The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . uing in the required po-sition, lliiltin-ell. honey-ratel (himi-ratel), n. Same as honey-badger. J. fcf. Wood. honeysuckle honey-roret, «• Honeydew. on a sudden felt loves honey-roreSoak in, and wonted flames to heat his to ol-espread his bones and every part. V^icars, it. of Virgil (16S2). honey-stalk (huui-stak), n. A sweet speciesof clover, upon which cattle are apt to overfeed,with words more sweet, and yet more dangerous,Than baits to flsh
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . uing in the required po-sition, lliiltin-ell. honey-ratel (himi-ratel), n. Same as honey-badger. J. fcf. Wood. honeysuckle honey-roret, «• Honeydew. on a sudden felt loves honey-roreSoak in, and wonted flames to heat his to ol-espread his bones and every part. V^icars, it. of Virgil (16S2). honey-stalk (huui-stak), n. A sweet speciesof clover, upon which cattle are apt to overfeed,with words more sweet, and yet more dangerous,Than baits to flsh, or homy-stalks to sheep. Shak., Tit. And., iv. 4. honey-stomach (huul-stum uk), «. Same as honey-liog. honeystone (huni-ston), «. Same as nuilite. honey-strainer (himi-straner), n. A machinein which honeycomb, after a thin slice has beencut off to open the cells, is placed, and revolvedrapidly, to extract the honey by centrifugalforce. The empty comb is replaced in the hiveto be refilled. honey-sucker (huni-suker), n. A Wrd thatsucks the sweets of flowers; a honey-eater orhoney-bird ; a nectar-bird: specifically applied. Honey-suclcer (Co-rffia caruUa). to the Meliphagidie, and less technically to strn-dry other small, chiefly slender-billed, birds, asthe Nectariniida;, Cwrebida, (huni-sukl), n. [< ME. hony-socle, (the alleged AS. *hnnigsueleis due to a mistake), a dim. form of the morecommon ME. honysoukc, < AS. hnnisiice, huni-suge, hunigsuge, < hnnig, honey, + sucan, sugan,suck: see honey and suck. The name was ap-plied to various plants, the ME. forms beingvariously glossed ligustrum (privet), locusta(for ), cerifolium (chervil), serjiillum(wild thyme), apiago (which elsewhere glossesAS. beowyrt, bee-wort, and MHG. binsuge,binesaug, as if bee-suck); the AS. forms arealways glossed (privet). The namemeans a plant from which honey is sucked,namely by bees, as the name apiago (< , a bee) and the MHG. bi
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