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A hawk used in hunting the heron. "Heroner and falcon." Chaucer.

ows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions. Herringbone stitch, a kind of cross-stitch in needlework, chiefly used in flannel. Simmonds.

A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.

Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.

High in tone or sound.

A stone designating the Halliwell.

A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships. Totten.

A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.

A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. -- Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer. Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak.

The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Honesty; honorableness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak. To come honestly by. (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.

onorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] Chaucer. She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. Shak.

ant of the genus Sison (S.Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

d, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew.

Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

Sweet as honey. Chaucer.