Honeybee Hon"ey·bee` noun (Zoology) Any bee of the genus Apis , which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ( Apis mellifica ), the Italian bee ( A. ligustica ), and the Arabiab bee ( A. fasciata ). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced.

Honeyberry Hon"ey·ber`ry noun ; plural - berries . The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry ( Celtis australis ). (b) In the West Indies, the genip ( Melicocca bijuga ).

Honeybird Hon"ey·bird` noun (Zoology) The honey guide.

Honeycomb Hon"ey·comb` noun [ Anglo-Saxon hunigcamb . See Honey , and 1st Comb .] 1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.

Honeycomb moth (Zoology) , the wax moth. -- Honeycomb stomach . (Anat.) See Reticulum .

Honeycombed Hon"ey·combed` adjective Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.

Each bastion was honeycombed with casements.

Motley.

Honeydew Hon"ey·dew` noun 1. A 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 exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.

2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.

Honeyed Hon"eyed adjective 1. Covered with honey.

2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton.

Honeyless Hon"ey·less adjective Destitute of honey. Shak.

Honeymoon Hon"ey·moon` noun The first month after marriage. Addison.

Honeystone Hon"ey·stone` noun See Mellite .

Honeysucker Hon"ey·suck`er noun (Zoology) See Honey eater , under Honey .

Honeysuckle Hon"ey·suc`kle noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon hunis...ge privet. See Honey , and Suck .] (Botany) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.

» The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera ; as, Latin Caprifolium , and Latin Japonica , the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; Latin Periclymenum , the fragrant woodbine of England; Latin grata , the American woodbine, and Latin sempervirens , the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is Latin Xylosteum ; the American, Latin ciliata . The American Pinxter flower ( Azalea nudiflora ) is often called honeysuckle , or false honeysuckle . The name Australian honeysuckle is applied to one or more trees of the genus Banksia . See French honeysuckle , under French .

Honeysuckled Hon"ey·suc`kled adjective Covered with honeysuckles.

Honeyware Hon"ey·ware` noun (Botany) See Badderlocks .

Honeywort Hon"ey·wort` noun (Botany) A European plant of the genus Cerinthe , whose flowers are very attractive to bees. Loudon.

Hong Hong noun [ Chinese hang , Canton dialect hong , a mercantile house, factory.] A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage.

Hong merchant , one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.

Hong Hong transitive verb & i. To hang. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Honied Hon"ied adjective See Honeyed .

Honiton lace Hon"i·ton lace` A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton , England.

Honk Honk noun [ Of imitative origin.] (Zoology) The cry of a wild goose. -- Honk"ing , noun

Honor Hon"or noun [ Middle English honor , honour , onour , onur , Old French honor , onor , honur , onur , honour , onour , F. honneur , from Latin honor , honos .] [ Written also honour .] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

A prophet is not without honor , save in his own country.

Matt. xiii. 57.

2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.

If she have forgot
Honor and virtue.

Shak.

Godlike erect, with native honor clad.

Milton.

3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.

Say, what is honor ? 'T is the finest sense
Of justice which the human mind can frame,
Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim,
And guard the way of life from all offense
Suffered or done.

Wordsworth.

I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more.

Lovelace.

4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. "Restored me to my honors ." Shak.

I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor .

1 Kings iii. 13.

Thou art clothed with honor and majesty.

Ps. civ. 1.

5. Fame; reputation; credit.

Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation.

Bacon.

If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world.

Rogers.

6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors ; civil honors . "Their funeral honors ." Dryden.

7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.

8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable .

9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. Cowell.

10. plural Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.

11. plural (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors . R. A. Proctor.

Affair of honor , a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself. -- Court of honor , a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. -- Debt of honor , a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law. -- Honor bright! An assurance of truth or fidelity. [ Colloq.] -- Honor court (Feudal Law) , one held in an honor or seignory. -- Honor point . (Her.) See Escutcheon . -- Honors of war (Mil.) , distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying. -- Law, or Code , of honor , certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. Paley. -- Maid of honor , a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public. -- On one's honor , on the pledge of one's honor; as, the members of the House of Lords in Great Britain, are not under oath, but give their statements or verdicts on their honor . -- Point of honor , a scruple or nice distinction in matters affecting one's honor; as, he raised a point of honor . -- To do the honors , to bestow honor, as on a guest; to act as host or hostess at an entertainment. "To do the honors and to give the word." Pope. -- To do one honor , to confer distinction upon one. -- To have the honor , to have the privilege or distinction. -- Word of honor , an engagement confirmed by a pledge of honor.

Honor Hon"or transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Honored ; present participle & verbal noun Honoring .] [ Middle English honouren , onouren , Old French honorer , honourer , French honorer , from Latin honorare , from honor , noun ] 1. To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.

Honor thy father and thy mother.

Ex. xx. 12.

That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.

John v. 23.

It is a custom
More honor'd in the breach than the observance.

Shak.

2. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.

Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor .

Esther vi. 9.

The name of Cassius honors this corruption.

Shak.

3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honor a bill of exchange.

Honorable Hon"or·a·ble adjective [ French honorable , Latin honorabilis .] 1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

Thy name and honorable family.

Shak.

2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.

Is this proceeding just and honorable ?

Shak.

4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.

Honorable wounds from battle brought.

Dryden.

5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.

Marriage is honorable in all.

Hebrew xiii. 4.

6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.

7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.

Let her descend: my chambers are honorable .

Shak.

8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

» Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate, mayors.

Right honorable . See under Right .

Honorableness Hon"or·a·ble·ness noun 1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.

2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.

Honorably Hon"or·a·bly adverb 1. In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor.

The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him.

Shak.

Why did I not more honorably starve?

Dryden.

2. Decently; becomingly. [ Obsolete] "Do this message honorably ." Shak.

Syn. -- Magnanimously; generously; nobly; worthily; justly; equitably; fairly; reputably.

Honorarium, Honorary Hon`o·ra"ri·um, Hon"or·a·ry noun [ Latin honorarium (sc. donum ), from honorarius . See Honorary , adjective ] 1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.

2. (Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. Heumann.

Honorary Hon"or·a·ry adjective [ Latin honorarius , from honor honor: confer French honoraire .] 1. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay.

2. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. " Honorary arches." Addison.

3. Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.

Honorer Hon"or·er noun One who honors.

Honorific Hon`or·if"ic adjective [ See Honor , -fy , and -ic .] Conferring honor; tending to honor. London Spectator.

Honorless Hon"or·less adjective Destitute of honor; not honored. Bp. Warburton.

Hont Hont (hŏnt) noun & v. See under Hunt . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Honvéd Hon"véd noun [ Hung. honvēd ; hon home + vēd defense.] 1. The Hungarian army in the revolutionary war of 1848-49.

2. = Honvédség .

Honvédség Hon"véd·ség` noun [ Hung. honvēdsēg ; honvēd + sēg , an abstract or collective suffix.] (Hungary) See Army organization , above.

Hoo Hoo interj. 1. See Ho . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

2. Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy. Shak.

Hood Hood noun [ Middle English hood , hod , Anglo-Saxon hōd ; akin to Dutch hoed hat, German hut , Old High German huot , also to English hat , and probably to English heed . √13.] 1. State; condition. [ Obsolete]

How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood?

Spenser.

2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment ; especially: (a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed. (b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. "All hoods make not monks." Shak. (c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure. (d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood . (e) A covering for a horse's head. (f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon .

3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use ; as: (a) The top or head of a carriage. (b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind. (c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue. (d) The top of a pump. (e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar. (f) (Botany) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet . Gray. (g) (Nautical) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.

4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

Hood Hood transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hooded ; present participle & verbal noun Hooding .] 1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.

The friar hooded , and the monarch crowned.

Pope.

2. To cover; to hide; to blind.

While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen."

Shak.

Hooding end (Shipbuilding) , the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.

Hood molding, Hood moulding Hood" mold`ing, Hood" mould`ing (Architecture) A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold .

Hoodcap Hood"cap` noun See Hooded seal , under Hooded .

Hooded Hood"ed adjective 1. Covered with a hood.

2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.

3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Botany) , rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.

4. (Zoology) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.

Hooded crow , a European crow (Corvus cornix) ; -- called also hoody , dun crow , and royston crow . -- Hooded gull , the European black-headed pewit or gull. -- Hooded merganser . See Merganser . -- Hooded seal , a large North Atlantic seal ( Cystophora cristata ). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap . -- Hooded sheldrake , the hooded merganser. See Merganser . -- Hooded snake . See Cobra de capello , Asp , Haje , etc. -- Hooded warbler , a small American warbler ( Sylvania mitrata ).

Hoodless Hood"less adjective Having no hood.

Hoodlum Hood"lum noun A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [ Colloq. U.S.]

Hoodman Hood"man noun The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Hoodman-blind Hood"man-blind` noun An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.

Hoodoo Hoo"doo noun [ Perh. a var. of voodoo .] One who causes bad luck. [ Colloq.]

Hoodoo Hoo"doo transitive verb To be a hoodoo to; to bring bad luck to by occult influence; to bewitch. [ Colloq., U. S.]

Hoodoo Hoo"doo noun A natural rock pile or pinnacle of fantastic shape. [ Western U. S.]

Hoodwink Hood"wink transitive verb [ Hood + wink .] 1. To blind by covering the eyes.

We will blind and hoodwink him.

Shak.

2. To cover; to hide. [ Obsolete] Shak.

3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. " Hoodwinked with kindness." Sir P. Sidney.

Hoody Hood"y noun (Zoology) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.

Hoof Hoof noun ; plural Hoofs , very rarely Hooves . [ Middle English hof , Anglo-Saxon hōf ; akin to Dutch hoef , G1huf, Old High German huof , Icelandic hōfr , Swedish hof , Danish hov ; confer Russian kopuito , Sanskrit çapha . √225.] 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.

On burnished hooves his war horse trode.

Tennyson.

2. A hoofed animal; a beast.

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind.

Ex. x. 26.

3. (Geom.) See Ungula .

Hoof Hoof intransitive verb 1. To walk as cattle. [ R.] William Scott.

2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [ Slang, U.S.]

To hoof it , to foot it.

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