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To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.]

A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.

Same as Histogenesis. Dunglison.

lled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]

nt; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right an…

The condition of having homogonous flowers.

, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]

Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.

In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland. Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. Fuller.

Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

mposed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. "The horny . . . coat of the eye." Ray.

Having the hands horny and callous from labor.

Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.

The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.

The science which treats of the origin of ideas.

infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.…

Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [Obs.] Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! Shak.

Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity. [Obs.] [Written also ingenie.] Becon.

Want of harmony.