honey

HON'EY, noun hun'y. 1. A sweet vegetable juice, collected by bees from the flowers of plants, and deposited in cells of the comb in hives. honey when pure, is of a moderate consistence, of a whitish color, tinged with yellow, sweet to the taste, of an agreeable smell, soluble in water, and becoming vinous by fermentation. In medicine, it is useful as a detergent and aperient. It is supposed to consist of sugar, mucilage, and an acid. 2. Sweetness; lusciousness. The king hath found Matter against him, that forever mars The honey of his language. 3. A word of tenderness; sweetness; sweet one. HON'EY, verb transitive To talk fondly. [Little used.] 1. To sweeten.