HONEY
\hˈʌnɪ], \hˈʌnɪ], \h_ˈʌ_n_ɪ]\
Definitions of HONEY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
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That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
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To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
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To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
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Sweet one; - a term of endearment.
By Oddity Software
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A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
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That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
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To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
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To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
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Sweet one; - a term of endearment.
By Noah Webster.
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A sweet viscous liquid food, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from nectar collected from flowers. The nectar is ripened into honey by inversion of its sucrose sugar into fructose and glucose. It is somewhat acidic and has mild antiseptic properties, being sometimes used in the treatment of burns and lacerations.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A sweet, sticky, syrupy substance collected by bees from flowers; sweetness; darling or sweet one.
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To talk to in an endearing or flattering manner.
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Very sweet.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A sweet, thick fluid collected by bees from the flowers of plants: anything sweet like honey.
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To sweeten: to make agreeable:-pr.p honeying; pa.p. honeyed (id).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Mel-h. Balsam of, Hill's, see Mel-h. Bloom, Apocynum androsaemifolium-h. of Borax, Mel boracis-h. Clarified, Mel despumatum-h. Prepared, Mel praeparatum-h. of Roses, Mel rosae-h. of Squill, compound, Syrupus scillae compositus.
By Robley Dunglison
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A saccharine secretion obtained especially by the bee from flowers. See mel. [Ang.-Sax.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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