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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hŏn'ey, n. p. 635A sweet, thick fluid, collected by bees from the flowers of plants, and deposited in cells of the comb in hives. When pure, it is of a yellowish white color, sweet to the taste, of an agreeable odor…Hŏn'ey, v. i. p. 635To be gentle or agreeable; to talk fondly; to use endearments; hence also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to practise servile flattery; to fawn. “Honeying and making love.”…Hŏn'ey, v. t. p. 635To make agreeable or luscious; to sweeten. “Honeyed lines of rhyme.” Byron.Hŏn'ey-băg, n. p. 635The receptacle for honey in a honey-bee. Grew.Hôn'ey-bee, n. p. 635The common bee which makes honey. See BEE.Hŏn'ey-bŭz'ard, n. p. 635(Ornith.) A species of kite (Pernis apivorus) common in Europe; — so called from its habit of breaking into the nests of bees and wasps to obtain the larvæ.Hŏn'ey-cōmb, n. p. 635A mass of hexagonal, waxy cells, formed by bees, and used by them as repositories for their honey and their eggs. 2. Any substance, as a casting of iron, &c., perforated with cells like those of a…Hŏn'ey-cōmbed, a. p. 635Formed or perforated like a honey-comb. Each bastion was honey-combed with casements. Motley.Hōn'ey-dew, n. p. 635A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one secreted from the plants, and the other…Hŏn'eyed, a. p. 635Covered with honey. 2. Sweet; as, honeyed words. Milton.Hŏn'ey-flōw'er, n. p. 635(Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers attract bees. Loudon.Hŏn'ey-gnăt, n. p. 635An insect. Ainsworth.Hŏn'ey-guīde, n. p. 635(Ornith.) A bird allied to the cuckoo (Indicator albirostris, and other species), which, by its motions and cries, conducts persons to hives of wild honey. It is found in Africa.Hŏn'ey-hăr'vest, n. p. 635Honey collected. Dryden.Hôn'ey-less, a. p. 635Destitute of honey. Shak.Hŏn'ey-lō'cust, n. p. 635(Bot.) A North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthus), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds.Hŏn'ey-mŏnth or Hŏn'ey-mōōn, n. p. 635The first month after marriage. Addison.Hŏn'ey-mou'thed, a. p. 635Soft or smooth in speech; persuasive. Shak.Hŏn'ey-stalk, n. p. 635Clover-flower. Mason.Hŏn'ey-stōne, n. p. 635See MELLITE.Hon'ey-sŭck/le, n. p. 635(Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. The Lonicera periclymenum bears yellow fragrant flowers and red berries: it is found in…Hŏn'ey-sŭck/led, a. p. 635Covered with honeysuckles.Hŏn'ey-sweet, a. p. 635Sweet as honey. Chaucer.Hôn'ey-tôngued, a. p. 635Using soft or sweet speech. Shak.Hôn'ey-wort, n. p. 635(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees. Loudon.Hŏng, n. p. 635A large factory or mercantile house in Canton, where each nation has a separate department, likewise called hong. Hong merchant, a Chinese who is authorized to trade with these hongs. Buchanan.Hŏn'ied, a. p. 635See HONEYED.Hŏn'or, n. p. 635Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; consideration;—when said of the Supreme Being, reverence; veneration. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Matt. xiii. 57. 2. That…Hŏn'or, v. t. p. 635To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when said respecting the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship. Honor thy father and…Hŏn'or-a-ble, a. p. 636Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. He was more honorable than all the house of his father. Gen. xxxiv. 19. To advance Your name and honorable family. Shak. 2.…Hŏn'or-a-ble-ness, n. p. 636The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness.Hŏn'or-a-bly, adv. p. 636In a manner conferring, or consistent with, honor. Why did I not more honorably starve? Dryden. Syn.— Magnanimously; generously; nobly; worthily; justly; equitably; fairly; reputably.Hŏn'or-ā'ri-ŭm or Hŏn'or-a-ry, n. p. 636The recompense offered to professors in universities, and to medical or other professional gentlemen, for their services; a fee. [Europe.]Hŏn'or-a-ry, a. p. 636Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor; as, an honorary degree; an honorary crown. 2. Possessing a title or place without performing services or receiving a reward; as, an honorary…Hōn'or-er, n. p. 636One who honors.Hŏn'or-less, a. p. 636Destitute of honor; not honored. Warburton.Hōōd p. 636A termination denoting state or fixedness, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written according to the German form, head, as…Hōōd, n. p. 636That which covers the head and shoulders; especially, (a.) A soft covering for the head worn by women. (b.) A part of a monk’s outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. “All hoods make…Hōod, v. t. p. 636To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage. The cobbler aproned, and the parson gowned, The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. Pope. 2. To cover; to hide; to blind.…Hōod'-cāp, n. p. 636(Zoöl.) A kind of seal (the Stemmatopus cristatus), having a piece of loose skin, like a hood, over its head, which the animal inflates when menaced. Cuvier.Hŏŏd'ed, a. p. 636Hood-shaped; especially, (Bot.) rolled up like a cornet of paper; cucullate, as the spathe of Indian turnip. Gray.Hŏod'less, a. p. 636Having no hood.Hŏod'man-blīnd, n. p. 636A play in which a person blinded is to catch another, and tell his name; blind-man's-buff. Shak.Hŏod'-mōld'ing p. 636Hōod'-mōuld'ing, n. p. 636(Arch.) A projecting molding, as over the head of an arch;— called also drip-stone. Oxf. Gloss.Hōod'wĭnk, v. t. p. 636To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak. 2. To cover; to hide. For the prize I'll bring thee to Shall hoodwink this mischance. Shak. 3. To deceive by external appearances…Hōof, n. p. 636The horny substance that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, sheep, goats, deer, &c. On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson. 2. An animal; a beast; hence…Hōof, v. i. p. 636To walk as cattle. [Rare.] William Scott.Hōof'-bound, a. p. 636(Far.) Having a dryness and contraction of the hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.Hōofed, a. p. 636Furnished with hoofs. Of all the hoofed quadrupeds the horse is the most beautiful. Grew.Hōof'less, a. p. 636Destitute of hoofs.Hōok, n. p. 636A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve for catching, holding, and sustaining any thing; as, a hook for catching fish; a tenter-hook; a chimney-hook; a pot-hook, &c. 2.…Hōōk, v. t. p. 636To catch or fasten with a hook; to seize or draw as with a hook; as, to hook a trout; to be hooked by an ox. 2. To draw or obtain by artifice; to entrap; to insnare. “Her I can hook to me.” Shak.…Hōōk, v. i. p. 636To bend; to be curved.Hōōk'ah, n. p. 636A pipe, so arranged that the smoke is made to pass through water for the sake of cooling it.Hooked, a. p. 636Having the form of a hook; curvated. The bill is strong, short, and very much hooked. Pennant. 2. Provided with a hook or hooks. The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood. Milton.Hōōk'ed-ness, n. p. 636A state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.Hōōk'er, n. p. 636One who, or that which, hooks. 2. (Naut.) A small vessel or smack, used in the Netherlands and on the Irish coast. [Written also howker.] Simmonds.Hōōk'ey, n. p. 636See HOCKEY.Hōōk'-mō'tion, n. p. 636(Steam-eng.) A valve-gear which is reversed by V-hooks.