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guftifoliji and JatifoTia of Linnaeus; the Kalmia hirfuta of 
Walter; the Andromeda marina, and fome other fpecies 
of this genus ; to which the author adds the Rhododen¬ 
dron maximum, or Pennfy-lvanian laurel,' the Azalea nu- 
diflora, and the Datura Stramonium. Thus a reafon is 
Sufficiently afligned, why the honey produced in fome dif- 
trifts is highly fuperior to that made in others.—See 
TranfaCtions of the American Piillofophical Society, vol. v. 
To HON'EY, v. n. To talk fondly : 
Nay, but to live 
In the rank fweat of an inceltuous bed, 
Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making love 
Over the nafty fty. Skakefpeare „ 
To HON'EY, v. a. To fpread over wifh honey. 
HON'EY-B AG,y.-—The honey-bag is the ftomach, which 
bees always fill to latisfy, and to (pare, vomiting up the 
greateft part of the honey to be kept again!! winter. Grew. 
HON'EY-COMB,/. The cells of wax in which the bee 
ftores her honey: 
All thefe a milk -white honey-comb furround, 
Which in the miclft the country banquet crown’d. Dryden. 
HON'EY-COMBED, adj. Spoken of a piece of ordnance 
flawed with little cavities by being ill call.—A mariner 
having difcharged his gun, which was honey-combed , and 
loading it fuddenly again, the powder took fire. Wifcman. 
LION'EY-DEW, f. A fweet mucilaginous orlaccharine 
-matter, called the honey of the aphides, which they de- 
polit on the leaves of various trees and plants. See the 
article Apis, vol. i. p. 7,89. 
How honey-dews embalm the fragrant morn, 
And the fair oak with lufcious fweets adorn. Garth. 
HON'EY-FLOWER, / in botany. See MeLianthus. 
HON'EY-HEAVY, adj. Clammy.—Enjoy the honey- 
heavy dew of (lumber. Skakefpeare. 
HON'EY-MOON, /. The firll month after marriage, 
when there is nothing but tenclernefs and pleafure.-—A 
man fhould keep his finery for the latter feafon of mar¬ 
riage, and not begin to drefs till the honey-moon is over. 
Addifon. 
HON'EY-MOUTHED, adj. Soft in fpeecli.—if I prove 
honey-month’d, let my tongue blifter. Skakefpeare. 
HON'EY-STALK,/ Clover-flower, according to Jolin- 
fon’s note 011 the paffage in Shakelpeare where it occurs; 
who yet gives the word no place in his Dictionary: 
With words more fweet, and yet more dangerous 
Than baits to fifh, or honey-Jlalhs to fheep. Titus Andronicus. 
HON'EY-SUCKLE,/ in botany. See Lonicera. 
French HON'EY-SUCKLE ; fee Hedysarum. 
HON'EY-WORT, f. in botany. See Cerinthe. 
HON'EYING, f. The aCt of l’preading over with honey, 
or of talking fondly. 
HON'EYLESS, adj. Being without honey : 
But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, 
And leave them honcylefs. Skakefpeare. 
HONEYYO'E, a beautiful lake of the American States, 
in the Gennefiee country, in New-York ftate, weftward of 
Canandargua Lake: five miles long and three broad. 
HON'FALISE, or Hoffalise, or HomfalisE, a town 
of the duchy of Luxemburg, on a frnall river which runs 
into the Ourte, with an ancient caltle: twenty-five miles 
north-north-weft of Luxemburg, and thirty fouth of Liege. 
HONFLEUR', a town of France, in the department of 
the Calvados, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriCt 
of Pont l’Eveque: five leagues and a quarter north of 
Lifieux, and two and a half north-north-eaft of Pont 
l’Evequc. Lat.49. 25. N. Ion. 17. 53. E. Ferro. 
HONG, a town of China, of the third rank, in the 
province of Kiang-nan : thirty-five miles north-north-eaft 
of Fong-yang. 
HONG-TCHEOU, a town of the kingdom of Corea: 
twenty miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Haimen. 
H O N 
HONG-TONG, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Chen-fi: fifteen miles north-north-eaft of 
Pin-yang. 
HONG-TSE, a large lake of China, in the province of 
Kiang-nan, whole waters empty themfelves into the Hoang 
fixty miles from the lea. 
HONG-YA, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Se-tchuen: leventeen miles fouth of Pou- 
-ki.ing. 
HONG-YUEN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Quang-tong: thirty-two miles l’outh- 
-fouth-weft of Chao-tcheou. 
HON'GIE, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Red 
Rufiia: thirty miles weft-fouth-weft of Halitlch. 
HON'IED, or Hon'eykd, adj. Covered with honey; 
The bee with honied thigh, 
That at her flo-.v’ry work doth fing.. ■ . Milton. 
.Sweet; lufcious: 
When he fpeaks, 
The air, a charter’d libertine, is ftill: 
And the mute wonder lurketh in men’s ears, 
To fteal his fweet and honied fentences. Shakefpeare.' 
HGNTLLY, a mountain of Swiflerland, in the canton 
of Berne : twenty-three' miles eaft-lbutln-eaft of Thurn. 
HONIMO'A. or Uliasser, one of the Molucca iflands, 
about three leagues in length, and from one to one and a 
half wide. The land is fertile: the chief productions for 
commerce are rice and cloves. 
HO'NINGDAEL, a town of Norway, in the diocefe of 
Drontheim: eighty miles fouth-weft of Romiaal. 
HON'ITON, an opulent and handfome town, fituate 
•on the fouth-eaft border of the county of Devon, diftant 
156 miles weft from London. The river Otter walhes its 
Ikirts; ’and, after a-courfe of ten miles, palling the town 
of Ottery St. Mary, it falls into the Englilh Channel at 
Otterton. The town lies on the great weftern road, fix- 
teen miles eaft of Exeter, in one of the finelt parts of the 
county, in a vale adorned with the majeftic promontories 
•of Hembury-fort, St. Cyres, and Gittilham-hills, whole 
variegated lides always produce the charm of novelty; 
thele, with a diftant view of others beyond Exeter and 
Collumpton, give a coup d'txil, which, for gracefulnefs and 
beautiful fcenery, may vie with Italy. Honiton is a bo¬ 
rough by prefeription from Edward I.’s time ; but, neglect¬ 
ing its right near four hundred years, it was, by William 
Pole, efq. in the 16th of Charles I. reftored to this conftitu- 
tiona! privilege. A portreeve, chofen annually, is the re¬ 
turning officer. A dreadful fire broke out in this town 011 
the 19th of July 1747, at three o’clock in the. afternoon, 
and continued raging till four the next morning; where¬ 
by near three quarters of the town were reduced to allies, 
notwithftanding the conveniency of water at each door; 
for the calamity was fo fudden, and the flame fo violent, 
augmented by a ftrong wind, that it extended itfelf feve- 
ral ways at once, to the utter ruin of many hundreds of 
the poor laborious inhabitants; befides the great lofs in 
woollen manufactures, to the amount ipf 43,0001. Another 
fire broke out in 1765, which conlumed 160 houfes. And 
bn Thurfday, Auguft 7.4, 17^7,- another dreadful fire broke 
out, which raged with great fury for four hours, and was 
tvith difficulty exting.uilhed in the evening, after deftroy- 
ing near thirty houfes, among which was the bank. The 
houfes being how moftly new-built, and covered with 
date, gives the town a pleafing efteCt at a diltance. The 
market is on Saturdays ; and a fair is held in July. Here 
was the firft ferge-manufaCtory in Devonlhire; but the 
people are now chiefly employed in the manufactory of 
lace, the broadeft that is made in England, for which 
London affords a ready market. Here is a free-fehool, 
well endowed ; with a lchool of indultry for girls, lupport- 
ed by ladies, and a charity and Sunday-fchool, eftabliflied 
by fubfeription. 
HON'NIKI, a- t.ojvvn of Poland, in the palatinate of Red 
Ruflla; twenty-four miles fouth of Halicz. 
HON'NINGEN, 
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