English Dictionary: honeybee | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hanap \Han"ap\, n. [F. hanap. See {Hanaper}.] A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hemp \Hemp\ (h[ecr]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[91]nep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos; cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [cced]a[nsdot]a; all prob. borrowed from some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine}, {Canvas}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber. 2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp. {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and {Bowstring}. {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}. {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}), the fiber of which was used by the Indians. {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset. {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G. Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family. {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a. {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}. {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and Yucatan. {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}). {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}), related to the amaranth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hempy \Hemp"y\, a. Like hemp. [R.] --Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honeybee \Hon"ey*bee`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any bee of the genus {Apis}, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee ({Apis mellifica}), the Italian bee ({A. ligustica}), and the Arabiab bee ({A. fasciata}). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hump \Hump\, v. t. 1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up. The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes. --T. Roosvelt. 2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia] Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush. --C. L. Money. 3. To bend or gather together for strenuous effort, as in running; to do or effect by such effort; to exert; -- usually reflexively or with it; as, you must hump yourself. [Slang, U. S.] A half dozen other negroes, some limping and all scared, were humping it across a meadow. --McClure's Mag. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hump \Hump\, n. [Cf. D. homp a lump, LG. hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. heap. Cf. {Hunch}.] 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humph \Humph\, interj. [Of imitative origin.] An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Humpy \Hump"y\, a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Honobia, OK Zip code(s): 74549 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
HMP {hybrid multiprocessing} |