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n.; pl. Attorneys [ OE. aturneye, OF. atorné, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn. ] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And will have no attorney but myself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ An attorney is either public or private. A private attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to transact any business for him out of court; but in a more extended sense, this class includes any agent employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the retainer of clients. Bouvier. -- The attorney at law answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In Great Britain and in some states of the United States, attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the business of the former is to carry on the practical and formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United States however, no such distinction exists. In England, since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called solicitors. [ 1913 Webster ]

A power,
letter, or
warrant,
of attorney, a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; (pl. Attorney-generals or Attorneys-general). (Law) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ Believed to be derived form balogna, but perhaps also influenced by blarney. ] nonsense; foolishness; bunk; -- also used as an interjection. [ Also spelled boloney. ] [ slang ] [ PJC ]

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney! Al Smith. [ PJC ]

2. informal variant of bologna{ 2 }, for bologna sausage. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blarneyed p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying. ] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. “Blarneyed the landlord.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. S. G. Goodrich. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blarney, a village and castle near Cork in Ireland. ] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney. The origin of the stone is uncertain. In order to kiss the Blarney stone, which is located in the side of the castle, one must be held upside-down by the feet and lowered into the proper position from an opening in an overhang in the parapet. It is an experience eschewed by some tourists. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. carneus flesh. ] (Far.) A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chimneys [ F. cheminée, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. &unr_; furnace, oven. ] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. --
Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. --
Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. --
Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, --
Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. --
Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. --
Chimney swallow. (Zool.) (a) An American swift (Chæture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow (Hirundo rustica). --
Chimney sweep,
Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace; also, the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; mantlepiece. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the part of the chimney that is above the roof; it usually has several flues. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who cleans soot from chimneys, usually as a profession.
Syn. -- chimneysweeper, sweep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Hind. chatnī. ] 1. A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, such as chopped fruits or green tomatoes, etc., often cooked with sweets and acids such as sugar and vinegar, with ginger and spices.
Syn. -- Indian relish. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Cockneys [ OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. Newt), AS. æg. See 1st Cock, Egg, n. ] 1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. “A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling.” Nash (1592). [ 1913 Webster ]

This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A native or resident of the city of London, especially one living in the East End district; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the distinctive dialect of a cockney{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

a. Of or relating to, or like, cockneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cockney + -fy. ] To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) A rabbit. See Cony. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A fish. See Cony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gross; lubberly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Gilthead. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. “Hackney tongue.” Roscommon.

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n.; pl. Hackneys [ OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haguenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag. ] 1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A horse or pony kept for hire. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hackneyed p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying. ] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Hackneymen A man who lets horses and carriages for hire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ko`nis dust, Skr. ka&nsdot_;a grain. ] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The honey of his language. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honey ant (Zool.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. --
Honey badger (Zool.), the ratel. --
Honey bear. (Zool.) See Kinkajou. --
Honey buzzard (Zool.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis. The European species is Pernis apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is Pernis ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite. --
Honey guide (Zool.), one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator. --
Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden. --
Honey kite. (Zool.) See Honey buzzard (above). --
Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. --
Honey month. Same as Honeymoon. --
Honey weasel (Zool.), the ratel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Honeyed p. pr. & vb. n. Honeying. ] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. “Honeying and making love.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rough to common men,
But honey at the whisper of a lord. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech? Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (Apis ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (Apis 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -berries. The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry (Celtis australis). (b) In the West Indies, the genip (Melicocca bijuga). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The honey guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honeycomb moth (Zool.), the wax moth. --
Honeycomb stomach. (Anat.) See Reticulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed or perforated like a honeycomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each bastion was honeycombed with casements. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any of a number of small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily Drepanidae.
Syn. -- Hawaiian honeycreeper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Cœrebidæ, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, abundant in Central and South America; they are songbirds with a curved bill for sucking nectar. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A honeydew melon. [ PJC ]

n. A type of winter melon (Cucumis melo inodorus) related to the muskmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), but having a smooth pale yellowish-green rind and sweet, juicy, light green flesh. It is slightly ovoid in shape, commonly about 8 to 10 inches long on the long axis. [ PJC ]

n. One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.
Syn. -- honeysucker. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Covered with honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sweet, as, honeyed words. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) An erect bushy shrub (Lambertia formosa) of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.
Syn. -- mountain devil, Lambertia formosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Bot.) The Australian shrub (Protea mellifera) whose flowers yield honey copiously.
Syn. -- Protea mellifera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Bot.), An evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of honey. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The first month after marriage. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vacation taken together by a newly married couple, usually including a trip away from home. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: [ fig. ] Any initial period of harmony after two or more people or organizations begin working together; as, the usual honeymoon for a newly elected president was cut short by resumption of partisan sniping over the budget. [ PJC ]