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stralia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey of flowers.

The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.

A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel. Chaucer.

An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.

Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.

Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a honey eater; -- called also meliphagidan.

Eating, or feeding upon, honey.

Honey. [Obs.] Warner.

Producing honey.

Producing honey.

The making or production of honey.

Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.

Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice. -- Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly, adv.

Having the qualities of honey. [R.]

Honeydew.

A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.

Honey of roses.

A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. Honey mesquite. See Algaroba (b). -- Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. -- Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in We…

A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. Gay.

The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula). Miner's elbow (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. -- Miner's inch, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a giv…