honey, hony, hun i

& a. [A. S. hunig: Icel. hunang; Sw. håning; Dan. honning; Dut. & N. H. Ger. honig; H. Ger. honec, O. H. Ger. honic, honac, honag, honang.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit.: In the same sense as II. 2. Figuratively: (1) Of things: Sweetne , as of speech. "The honey of his language." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., iii. 2. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; the under parts white, with brown spots; iris and feet yellow. It feeds on bees, wasps, field-mice, moles, small reptiles, . honey-dew, 8. 1. A sweet juice generally believed to be exuded by plant-lice (Aphides), though some are of opinion that it is a direct emanation from the plant itself. [APHIS.] "For he on honey- dew hath fed And drunk the milk of Paradise." Cole ridge: Kubla Khan. 2. A kind of tobacco moistened with mola es and pre ed into cakes. honey-eaters, s. pl. Ornith.: The family Meliphagide (q. v.). The honey they eat is obtained from the flowers. honey-flower, s. Bot.: Mel i an thus, a genus of Rutacese. honey-garlic, s. Bot.: Notoscordum. *honey-gnat, s. "An insect." ( Ains worth .) It has not been identified. honey-guide, s. Ornithology: 1. Sing .: The genus Indicator, family Cuculide. Two species, Indicator major and I. minor , are found at the Cape. It was once supposed that their cry was intended to direct the natives to spots where wild honey was to be obtained; but it is their own interests they are looking after, not those of man. Honey is their own appropriate food. They build bottle-shaped, pendulous nests. 2. Pl .: The sub-family Indicatorinse. honey-harvest, s . The harvest of honey obtained in autumn from the hive or hives. honey-heavy, a. Heavy and somewhat oppres"Enjoy the honey - heavy dew of slumber." sive. Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar , ii, 1. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph =. IMG:content-1246.png:[blocks in formation]