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Honey
·noun Sweet one;
— a term of endearment.
II. Honey ·noun That which is sweet or pleasant, like hon...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Honey
1) Heb. ya'ar, occurs only 1 Sam. 14:25, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Prop...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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honey
a term of endearment. North. Othello, Act. I. Sc. 1.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Honey
The Hebrew debash in the first place applied to the product of the bee, to which exclusively we give...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Plant
·noun The sole of the foot.
II. Plant ·noun A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
III. Plant ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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plant
The place in the house of the fence where stolen goods are secreted. Any place where stolen goods ar...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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plant
v. tr. and n.
common in Australiafor to hide, and for the thing hidden away. As remarkedin the quot...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plant
A stock of tools, &c. Also, the fixtures, machinery, &c., required to carry on a business.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Honey-bag
·noun The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Honey-mouthed
·adj Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Honey-sweet
·adj Sweet as honey.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Honey-tongued
·adj Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Honey Lane
North out of Cheapside at No. 111 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
Earliest mention: "Huni lane," 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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honey moon
The first month after marriage. A poor honey; a harmless, foolish, goodnatured fellow. It is all hon...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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honey-ant
n.
name given to various species of Ants,in which the body of certain individuals becomes enormousl...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-bird
n.
See honey-eater.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-eater
n.
an Australian bird, with atongue specially adapted for being formed into a tube for theabsorptio...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-eucalypt
n.
See box-tree, yellow.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-flower
n.
Lambertia formosa, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae.
1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-fogle
To swindle; to cheat; to lay plans to deceive. This singular word, I am told, is used in Louisiana. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Air plant
·- A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an <<Aerophyte>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dove plant
·- A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with nu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flax-plant
·noun A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two in...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Host plant
·add. ·- A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plant-cane
·noun A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plant-eating
·adj Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Telegraph plant
·add. ·- An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water plant
·- A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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butterfly-plant
n.
a small flowering plant, Utricularia dichotoma, Lab., N.O. Leutibularina.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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caustic-plant
or Caustic-Vine
,n.
Sarcostemma australis, R. Br., N.O.Asclepiadea. Cattle and sheep are poisoned ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coffee plant
or Coffee Berry
n.
namegiven in Tasmania to the Tasmanian Native Holly (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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guitar plant
a Tasmanian shrub, Lomatiatinctoria, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ink-plant
n.
another name for the «toot,» a New Zealand shrub, Coriaria thymifolia, N.O.Coriarieae. Called In...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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jelly-plant
a sea-weed, Eucheuma speciosum,J. Agardh, N.O. Algae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-plant
n.
i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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officer plant
n.
another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pea-plant
n.
The term is applied sometimes toany one of various Australian plants of the N.O. Leguminosae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plant-caterpillar
n.
name given in Australasiato species of caterpillars which are attacked by spores ofcertain fungi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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trigger-plant
n.
i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Honey Lane Market
On the east side of Milk Street, at the north end of Honey Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate War...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hinney, my honey
A north country hinney, particularly a Northumbrian: in that county, hinney is the general term of e...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird-catching plant
n.
a New Zealand shrub ortree, Pisonia brunoniana, Endl., N.O. Nyctagineae; Maori name, Parapara.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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All Hallows, Honey Lane
In Honey Lane, at the north-west corner of Honey Lane Market (Leake, 1666). In Cripplegate Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Hole Bole, Honey Lane
A messuage, of such a sign, in the parish of All Hallows Honey Lane, in Cheap Ward. Near Blossom Inn...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.