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Webster 1913 Edition

(hŭmp)

Noun.

[Cf. D.

homp

a lump, LG.

hump

heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E.

heap

. Cf.

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

(Zool.)

A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale.

Noun.

[L.umbo.] The protuberance formed by a crooked back; as a camel with one hump,or two humps.