"Humin" is a word in ENGLISH
A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted
from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on
certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin,
gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.
Read the complete definitionAny substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance …
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Read the complete definitionOne of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin.
Read the complete definitionA dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in …
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