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hon·ey       (hŭn'ē)  Pronunciation Key  n.   pl. hon·eys A sweet yellowish or brownish viscid fluid produced by various bees from the nectar of flowers and used as food. A similar substance made by certain other insects. A sweet substance, such as nectar. Sweetness; pleasantness. Sugary or ingratiating words; flattery. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment. Informal Something remarkably fine: a honey of a car. tr.v.   hon·eyed or hon·ied (hŭn'ēd), hon·ey·ing, hon·eys To sweeten with or as if with honey. To cajole with sweet talk. [Middle English honi, from Old English hunig.]

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honey
adjective
1.	of something having the color of honey
noun
1.	a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
2.	a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved]
verb
1.	sweeten with honey

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Honey Brook, PA (borough, FIPS 35528) Location: 40.09338 N, 75.91098 W
Population (1990): 1184 (486 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 19344

Honey Creek, IA Zip code(s): 51542

Honey Grove, PA Zip code(s): 17035

Honey Grove, TX (city, FIPS 34700) Location: 33.58342 N, 95.90992 W
Population (1990): 1681 (844 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 75446

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Hon"ey\, n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. h[*a]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ? dust, Skr. kaa grain.]

1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.

The honey of his language. --Shak.

3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. --Chaucer.

Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.

Note: 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.

Honey ant (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.

Honey bear. (Zo["o]l.) See Kinkajou.

Honey buzzard (Zo["o]l.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis. The European species is P. apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larv[ae] of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite.

Honey creeper (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family C[oe]rebid[ae], abundant in Central and South America.

Honey easter (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagid[ae], abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.

Honey flower (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey.

Honey guide (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatorid[ae], 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.

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Honey

Hon"ey\, 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.

Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. --Tennyson.

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Hon"ey\, v. t. To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.

Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech? --Marston.

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