Honey \Hon"ey\ (h[u^]n"[y^]), 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. ko`nis dust,
   Skr. ka[.n]a grain.]
   1. 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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   2. That which is
         sweet or pleasant, like honey.
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            The honey of his language.            --Shak.
     
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   3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.
         --Chaucer.
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            Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. --Shak.
    
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   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.
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   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 larv[ae] of
      bees. Called also {bee
         hawk}, bee kite.

  
         Honey guide (Zool.),
         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. (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.
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