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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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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.Hōōk'-nōsed, a. p. 636Having a curvated or aquiline nose. Shak.Hōōk'y, a. p. 636Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.Hōōp, n. p. 636A pliant strip of wood or metal formed into a ring, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, &c., or for other similar purposes. 2. Something resembling a hoop; a ring; any thing circular.…Hōōp, v. t. p. 636To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon. 2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround. Shak.Hōōp, v. i. p. 636To utter a loud cry, or a particular sound by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.] 2. To cough, as in the hooping-cough; to whoop. See WHOOP.Hōōp, v. t. p. 636To drive or follow with a shout or outcry. Shak. 2. To call by a shout or hoop.Hōōp, n. p. 636A shout; also a shrill, gasping cough. 2. The hoopoe. See HOOPOE.Hōōp'er, n. p. 636One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper. 2. (Ornith.) A wild swan (Cygnus musicus), having a singularly convoluted windpipe, and uttering a note like hoop. It is found in Northern Europe.Hōōp'ing-cough, n. p. 636A cough in which the patient hoops, or whoops, with a deep inspiration of breath. [Written also whooping-cough.]Hōōp'ōe or Hōōp'ōō, n. p. 636(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), whose head is adorned with a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. It is found in Europe and Northern Africa.—Called also hoop.Hoop'-skĭrt, n. p. 636A frame-work of hoops for expanding the skirts of a lady's dress; —called also hoop-petticoat.Hōō'sier, n. p. 636A citizen of the State of Indiana. [U. S.]Hōot, v. i. p. 637To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden. 2. To cry as an owl. The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots. Shak.Hōōt, v. t. p. 637To utter contemptuous cries or shouts at; to follow with such noise or shouts. Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat. Swift.Hōot, n. p. 637A cry or shout in contempt. Glanville.Hōōve or Hōv'en, n. p. 637A disease in cattle consisting in the excessive inflation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food. Gardner.Hōo'ven or Hō'ven, a. p. 637Affected with the disease called hoove or hoven; as, hooven cattle.Hŏp, v. i. p. 637To move by successive leaps or sudden starts; to jump once or by successive hops, alighting on one foot; to skip, as birds do; to spring. The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping from…Hŏp, n. p. 637A leap on one leg; a leap; a jump; a spring. 2. An informal dance; also, any dance. [Colloq.]Hŏp, n. p. 637(Bot.) A plant of the genus Humulus (H. lupulus), having a long, twining stalk. The female flowers, or catkins, constitute the hops of commerce. Their scales and the fruit secrete an aromatic resin…