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A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.

ves near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.

One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions. --Ne`o*gram*mat"ic*al (#), a.

the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

on of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.

tomary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. H Sweet. -- n.

, notwithstanding, to know that the same had an end in Christ. Hooker. You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary.…

A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

Wine mixed with honey; mead, [R.]

A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.

lliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.

To excel in splendor. A throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind. Milton.

A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup. Sir T. Elyot.

e, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse. Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey. Shack.

A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.

s an ornamental fish. -- Paradise flycatcher (Zoöl.), any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of T. paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. -- Paradise grackle (Zoöl.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astra…

Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent Shak.

The honey buzzard.

Pythoness; witch. [Obs.]

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