HONEYCOMB
Hon"ey*comb`, n. Etym: [AS. hunigcamb. See Honey, and 1st Comb.]
1. A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.
2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. Honeycomb moth (Zoöl.), the wax moth. — Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum.
HONEYCOMBED
Hon"ey*combed`, a.
Defn: Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.
Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley.
HONEYDEW
Hon"ey*dew`, n.
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 of tobacco moistened with molasses.
HONEYED
Hon"eyed, a.
1. Covered with honey.