homotypal 
It is the object of serial limnology to determine Iwnmtij- 
pal parts. Bra/id.;. 
homotype (ho'mo-tip), . [< Gr. "o/iwtrwroc, hav- 
ing the same form (implied in deriv. u/ioryma, 
sameness of form), < 6/i6f, the same, + wfi 
impression, type, form.] In liol.: (a) That 
which is constructed on the same plan or type, 
as metameres of the body; that which exhibits 
serial homology. See litimoloi/y. This is the ori- 
ginal sense of the'term, in which a homotype is a serial 
homologue, not an antitype or reversed repetition of 
another part. But serial parts may also be regarded as 
antitypic or symmetrical. Hence (6) An organ or 
part of an organ symmetrical with or equiva- 
lent to another organ or part of an organ on the 
opposite side of the body,; an antitypical, cor- 
relative, or reversed repetition of a part across 
a given axis. 
homotypic (ho-mo-tip'ik), a. [< homotype H 
-ic.] Pertaining to or of the nature of a homo- 
type ; of the same type ; symmetrical with or 
corresponding to something else on the oppo- 
site part of the same axis. Thus, the right hand 
is homotypic of the left; the right and left eyes 
are homotypic. 
homotypical (ho-mo-tip'i-kal), a. [< homotypic 
+ -of.] Same as homotypic. 
homotypy (ho'mo-tl-pi), n. [< Gr. yormia 
sameness of form: see homotype.] lnbiol.:(a) 
Serial homology ; the structural correlation or 
correspondence between any two segments of 
the bodv- Thus, any vertebra compared with another, 
the shoulder compared with the hip, or the elbow with the 
knee, exhibits homotypy. But such parts may also be 
regarded as expressing symmetry, reversed repetition, or 
antitypy. Hence (6) That kind of general ho- 
mology which may be observed between parts 
or organs which are symmetrical, or fellows of 
each other, as right and left ; the homology of 
reversed repetition of parts on opposite halves 
or across a given axis. 
homuncle (ho'mung-kl), . [< L. homuncuhts : 
see homunculits.~] Same as homuncuhis. 
homuncular (ho-mung'ku-lar), a. [< homun- 
cule + -or 3 .] ftesembling or characteristic of 
a horaunculus. 
homuncule (ho-mung'kul), n. [< L. homimrii- 
lux: see homuitculus."} Same as homunculns, 2. 
The giant saw the homuncnle was irascible, and played 
upon him. C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, vli. 
homunculus (ho-mung'ku-lus), n. ; pi. homuii- 
culi (-H). [L., itlB. of homo (homin-, hoinott-), a 
man : see Homo.} 1. A tiny human being that 
may be produced (according to a fancy of Para- 
celsus) artificially, without a natural mother. 
Being produced by art. It was supposed that art was in- 
carnate in it and that it had innate knowledge of secret 
things. 
2. A little man; a dwarf. 
homy (ho'mi), a. [< home + -//!.] Pertain- 
ing to or resembling home; homelike. Also 
spelled homey. [Colloq.] 
I saw . . . plenty of our dear English "lady's smock "in 
the wet meadows near here, which looked very homy. 
Kingsley, Life (1864), II. 188. 
They [English drawing-rooms] have a homey look, which 
ours sometimes lack. Christian Union, June 30, 1887. 
Hon. An abbreviation of honorable, used as a 
hondt, >i. An obsolete spelling of hand. Chau- 
cer. 
Honduras bark. See bark*. 
hone 1 (hon), . [< ME. hone, hoonc, a hone, < 
AS. lulu, a stone (the dat. hane is found twice 
in charters, inref. to boundary-stones), = Icel. 
hein, a hone, = Norw. hvin, hen = Sw. hen, dial. 
liein, a hone; perhaps = L. ciinettg, a wedge (> 
E. coin 1 , coign, quoin, q. v.), =Gr. KWVO?, a wedge, 
cone (> E. cone, q. v.), = Skt. yana, a grindstone, 
< / fa, ft. sharpen. The L. cox (cot-), a hone, is 
supposed to be from the same root.] 1 . A stone 
used for sharpening instruments that require a 
delicate edge, and particularly for sharpening 
razors; an oilstone. A hone differs from a 
whetstone in being of finer grit and more com- 
pact texture. See honcstone. 
A Hone, a Bason, three Razors, and a Comb-case. 
Steele, Tender Husband, v. 1. 
2. A thin piece of dry and stale bread; also, 
an oil-cake. [Prov. Eng.] German hone, a soft, 
smooth, yellow stone obtained from the slate mountains 
near Ratisbon, and used almost exclusively for razor-set- 
ting. 
hone 1 (hon), r. t. ; pret. and pp. honed, npi.Jioii- 
ing. [ME. not found (cf . ME. hene, < AS. haman, 
stone, cast stones at); = Norw. heina, whet; 
from the noun.] To nib and sharpen on or as 
on a hone : as, to hone a razor. 
Mr. Green . . . brought out a jack-knife, an.1 r,.m 
nienced honing it on his shoe. 
J. T. Trim-bridge, Coupon Bonds, p. 280. 
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hone'-t, ' ' [< ME. /IH-M, /(</<!.] To linger; 
delay. 
Good brother, let us weynd sone, 
No longer here I rede we hont. 
Towneley Mysteries, p. 11. 
It may not helpe her for to hone, . . . 
Than is iroode tyme that we begynne. 
York Plain, p. 349. 
hone-'t, H. [ME., < lione^, ( ..] Delay; lingering. 
Tharfore Eraclius ful sone 
Strake of his heuyd with-outen hone. 
Holy flood (E. E. T. S.), p. 127. 
hone" (hon), i 1 .; pret. and pp. honed, ppr. 1'oit- 
iiiy. [Prob. < F. Imguer, formerly also hoii/m i '. 
grumble, mutter, murmur, repine, whine, as a 
child or a dog, dial. (Norm.) hotter, sing or hum 
in a low tone, houiner, lament.] I. totrmu. To 
pine; long; yearn; moan. [Prov. Eng. and 
southern U. S.] 
Some of the oxen in driving missed their fellows be- 
hind and hoiiim: after them, bellowed, as their nature is. 
Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 6. 
Commending her, lamenting, honing, wishing himself 
anything for her sake. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 626. 
He lies pitying himself, honing and moaning over him- 
8e lf Lamb, The Convalescent. 
Sometimes ... I git kotch wid emptiness in de pit er 
de stumrauck, an' git ter fairly honin arter sump'n w at 
got substance in it. J. C. Harris, Uncle Remus, p. 198. 
II. trans. To long for ; crave. [Prov. Eng. 
and southern U. S.] 
hone 4 (hon), n. A kind of swelling in the cheek. 
hone 5 (hon), n. A circular barrow or hill. 
Districts abounding in circular barrows, or, as they are 
here [in Yorkshire, England] called from the Norse name, 
hones, and, redundantly, Aoiw-hills. 
Archaeolngta, XLII. 170. 
hone 6 (hon), n. pi. A dialectal contraction of 
hosen, plural of hone. 
hone 7 (hon), iitterj. See och hone. 
honest (on'est), a. [< ME. honest, oiiext, < O* . 
honeste, later honneste, F. hontie'te (> D. Dan. 
honttet = Sw. honnett) = Pr. honest = Sp. Pg. 
lionesto = It. imesto, < L. honestus, full of honor, 
honorable, worthy, virtuous, decent, < honor, 
honos, honor (see honor), + suffix -tu-s. The 
initial h in honest, honor, etc., is merely etymo- 
logical, the sound having already disappear- 
ed when the word came into ME. use. See re- 
marks under H, 1.] 1. Having a sense of honor; 
having honorable feelings, motives, or princi- 
ples ; free from deceit or hypocrisy; true, can- 
did, upright, or just in speech and action ; fair 
in dealing, or sincere in utterance ; worthy to 
be trusted. 
Be thou lowely and Annex* 
To riche and pouere, in worde and dede, 
And then thy name to worshyp shall sprede. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 109. 
Hee chides great men with most boldnesse, and is 
counted for it an honest fellow. 
Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Blunt Man. 
This it is to have to do 
With honest hearts : they easily may err, 
But in the main they wish well to the truth. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 01. 
Specifically (a) Having the virtue of chastity; chaste; 
virtuous : said of a woman. 
Wives may be merry, and ******,. of W., Iv. 2. 
Shee may be an honest woman, but is not beleeu'd so 
in her Parish, and no man is a greater Infldel in It then 
her Husband. 
Bp. Earle, Mlcro-cosmographie, A Handsome Hostesse. 
(6) Having no disposition to cheat, steal, or lie. 
There s an honest conscionable fellow ; he takes but ten 
shillings of a bellows mender. 
Middleton, The Phumix, iv. 1. 
An honest treasurer, like a black-plumed swan, 
Not every day our eyes may look upon. 
0. W. Holmes, The School-Boy. 
2. Characterized by or proceeding from honor- 
able motives or principles ; marked by truth, 
justice, sincerity, fairness, etc. : as, an honest 
transaction; honest opinions or motives; an 
honest effort. 
Therefore, whosoever maketh any promise, binding him- 
self thereunto by an oath, let him foresee that the thing 
which he promiseth, be good, and hornet, and not against 
the commandement of God. 
Homilies, Against Swearing, ii. 
But yet an honest mind I bore 
To helpless people that were poor. 
Jam Shore (Child s Ballads, VII. 197). 
Honeit labor bears a lovely face. 
Chettle, Dekker, and Hauyhton, Patient Grissel, i. 1. 
3. Of honorable quality; creditable; reputa- 
ble; proper; becoming: as, a man of hinti'xt 
report. 
Glad poverte is an honeste thyng certeyn. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. :i-27. 
Vpon thi trencher no fyllthe then see, 
It is not honext, as I telle the. 
BaJbeet Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 20. 
honesty 
Therefore while we may (yea alwaies if it coulde be) to 
reioyce and take our pleasures in vertuous and honest 
sort, it is not only allowable, but also necessary and very 
niii urnll to man. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 36. 
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 
Kom. xii. 17. 
4f. Excellent in quality; good. 
And eke the londe is so honest 
That it is plentuous and plalne ; 
There is no idell ground in vaine. 
Gotver, Conf. Amant., vii, 
5. Of honorable appearance; fair-seeming; 
having the semblance of truthfulness, fairness, 
etc. 
Ill devise some honest slanders 
To stain my cousin with. 
Shak., Much Ado, iii. 1. 
Thy eye was ever chaste, thy countenance, too, honest, 
And all thy wooings was like maidens' talk. 
ISeau. and Fl., Knight of Malta, v. 1. 
Bacchus . . . shows his honest face. 
Dryden, Alexander's Feast. 
6. Open; undisguised; boldly or frankly show- 
ing purpose, character, or quality, whether good 
or bad: as, the honest pursuit of pleasure or 
gain; an honest rogue. 
But as soon as the door opened, and he beheld the hon- 
e*t swindling countenance of a hotel porter, he felt se- 
cure against anything but imposture. 
Homlls, Venetian Life, ii. 
To make an honest woman of, to marry: used in 
reference to a woman whom a man marries after he has 
dishonored her, especially if under promise of marriage. 
[Colloq. and rustic. ] = Syn. 1 and 2. Conscientious, trust- 
worthy, trusty, frank. 
honestt (on'est), i: t. [< ME. honesten, < 1>. 
himtstare, honor, adorn, grace, < honestus, hon- 
orable: see honest, /.] To do honor to; grace; 
adorn. It'yclif. 
You should please God, benetlte your countrie, and 
honest your owne name, if you would take the paines to 
impart to others what you learned of soch a Master. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 21. 
For fear of men, for loss of life or goods, yea, some for 
advantage and gain, will honest it [the mass| with their 
presence, dissembling both with God and man. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Hoc., 1853), II. 48. 
Sir Amorous, you have very much honested my lodging 
with your presence. B. Jonson, Epicrene, i. 1. 
honestatet (on'es-tat), r. t. [< L. honestatus, pp. 
of hoitestare, honor: see honest, t'.] To honor. 
( 'ockeram. 
honestationt (on-es-ta'shon), n. [< L. as if 
"honestatio(u-), < honestare, honor, adorn: see 
lioiiestate, .] Adornment; grace. 
By which virtuous qualities and honestatimis [prudence 
and sagacityl they have been more happy than others in 
their applications to move the mindes of men. 
W. Montayue, Devoute Essays, I. x. (i. 
honestet, . A Middle English form of honexti/. 
honestetet, honesteteet, . [ME. (mod. E. as 
if "honestity), < OF. honestete, honnestete, F. hon- 
netete= Pr. honestete, honcstetat = Sp. honest i- 
dad = Pg. honestidade, < L. as if *ltoiiestita(t-), 
for which only honestu(t-)s, > ult. E. honesty: 
see honesty."} Middle English variants of hon- 
esty. 
Wedded with fortnnat honestetee. 
Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 466. 
honest-hearted (on'est -bar 'ted), a. Of an 
honest heart ; true ; faithful. 
A verv honest-hearted fellow, and as poor as the king. 
SAo*.,iear, i. 4. 
honestly (oii'est-li), adv. [< ME. honestly, on- 
I'titly; 'honest + -ly 2 .] It. Honorably; in a 
manner to do honor to; properly. 
In hir atire to the tempull tomly ho yode, 
There t,nestly sho offert, honourt hir goddes 
With ciftes of golde & of gode stones. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3001. 
Wherefore brethren conet to prophecy, & forbid not to 
speake with tongues. And let all thynges be done lion- 
estlye and in order. Bible of 1551, 1 Cor. xiv. 40. 
2. In an honest manner ; with honesty. 
Either society [the Bank or the Athenajum] may pay its 
debts honestly, [or] either may try to defraud its creditors. 
Macaulay, Gladstone on Church and State. 
honestone (hon'ston), . A compact, fine- 
grained, homogeneous rock fit to be used for 
hones ; a very silicious clay slate, having a con- 
choidal fracture across the grain of the rock. 
Also called noraculite. 
honesty (on'es-ti), . [< ME. honeste, Mtettee, 
< OF. hnncste, honneste, oiiexte, onneste, honestet 
= Pr. hoiicstat = Sp. hoHrstad = It. onestA, < L. 
liniirsta(t-)g, honor, reputation, character, wor- 
thiness, honesty, < honestus, honorable, hon- 
est: see honest. Ct.honestete.'] 1. The charac- 
ter or quality of being honest or honorable ; up- 
right disposition or conduct ; sincerity; honor; 
virtue. 
Corruption wins not more than hi>ne.sty. 
Shak., lien. VIII., iii. 2. 
