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Hums

British  
/ hʊms /

noun

  1. a variant of Homs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hums a low song about a bird with broken wings who learns to fly.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Hums out I should have been scared of him.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

The linden, in the fervors of July, Hums with a louder concert.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

"The news," says Dr. Jessup, "from 'scattered and peeled' Safeeta and from distracted Hums, is alike cheering, and indicative of progress in the right direction."

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus

A Protestant woman recently told me that she had let some of her rooms to a Mohammedan family from Hums.

From Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It by Zwemer, Samuel Marinus

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