honey

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I'm going to carry over a jar of the honey--mother 'll be willing--and I'm going to tell Mrs. Wiggins just how it was She won't hear a word you say I'll make her hear They won't come a step You see The Whitmans kept bees, and their honey was the celebrated luxury of the neighborhood.

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  1. noun A sweet yellowish or brownish viscid fluid produced by various bees from the nectar of flowers and used as food.
  2. noun A similar substance made by certain other insects.
  3. noun A sweet substance, such as nectar.
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  • They each drank honey--honey by the strange bees of Central America which store it in liquid in the hive, not in combs. —  001 - The Man of Bronze
  • 'Schatz' means honey is German, whereas taxes are called 'Steuer.' —  Latest Articles
  • If the honey is a bit stiff (for example, because you keep it in the fridge for some unknown reason), nuke it for 10 seconds and that will make it easier to paint. —  Winds and Breezes
  • Active manuka honey is a naturally occurring element derived from New Zealand, Australia. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • And in American, honey, you gotta market yourself for at least three hours every day. —  Irish Blogs
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English honi, from Old English hunig.

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  1. Early modern English also hony, honie; from Middle English hony, huny, huni, huniʒ, from Anglo-Saxon hunig = Old Saxon honeg, hanig = OFries. hunig = Middle Dutch honig, honing, Dutch honig = Middle Low German honnich, Low German honnig = Old High German honag, honang, Middle High German honec, hünic, German honig = Icelandic hunang = Swedish honung, honing = Danish honning, honey; root unknown. The Gothic (Moesogothic) word is different, milith Greek μέλι (μελιτ-) = Latin mel, etc.: see mildew, mell.
  2. from honey, n.
 

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