Webster's Dictionary 1828

1459

HOMONYMOUS

HOMON'YMOUS, adjective [Gr. like, and name.] Equivocal; ambiguous; that has different significations, or may be applied to different things.

1460

HOMONYMOUSLY

HOMON'YMOUSLY, adverb In an equivocal manner.

1461

HOMONYMY

HOMON'YMY, noun [Gr. See Supra.] Ambiguity; equivocation.

1462

HOMOPHONY

HOMOPH'ONY, noun [Gr. like, sound.] Likeness of sound. Among the Greeks, a kind of music performed in unison, in opposition to antiphony.

1463

HOMOTONOUS

HOMOT'ONOUS, adjective [Gr. like, and tone.] Equable; of the same tenor; applied to diseases which have a uniform tenor of rise, state, or declension.

1464

HONE

HONE, noun A stone of a fine grit, used for sharpening instruments that require a fine edge, and particularly for setting razors. [We never, I believe, call a hone a whet-stone....

1465

HONE-WORT

HO'NE-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Sison.

1466

HONEST

HON'EST, adjective on'est. [Latin honestus, from honos, honor.]1. Upright; just; fair in dealing with others; free from trickishness and fraud; acting and having the disposition...

1467

HONESTATION

HONESTA'TION, noun Adornment; grace. [Not used.]

1468

HONESTLY

HON'ESTLY, adverb on'estly. Uprightly; justly; with integrity and fairness; as a contract honestly made.1. With frank sincerity; without fraud or disguise; according to truth; a...

1469

HONESTY

HON'ESTY, noun on'esty. [Latin honestas.]1. In principle, an upright disposition; moral rectitude of heart; a disposition to conform to justice and correct moral principles, in ...

1470

HONEY

HON'EY, noun hun'y.1. A sweet vegetable juice, collected by bees from the flowers of plants, and deposited in cells of the comb in hives. honey when pure, is of a moderate consi...

1471

HONEY-BAG

HON'EY-BAG, noun The stomach of a honey-bee.

1472

HONEY-COMB

HON'EY-COMB, noun A substance of a firm, close texture, formed by bees into hexagonal cells for repositories of honey, and for the eggs which produce their young.

1473

HONEY-COMBED

HONEY-COMBED, adjective Having little flaws or cells.

1474

HONEY-DEW

HON'EY-DEW, noun A sweet saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops like dew. It is said there are two species; one secreted from the pla...

1475

HONEY-FLOWER

HON'EY-FLOWER, noun A plant of the genus Melianthus.

1476

HONEY-GNAT

HON'EY-GNAT, noun An insect.

1477

HONEY-GUIDE

HON'EY-GUIDE, noun A species of Cuckoo, found in Africa, which will conduct persons to hives of wild honey.

1478

HONEY-HARVEST

HON'EY-H'ARVEST, noun Honey collected.

1479

HONEY-LOCUST

HON'EY-LOCUST, noun A plant, the three-thorned Acacia, of the genus Gleditsia.

1480

HONEY-MONTH

HON'EY-MONTH, noun The first month after marriage.

1481

HONEY-MOON

HON'EY-MOONHON'EY-MOUTHED, adjective Soft or smooth in speech.

1482

HONEY-STALK

HON'EY-STALK, noun Clover-flower.

1483

HONEY-STONE

HON'EY-STONE, noun [See Mellite.]

1484

HONEY-SUCKLE

HON'EY-SUCKLE, noun A genus of plants, the Lonicera, of many species, one of which is called woodbine.

1485

HONEY-SWEET

HON'EY-SWEET, adjective Sweet as honey.