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ter surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." Chaucer. An outward honor for an in ward toil. Shak.

To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

The one ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty. Bible (1551). A son owes help and honor to his father. Holyday.

An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.

goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions. And all the rites of pagan honor paid. Dryden.

rmerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doin errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy emploed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. He had t…

The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city.

A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. Thou art the pander to her dishonor. Shak.

e; being in accordance (with); tending to the same result; -- used with to and with. When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it can not be too much cherished. Addison.

Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.

Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay.

nd naturally performed. Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Pope.

A poem in honor of a virgin. [Obs.]

tion in joy or sorrows. These deities are so by participation. Bp. Stillingfleet. What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! Atterbury.

An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]

One who passes for a degree, without honors. See Classman, 2. [Eng. Univ.]

The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.

ainst thy enemies. Shak. In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak. -- Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.

To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic] So honor peereth in the meanest habit. Shak. See how his gorget peers above his gown! B. Jonson.

One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.