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<hw>Hon"ey*suc`kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>hunis<?/ge</ets> privet. See <er>Honey</er>, and <er>Suck</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.</def>

<note>&hand; The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus <spn>Lonicera</spn>; as, <spn>L. Caprifolium</spn>, and <spn>L. Japonica</spn>, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; <spn>L. Periclymenum</spn>, the fragrant woodbine of England; <spn>L. grata</spn>, the American woodbine, and <spn>L. sempervirens</spn>, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is <spn>L. Xylosteum</spn>; the American, <spn>L. ciliata</spn>. The American Pinxter flower (<spn>Azalea nudiflora</spn>) is often called <i>honeysuckle</i>, or <i>false honeysuckle</i>. The name <i>Australian honeysuckle</i> is applied to one or more trees of the genus <spn>Banksia</spn>. See <cref>French honeysuckle</cref>, under <er>French</er>.</note>

<h1>Honeysuckled</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hon"ey*suc`kled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Covered with honeysuckles.</def>

<h1>Honey-sweet</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hon"ey-sweet`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sweet as honey.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Honey-tongued</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hon"ey-tongued`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Honeyware</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hon"ey*ware`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Badderlocks</er>.</def>

<h1>Honeywort</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hon"ey*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A European plant of the genus <spn>Cerinthe</spn>, whose flowers are very attractive to bees.</def>

<i>Loudon.</i>

<h1>Hong</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hong</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chinese <ets>hang</ets>, Canton dialect <ets>hong</ets>, a mercantile house, factory.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Hong merchant</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hong</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hong</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To hang.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Honied</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hon"ied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Honeyed</er>.</def>

<h1>Honiton lace</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hon"i*ton lace`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in <i>Honiton</i>, England.</def>

<h1>Honk</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Honk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of imitative origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The cry of a wild goose.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Honk"ing</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Honor</h1> <Xpage=703>