosity [,dʒenə´rɔsiti] n.慷慨；慷慨的行为 (高中英语单词)


• straightway [´streitwei] ad.立刻 (高中英语单词)


• automatic [,ɔ:tə´mætik] a.自动的 n.自动装置 (高中英语单词)


• muscular [´mʌskjulə] a.肌肉的；强有力的 (高中英语单词)


• successive [sək´sesiv] a.相继的；接连的 (高中英语单词)


• quaint [kweint] a.离奇的；奇妙的 (高中英语单词)


• patiently [´peiʃəntli] ad.有耐心地；坚韧地 (高中英语单词)


• motion [´məuʃən] n.手势 vt.打手势 (高中英语单词)


• philosopher [fi´lɔsəfə] n.哲学家；思想家；哲人 (高中英语单词)


• nostril [´nɔstril] n.鼻孔 (高中英语单词)


• distinguished [di´stiŋgwiʃt] a.卓越的，著名的 (高中英语单词)


• naught [nɔ:t] n.无；零 (高中英语单词)


• singular [´siŋgjulə] a.单一的；非凡的 (高中英语单词)


• originally [ə´ridʒənəli] ad.本来；独创地 (高中英语单词)


• significance [sig´nifikəns] n.意义；重要性 (高中英语单词)


• eminent [´eminənt] a.卓越的；杰出的 (高中英语单词)


• founder [´faundə] n.奠基者 v.陷落 (高中英语单词)


• delicacy [´delikəsi] n.精美；娇弱，微妙 (高中英语单词)


• melody [´melədi] n.悦耳的音调；乐曲 (高中英语单词)


• imaginary [i´mædʒinəri] a.想象的；虚构的 (高中英语单词)


• classification [,klæsifi´keiʃən] n.分类(法)；等级 (高中英语单词)


• skilled [skild] a.有技能的，熟练的 (高中英语单词)


• parson [´pɑ:sən] n.教区牧师 (高中英语单词)


• customary [´kʌstəməri] a.通常的；惯例的 (高中英语单词)


• expectation [,ekspek´teiʃən] n.期待(望)；预期 (高中英语单词)


• radiant [´reidiənt] a.发光的 n.光源(体) (高中英语单词)


• specially [´speʃəli] ad.专门地；特别地 (高中英语单词)


• hostility [hɔ´stiliti] n.敌意 战斗(争) (高中英语单词)


• discontent [´diskən´tent] n.&a.不满(平)(的) (高中英语单词)


• earthly [´ə:θli] a.地球的；世俗的 (高中英语单词)


• mortgage [´mɔ:gidʒ] a.&vt.抵押 (高中英语单词)


• censure [´senʃə] vt.&n.责备；非难 (英语四级单词)


• convincing [kən´vinsiŋ] a.有说服力的；有力的 (英语四级单词)


• treatise [´tri:tiz, -tis] n.(专题)论文 (英语四级单词)


• retirement [ri´taiəmənt] n.退休；撤退；幽静处 (英语四级单词)


• midway [,mid´wei] n.中途 ad.&a.中途(的) (英语四级单词)


• peculiarly [pi´kju:liəli] ad.特有地；古怪地 (英语四级单词)


• comely [´kʌmli] a.秀丽的；文雅的 (英语四级单词)


• cheery [´tʃiəri] a.愉快的；活泼的 (英语四级单词)


• edifice [´edifis] n.大厦；(知识的)体系 (英语四级单词)


• habitation [,hæbi´teiʃən] n.居住；住所 (英语四级单词)


• steeple [´sti:pəl] n.(礼拜堂等的)尖塔 (英语四级单词)


• spokesman [´spəuksmən] n.发言人 (英语六级单词)


• identity [ai´dentiti] n.身份；同一性；一致 (英语六级单词)


• speaking [´spi:kiŋ] n.说话 a.发言的 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• mechanically [mi´kænikəli] ad.机械地；无意识地 (英语六级单词)


• discrimination [di,skrimi´neiʃən] n.区别，歧视 (英语六级单词)


• impediment [im´pedimənt] n.妨碍，阻碍物；口吃 (英语六级单词)


• destitute [´destitju:t] a.贫穷的；缺乏…的 (英语六级单词)


• tranquil [´træŋkwil] a.平静的，稳定的 (英语六级单词)


• applied [ə´plaid] a.实用的，应用的 (英语六级单词)


• spouse [spauz] n.配偶 (英语六级单词)


• unclean [ʌn´kli:n] a.不清洁的；讨厌的 (英语六级单词)