Definition of Hoey
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 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.
&fist; Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part
of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey
guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-
locust.
Honey ant (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the
ratel. -- Honey bear. (Zoöl.)
See Kinkajou. -- Honey buzzard
(Zoöl.), 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
(Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small, bright,
colored, passerine birds of the family Cœrebidæ,
abundant in Central and South America. -- Honey
eater (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of
small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ,
abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also
honeysucker. -- Honey flower
(Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus,
a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey.
-- Honey guide (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) See Honey
buzzard (above). -- Honey locust
(Bot.), 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
(Zoöl.), the ratel.
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
courteous or complimentary; to fawn. "Honeying and
making love." Shak.
Rough to common men,
But honey at the whisper of a lord.
Tennyson.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (uncountable) A viscous, sweet substance produced from nectar by bees; (countable) a variety of this substance.
- A term of affection.
Honey, could you take out the trash?
- (colloquial; countable) An attractive woman
Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
- (colour) a yellowish-brown colour, like that of honey.
honey colour:
- (colour) of a yellowish-brown colour, like that of honey.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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