Homophone Hom"o·phone noun [ Confer French homophone . See Homophonous .] 1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.

2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl ; bare and bear ; rite , write , right , and wright .

Homophonic, Homophonous Ho`mo·phon"ic, Ho·moph"o·nous adjective [ Greek ...; ... the same + ... sound, tone: confer French homophone .] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.

2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey .

Homophony Ho·moph"o·ny noun [ Greek ...: confer French homophonie .] 1. Sameness of sound.

2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony . See Homophonous .

Homophylic Ho`mo·phyl"ic adjective (Biol.) Relating to homophily.

Homophyly Ho·moph"y·ly noun [ Homo- + Greek ... a clan.] (Biol.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy , to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel.

Homoplasmy Ho"mo·plas`my noun [ Homo- + Greek ... anything formed, from ... to form, mold.] (Biol.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.

Homoplast Hom"o·plast noun (Biol.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoörgan .

Homoplastic Ho`mo·plas"tic adjective [ Homo- + plastic .] Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplastic organs; homoplastic forms.

Homoplasty Ho"mo·plas`ty noun [ Homo- + plasty .] (Biol.) The formation of homologous tissues.

Homoplasy Ho·mop"la·sy noun [ Homo- + Greek ... to form, mold.] (Biol.) See Homogeny .

Homopolic Ho`mo·pol"ic adjective [ Homo- + pole .] (Biol.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles . See Promorphology .

Homopter Ho·mop"ter noun (Zoology) One of the Homoptera.

Homoptera Ho·mop"te·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... the same, like + ... wing.] (Zoology) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera .

Homopteran Ho·mop"ter·an noun (Zoology) An homopter.

Homopterous Ho·mop"ter·ous adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.

Homostyled Ho"mo·styled adjective [ Homo- + style .] (Botany) Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants. Darwin.

Homosystemic Ho`mo·sys·tem"ic adjective [ Homo- + systemic .] (Biol.) Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.

Homotaxia Ho`mo·tax"i·a noun [ New Latin ] Same as Homotaxis .

Homotaxial, Homotaxic Ho`mo·tax"i·al, Ho`mo·tax"ic adjective (Biol.) Relating to homotaxis.

Homotaxis Ho`mo·tax"is noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... the same + ... arrangement.] (Biol.) Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy .

Homotaxy Ho"mo·tax`y noun Same as Homotaxis .

Homothermic, Homothermous Ho`mo·ther"mic, Ho`mo·ther"mous adjective [ Homo- + Greek ... heat.] (Physiol.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; hæmatothermal.

Homotonous Ho·mot"o·nous adjective [ Latin homotonus , Greek ...; ... the same + ... tone.] Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

Homotropal, Homotropous Ho·mot"ro·pal, Ho·mot"ro·pous adjective [ Greek ...; ... the same + ... turn, from ... to turn: confer French homotrope .] 1. Turned in the same direction with something else.

2. (Botany) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.

Homotypal Ho"mo·ty`pal adjective (Biol.) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.

Homotype Hom"o·type noun [ Homo- + - type .] (Biol.) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc. Owen.

Homotypic, Homotypical Ho`mo·typ"ic, Ho`mo·typ"ic·al adjective (Biol.) Same as Homotypal .

Homotypy Ho"mo·ty`py noun [ See Homotype .] (Biol.) A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology . See Homotype .

Homoörgan Ho`mo·ör"gan [ Homo- + organ .] Same as Homoplast .

Homunculus Ho·mun"cu·lus noun ; plural Homunculi . [ Latin , dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.

Hond Hond noun Hand. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hone Hone intransitive verb [ Etymology uncertain. √37.] To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

Hone Hone noun [ Confer Icelandic hūn a knob.] A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Hone Hone noun [ Anglo-Saxon hān ; akin to Icelandic hein , OSw. hen ; confer Sanskrit çāna , also çō , çi , to sharpen, and English cone . √38, 228.] A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser.

Hone slate See Polishing slate . - - Hone stone , one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite .

Hone Hone transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Honed (hōnd); p]. pr. & verbal noun Honing .] To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

Hone Hone intransitive verb [ Confer French honger to grumble.] To grumble; pine; lament; long. [ Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S.]

Honest Hon"est adjective [ Middle English honest , onest , Old French honeste , oneste , French honnête , Latin honestus , from honos , honor , honor. See Honor .] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer.

Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!

Shak.

2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight...forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Pope.

An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health.

Sir W. Temple.

Look ye out among you seven men of honest report.

Acts vi. 3.

Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Rom. xii. 17.

3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.

Shak.

Syn. -- Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.

Honest Hon"est transitive verb [ Latin honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: confer French honester . See Honest , adjective ] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [ Obsolete] Abp. Sandys.

Honestation Hon`es·ta"tion noun The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [ Obsolete] W. Montagu.

Honestetee Ho·nes"te·tee noun Honesty; honorableness. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Honestly Hon"est·ly adverb 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly ; to speak honestly . Shak.

To come honestly by . (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit ; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.

Honesty Hon"es·ty noun [ Middle English honeste , oneste , honor, Old French honesté , onesté (cf. French honnêteté ), Latin honestas . See Honest , adjective ] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.

Shak.

2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.

That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty .

1 Tim. ii. 2.

3. Chastity; modesty. Chaucer.

To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.

Shak.

4. (Botany) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort . Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Latin rediva is perennial honesty.

Syn. -- Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain- dealing; veracity; sincerity.

Honewort Hone"wort` noun (Botany) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison ( S. Amomum ); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone .

Honey Hon"ey noun [ Middle English honi , huni , Anglo-Saxon hunig ; akin to Old Saxon honeg , D. & German honig , Old High German honag , honang , Icelandic hunang , Swedish håning , Danish honning , confer Greek ... dust, Sanskrit kaa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.

The honey of his language.

Shak.

3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. Chaucer.

Honey , you shall be well desired in Cyprus.

Shak.

» Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honey dew or honey dew; honey guide or honey guide; honey locust or honey - locust.

Honey ant (Zoology) , a small ant ( Myrmecocystus melliger ), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. -- Honey badger (Zoology) , the ratel. -- Honey bear . (Zoology) See Kinkajou . -- Honey buzzard (Zoology) , a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis . The European species is P. apivorus ; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha . They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees. Called also bee hawk , bee kite . -- Honey creeper (Zoology) , one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Cœrebidæ , abundant in Central and South America. -- Honey eater (Zoology) , one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ , abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker . -- Honey flower (Botany) , an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus , a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. -- Honey guide (Zoology) , one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ , inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird , and indicator . -- Honey harvest , the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden. -- Honey kite . (Zoology) See Honey buzzard (above). -- Honey locust (Botany) , a North American tree ( Gleditschia triacanthos ), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. -- Honey month . Same as Honeymoon . -- Honey weasel (Zoology) , the ratel.

Honey Hon"ey intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Honeyed ; present participle & verbal noun Honeying .] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. " Honeying and making love." Shak.

Rough to common men,
But honey at the whisper of a lord.

Tennyson.

Honey Hon"ey transitive verb To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.

Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech?

Marston.

Honey-bag Hon"ey-bag` noun (Zoology) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew.

Honey-mouthed Hon"ey-mouthed` adjective Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

Honey-sweet Hon"ey-sweet` adjective Sweet as honey. Chaucer.

Honey-tongued Hon"ey-tongued` adjective Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

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