Word Meanings - HONEYBIRD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The honey guide.
Related words: (words related to HONEYBIRD)
- HONEYED
1. Covered with honey. 2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton. - HONEYWORT
A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees. Loudon. - HONEYSUCKLE
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera; as, L. Caprifolium, and L. Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; - HONEY-TONGUED
Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak. - HONEYWARE
See BADDERLOCKS - GUIDEBOOK
A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc. - HONEY
G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, 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-SWEET
Sweet as honey. Chaucer. - HONEY-BAG
The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew. - HONEYSTONE
See MELLITE - GUIDE ROPE
A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its length, used to preserve altitude automatically, by variation of the length dragging on the ground, without loss of ballast or gas. - GUIDE
cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to indicate, point to, and 1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler. I wish . . . you - GUIDEBOARD
A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road. Lowell. - HONEYBIRD
The honey guide. - HONEYBERRY
having sweetish berries: An Old World hackberry . In the West Indies, the genip . - GUIDEPOST
A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers. - HONEYCOMBED
Formed or perforated like a honeycomb. Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley. - HONEYSUCKER
See HONEY - HONEYDEW
1. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids. 2. A kind - HONEYBEE
Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee , and the Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered - MISGUIDE
To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.