Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager,
"Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
- chain n. Line of people formed for passing things along, as a protest, etc.
- nature n. General characteristics and feelings of mankind.
- rights n.pl. Rights held to be common to all.
- shield n. Person(s) placed in the line of fire in order to discourage attack.
- —adj. - of or belonging to the species homo sapiens.
- consisting of human beings (the human race).
- of or characteristic of humankind, esp. As being weak, fallible, etc. (is only human).
- showing warmth, sympathy, etc. (is very human). —n. Human being. [latin humanus]
HUMID
adj. (of the air or climate) warm and damp. [latin humidus]
HUMOR
(brit. Humour) —n. - a quality of being amusing or comic. B the expression of humour in literature, speech, etc.
- (in full sense of humour) ability to perceive or express humour.
- state of mind; inclination (bad humour).
- (in full cardinal humour) hist. Each of the four fluids (blood, phlegm, choler, melancholy), thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities. —v. Gratify or indulge (a person or taste etc.). out of humour displeased. humourless adj. [latin humor moisture]
HUMPH
int. & n. Inarticulate sound of doubt or dissatisfaction. [imitative]
HUMUS
n. Organic constituent of soil formed by the decomposition of vegetation. [latin, = soil]
HUNCH
—v. Bend or arch into a hump. —n. - intuitive feeling or idea.
- hump. [origin unknown]
HURRY
—n. - great or eager haste.
- (with neg. Or interrog.) Need for haste (there is no hurry; what's the hurry?). —v. (-ies, -ied) 1 move or act hastily.
- cause to hurry.
HUSKY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 (of a person or voice) dry in the throat; hoarse.
- of or full of husks.
- dry as a husk.
- tough, strong, hefty. huskily adv. Huskiness n.
- n. (pl. -ies) dog of a powerful breed used in the arctic for pulling sledges. [perhaps from corruption of *eskimo]
HUSSY
n. (pl. -ies) derog. Impudent or promiscuous girl or woman. [contraction of *housewife]
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