HONEY, HONEYCOMB
ADJECTIVES
►MULSED mingled with honey → 1547 obs.
NOUNS
► APIFACTURE the work of bees; the production of honey by bees → 1622 obs.
► BEE-BREAD honeycomb with the honey in it → 825 obs.
► BEE-SWEETENING honey → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CAKE honeycomb; the combs in a wasp’s nest → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CHEWGAH BAG the wild bee’s store of honey → 1892 Aust. aboriginal usage (Bk.)
► CLARRY ► CLARY dressings for bread, as butter, jam, honey, jelly, etc. → 1936
► KEAM a honeycomb → 1814 Sc.
► LONG SWEETENING liquid sweetening as contrasted to sugar, such as molasses, syrup, and honey → 1714 Amer. dial.
► MEL honey → 1864 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► MELLIFY to make honey; to sweeten with honey → 1420 obs.
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