Meaning of Hummel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.
   Northern-England, Scotland, also, attributive
2. Hummel figurine
3. Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.).
   also, attributive

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Examples

“A pure Aberdeenshire heifer was served with a pure Teeswater bull, to whom she had a first-cross calf. The following season, the same cow was served with a pure Aberdeenshire bull; the produce⟳ was a cross calf, which at two years old had very long horns, the parents both hummel.”

“A little hillock gave me ample concealment and an excellent rest⟳ for my rifle; and there I reposed as hinds and little stags filed by. First came the wary old hind, looking sharply about her; then a little stag, indifferent to consequences; then more hinds and calves; and last⟳ of all the great hummel. As he landed on top of the brow, about fifty yards from me, he stopped to look⟳ around. I drew a bead on the junction of his neck and shoulder, pressed gently on the trigger; a bang—smack, followed, and the great hummel lay⟳ stretched upon the heather.”

“Hornless Stags are not unknown, especially in the German forests. By this expression is meant, not stags wich have⟳ once carried antlers and shed⟳ them, but stags which have⟳ never possessed any. In the Highlands they are termed hummel stags; […] Haviers, or stags which have⟳ been gelded when young, have⟳ no horns, as is well known, and in the early part of the stalking season, when seen through a glass, might be mistaken for hummels; but as the season advances, the necks of the latter swell, and (except in the matter⟳ of horns) they assume⟳ all the characteristics, both in appearance and behaviour, of ordinary stags, and are thus easily distinguished from haviers.”

“Regeneration in the animal kingdom always requires a wound stimulus. Regrowth of antlers is no exception, the wounded pedicle exposed by the casting of the previous set⟳ of antlers serving as a vital stimulus for renewal of antler growth. This was convincingly demonstrated in congenitally polled (‘hummel’) red deer, which lack antlers, have⟳ pedicles, and can be induced to form⟳ a set⟳ of antlers if the tips of the pedicles are amputated.”

“Contrary to popular sporting belief[…], it has also been postulated that the reason⟳ for the hummel’s lack of antlers is not genetic, but relates to poor nutrition in the early stage⟳ of life, and a consequent failure to grow⟳ pedicles[…].”

“The farmers ſervants who have⟳ families, and engage⟳ by the year, are called hinds, and receive⟳ 10 bolls oats, 2 bolls barley, and 1 boll peas, which two laſt articles are called hummel corn, […]”

“Hummel-corn, s[ubstantive] That kind of grain which wants a beard, as pease, beans, &c.”

“We have⟳ a stane o' meal a week, / An' five big bowes o' hummel corn; / Potatoes, coals, lint, a'thing free, / A soo, an' hens—a gude coo's grass— / There's little, to be sure, for tea, / But mony honest folk hae less.”

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