Webster's Dictionary 1913

2863

Homotype

Hom″o‐type (?), n. [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 ...

2864

Homotypic

{ Ho′mo‐typ″ic (?), Ho′mo‐typ″ic‐al (?), } a.(Biol.) Same as Homotypal.

2865

Homotypy

Ho″mo‐ty′py (?), n. [See Homotype.] (Biol.) A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.

2866

Homunculus

‖Ho‐mun″cu‐lus (?), n.; pl.Homunculi (#). [L., dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.

2867

Hond

Hond (?), n. Hand. Chaucer.

2868

Hone

Hone (?), v. i. To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

2869

Hone (2)

Hone, n. [Cf. Icel. hūn a knob.] A kind of swelling in the cheek.

2870

Hone (3)

Hone, n. [AS. hān; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. çāṇa, also çō, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. √38, 228.] A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an ...

2871

Hone (4)

Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Honed (hōnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Honing.] To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

2872

Hone (5)

Hone (?), v. i. [Cf. F. honger to grumble.] To grumble; pine; lament; long.

2873

Honest

Hon″est (?), a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor.] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer.Belong w...

2874

Honest (2)

Hon″est, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See Honest, a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. Abp. Sandys.

2875

Honestation

Hon′es‐ta″tion (?), n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. W. Montagu.

2876

Honestetee

Ho‐nes″te‐tee (?), n. Honesty; honorableness. Chaucer.

2877

Honestly

Hon″est‐ly (?), adv. 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. Chaucer.2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak.To come honestly...

2878

Honesty

Hon″es‐ty (?), n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honesté, onesté (cf. F. honnêteté), L. honestas. See Honest, a.] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; de...

2879

Honewort

Hone″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); — so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

2880

Honey

Hon″ey (?), n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. � dust, Skr. kaa grain.] 1. A sw...

2881

Honey (2)

Hon″ey (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Honeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Honeying.] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously...

2882

Honey (3)

Hon″ey, v. t. To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech? Marston.

2883

Honey-bag

Hon″ey–bag′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew.

2884

Honey-mouthed

Hon″ey–mouthed′ (?), a. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

2885

Honey-sweet

Hon″ey–sweet′ (?), a. Sweet as honey. Chaucer.

2886

Honey-tongued

Hon″ey–tongued′ (?), a. Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

2887

Honeybee

Hon″ey‐bee′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) 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. ...

2888

Honeyberry

Hon″ey‐ber′ry (?), n.; pl. -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 (...

2889

Honeybird

Hon″ey‐bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The honey guide.