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. [Obs.] That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. Chaucer. Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. Ascham.

hs, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvæ are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Mot…

Of or pertaining to Helicon. "Heliconian honey." Tennyson.

s representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.

A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.

See Honeyed.

A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead.

A phonetic symbol; a letter.

t; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition. Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if OEdipus deserve thy care. Pope. If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Matt. iv. 3.

ude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.

Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty. Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity. Hooker.

strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood.

n; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive. The noblest incitation to honest attempts. Tatler.

Not defiled or depraved; pure; sound; untainted; above the influence of bribes; upright; honest. Milton. Your Christian principles . . . which will preserve you incorrupt as individuals. Bp. Hurd.

Probity; integrity; honesty. Woodward.

e following passage: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, . . . think on these things. Phil. iv. 8. Infinitesimal increment (Math.), an infinitesimally smal…

hout interference. Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. Pope.

Any bird of the genus Indicator and allied genera. See Honey guide, under Honey.

Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive. Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other. Tillotson.