hummel /ˈhʌm(ə)l/noun 2verb 2forms 5 noun[before a noun]2 •(Scotland, Northern-England) A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns. •Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.).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, […] — 1792 verb2 •Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll. •To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns.The Japanese hummel their rice in a mortar made of a section of a large tree hollowed out. — 1875 formshummeled · hummelled · hummeling · hummelling · hummels
