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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacæ.

armed; captivated. Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words. Shak.

A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeble when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.…

To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.

Wine with a mixture of honey and species. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." Wyclif. When the bee doth leave her comb. Shak.

oft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.

A cup or dish. Take with thee . . . a cruse of honey. 1 Kings xiv. 3.

rs. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.

ishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations.

To free from spume or scum. [Obs.] If honey be despumed. Holland.

The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee. All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. Dryden.

The male of the honeybee; a drone.

A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.

regation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.

Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.

Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.

Honeycombed. See Faveolate.

A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila. Mollett.