n. [ OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ko`nis dust, Skr. ka&nsdot_;a grain. ] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The honey of his language. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honey ant (Zool.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. --
Honey badger (Zool.), the ratel. --
Honey bear. (Zool.) See Kinkajou. --
Honey buzzard (Zool.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis. The European species is Pernis apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is Pernis ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite. --
Honey guide (Zool.), one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator. --
Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden. --
Honey kite. (Zool.) See Honey buzzard (above). --
Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. --
Honey month. Same as Honeymoon. --
Honey weasel (Zool.), the ratel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Honeyed p. pr. & vb. n. Honeying. ] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. “Honeying and making love.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rough to common men,
But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech? Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (Apis ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (Apis fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -berries. The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry (Celtis australis). (b) In the West Indies, the genip (Melicocca bijuga). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The honey guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb. ] 1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honeycomb moth (Zool.), the wax moth. --
Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed or perforated like a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any of a number of small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily Drepanidae.
Syn. -- Hawaiian honeycreeper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Cœrebidæ, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, abundant in Central and South America; they are songbirds with a curved bill for sucking nectar. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A honeydew melon. [ PJC ]

n. A type of winter melon (Cucumis melo inodorus) related to the muskmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), but having a smooth pale yellowish-green rind and sweet, juicy, light green flesh. It is slightly ovoid in shape, commonly about 8 to 10 inches long on the long axis. [ PJC ]

n. One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.
Syn. -- honeysucker. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Covered with honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) An erect bushy shrub (Lambertia formosa) of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.
Syn. -- mountain devil, Lambertia formosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Bot.) The Australian shrub (Protea mellifera) whose flowers yield honey copiously.
Syn. -- Protea mellifera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Bot.), An evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of honey. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The first month after marriage. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vacation taken together by a newly married couple, usually including a trip away from home. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: [ fig. ] Any initial period of harmony after two or more people or organizations begin working together; as, the usual honeymoon for a newly elected president was cut short by resumption of partisan sniping over the budget. [ PJC ]

a. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mellite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Honey eater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. hunisūge privet. See Honey, and Suck. ] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera; as, Lonicera Caprifolium, and Lonicera Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; Lonicera Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of England; Lonicera grata, the American woodbine, and Lonicera sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is Lonicera Xylosteum; the American, Lonicera ciliata. The American Pinxter flower (Azalea nudiflora) is often called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle. The name Australian honeysuckle is applied to one or more trees of the genus Banksia. See French honeysuckle, under French. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with honeysuckles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sweet as honey. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Badderlocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something or someone that is phoney. [ Also spelled phony. ] [ PJC ]

a. [ Also spelled phony. ] [ Compar. phonier superl. phoniest. ] 1. Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; false; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney hundred-dollar bill.
Syn. -- bogus, counterfeit, fake, ersatz; fraudulent; false. [ PJC ]

2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people. [ PJC ]