Hon"ey*less (?), a. Destitute of honey. Shak.
Hon"ey*moon` (?), n. The first month after marriage. Addison.
Hon"ey-mouthed` (?), a. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.
Hon"ey*stone` (?), n. See Mellite.
Hon"ey*suck`er (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Honey eater, under Honey.
Hon"ey*suc`kle (?), n. [Cf. AS. hunis&?;ge privet. See Honey, and
Suck.] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired
for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera; as, L.
Caprifolium, and L. Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds;
L. Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of England; L. grata, the
American woodbine, and L. sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet
honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is L. Xylosteum; the
American, L. 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.
Hon"ey*suc`kled (?), a. Covered with honeysuckles.
Hon"ey-sweet` (?), a. Sweet as honey. Chaucer.
Hon"ey-tongued` (?), a. Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.
Hon"ey*ware` (?), n. (Bot.) See Badderlocks.
Hon"ey*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A European plant of the genus Cerinthe,
whose flowers are very attractive to bees. Loudon.
Hong (?), n. [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house,
factory.] A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in
China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a
common passage and used for business or storage.
Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the
treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of
trading with foreigners.
Hong (?), v. t. & i. To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hon"ied (?), a. See Honeyed.
Hon"i*ton lace` (?). A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty
of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England.
Honk (?), n. [Of imitative origin.] (Zoˆl.) The cry of a wild goose. --
Honk"ing, n.
Hon"or (?), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur,
onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also
honour.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect;
consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or
reverence.
A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country.
Matt. xiii. 57.
2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration;
self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of
character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men,
integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
If she have forgot Honor and virtue.
Shak.
Godlike erect, with native honor clad.
Milton.
3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life
correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by
conscience, position, or privilege.
Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the
human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And
guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done.
Wordsworth.