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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upland \Up"land\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as upland inhabitants; upland pasturage. Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite. --Milton. 2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] `` The race of upland giants.'' --Chapman. {Upland moccasin}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Moccasin}. {Upland sandpiper}, or {Upland plover} (Zo["o]l.), a large American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also {Bartramian sandpiper}, {Bartram's tattler}, {field plover}, {grass plover}, {highland plover}, {hillbird}, {humility}, {prairie plover}, {prairie pigeon}, {prairie snipe}, {papabote}, {quaily}, and {uplander}. {Upland sumach} (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus Rhus ({Rhus glabra}), used in tanning and dyeing. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Humility \Hu*mil"i*ty\, n.; pl {Humilities}. [OE. humilite, OF humilit['e], humelit['e], F. humilit['e], fr L. humiliatis See {Humble}.] 1. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. --Acts xx 19. 2. An act of submission or courtesy. With these humilities they satisfied the young king. --Sir J. Davies. Syn: Lowliness; humbleness; meekness; modesty; diffidence. Usage: {Humility}, {Modesty}, {Diffidence}. Diffidence is a distrust of our powers, combined with a fear lest our failure should be censured, since a dread of failure unconnected with a dread of censure is not usually called diffidence. It may be carried too far and is not always like modesty and humility, a virtue. Modesty, without supposing self-distrust, implies an unwillingness to put ourselves forward, and an absence of all over-confidence in our own powers. Humility consists in rating our claims low in being willing to waive our rights, and take a lower place than might be our due. It does not require of us to underrate ourselves From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: humility n 1: a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue" [syn: {humbleness}] [ant: {pride}] 2: a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" [syn: {humbleness}] [ant: {pride}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Humility a prominent Christian grace (Rom. 12:3; 15:17, 18; 1 Cor. 3:5-7; 2 Cor. 3:5; Phil. 4:11-13). It is a state of mind well pleasing to God (1 Pet. 3:4); it preserves the soul in tranquillity (Ps. 69:32, 33), and makes us patient under trials (Job 1:22). Christ has set us an example of humility (Phil. 2:6-8). We should be led thereto by a remembrance of our sins (Lam. 3:39), and by the thought that it is the way to honour (Prov. 16:18), and that the greatest promises are made to the humble (Ps. 147:6; Isa. 57:15; 66:2; 1 Pet. 5:5). It is a "great paradox in Christianity that it makes humility the avenue to glory."
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