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Homolographic (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. olos whole + -graph + -ic; but cf. F. homalographique, Gr. � even, level.] Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.
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Coloq. Homolographic projection , a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by the corresponding portions of the map.
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Homologue (?), n. [Cf. F. homologue. See .] That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.
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Homology (?), n. [Gr. � agreement. See .] 1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.
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2. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.
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☞ Homology indicates genetic relationship, and according to Haeckel special homology should be defined in terms of identity of embryonic origin. See , and .
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3. (Chem.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. .
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Coloq. General homology (Biol.), the higher relation which a series of parts, or a single part, bears to the fundamental or general type on which the group is constituted. Owen. -- Coloq. Serial homology (Biol.), representative or repetitive relation in the segments of the same organism, -- as in the lobster, where the parts follow each other in a straight line or series. Owen. See . -- Coloq. Special homology (Biol.), the correspondence of a part or organ with those of a different animal, as determined by relative position and connection. Owen.
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Homomallous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. � a lock of wool.] (Bot.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

{ Homomorphic (?), Homomorphous (?), } a. [Gr. � the same + � shape.] Characterized by homomorphism.
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Homomorphism (?), n. [See .] 1. (Biol.) Same as .
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2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.
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3. (Zoöl.) The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.

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Homomorphy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. morfh form.] (Biol.) Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See , .
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Homonomous (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to homonomy.
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Homonomy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. � law.] (Biol.) The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.
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Homonym (?), n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See .] A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]
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Homonymous (?), a. [L. homonymus, Gr. �; � the same + �, for � name; akin to E. name.] 1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.
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2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.
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Homonymously, adv. 1. In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.
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2. Equivocally; ambiguously.
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Homonymy (?), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. homonymie.] 1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland.
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Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. Fuller.
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2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.
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Homoörgan (?). [Homo- + organ.] Same as .
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Homoousian (?), n. [Gr. �; � the same + � being, essence, substance.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.
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Homoousian, a. Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.
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homophobia (?), n. A strong dislike or fear of homosexuals, especially to an unreasonable degree.
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homophobic (?), a. Disliking or fearing homosexuals to an unreasonable degree.
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Homophone (?), n. [Cf. F. homophone. See .] 1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.
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2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

{ Homophonic (?), Homophonous (?), } a. [Gr. �; � the same + � sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.
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2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.
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homophonous adj. Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous words.
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Homophony (?), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. homophonie.] 1. Sameness of sound.
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2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See .
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Homophylic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to homophily.
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Homophyly (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. � a clan.] (Biol.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel.
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Homoplasmy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. � anything formed, fr. � to form, mold.] (Biol.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.
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Homoplast (?), n. (Biol.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoörgan.
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Homoplastic (?), a. [Homo- + plastic.] Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.
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Homoplasty (?), n. [Homo- + plasty.] (Biol.) The formation of homologous tissues.
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Homoplasy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. � to form, mold.] (Biol.) See .
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Homopolic (?), a. [Homo- + pole.] (Biol.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See .
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Homopter (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Homoptera.
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Homoptera (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � the same, like + � wing.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See .
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Homopteran (?), n. (Zoöl.) An homopter.
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Homopterous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.
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Homostyled (?), a. [Homo- + style.] (Bot.) Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants. Darwin.
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Homosystemic (?), a. [Homo- + systemic.] (Biol.) Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.
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Homotaxia (?), n. [NL.] Same as .

{ Homotaxial (?), Homotaxic (?), } a. (Biol.) Relating to homotaxis.
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Homotaxis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � the same + � arrangement.] (Biol.) Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy.
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Homotaxy (?), n. Same as .

{ Homothermic (?), Homothermous (?), } a. [Homo- + Gr. � heat.] (Physiol.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; hæmatothermal.
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Homotonous (?), a. [L. homotonus, Gr. �; � the same + � tone.] Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

{ Homotropal (?), Homotropous (?), } a. [Gr. �; � the same + � turn, fr. � to turn: cf. F. homotrope.] 1. Turned in the same direction with something else.
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2. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.
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Homotypal (?), a. (Biol.) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.
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Homotype (?), n. [Homo- + -type.] (Biol.) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc. Owen.

{ Homotypic (?), Homotypical (?), } a. (Biol.) Same as .
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Homotypy (?), n. [See .] (Biol.) A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See .
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Homunculus (?), n.; pl. Homunculi (#). [L., dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.
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Hond (?), n. Hand. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hone (?), v. i. [Cf. F. honger to grumble. √37.] To grumble; pine; lament; long. [Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S.]
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Hone, n. [Cf. Icel. hūn a knob.] A kind of swelling in the cheek.
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Hone, n. [AS. hān; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. çāṇa, also çō, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. √38, 228.] A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser.
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Coloq. Hone slate See . -- Coloq. Hone stone , one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See .
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Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honed (hōnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Honing.] 1. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
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2. to render more precise or more effective; as, to hone one's skills.
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Honest (?), a. [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See .] 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer.
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Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak.
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2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
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An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope.
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An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple.
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Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3.
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Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17.
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3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
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4. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
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Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. Shak.

Syn. -- Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.
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Honest, v. t. [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See , a.] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys.
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Honestation (?), n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
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Honestetee (?), n. Honesty; honorableness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Honestly (?), adv. 1. Honorably; becomingly; decently. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. In an honest manner; as, a contract honestly made; to live honestly; to speak honestly. Shak.
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Coloq. To come honestly by . (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.
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Honesty (?), n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honesté, onesté (cf. F. honnêteté), L. honestas. See , a.] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. Shak.
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2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
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That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 1 Tim. ii. 2.
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3. Chastity; modesty. Chaucer.
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To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak.
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4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.

Syn. -- Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.
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Honewort (?), n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (Sison Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
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Honey (hŭn�), n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. konis dust, Skr. kaṇa grain.] 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
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2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
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The honey of his language. Shak.
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3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment. Chaucer.
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Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. Shak.
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☞ 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.
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Coloq. Honey ant (Zoöl.), 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. -- Coloq. Honey badger (Zoöl.), the ratel. -- Coloq. Honey bear . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Honey buzzard (Zoöl.), 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. -- Coloq. Honey guide (Zoöl.), 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. -- Coloq. Honey harvest , the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden. -- Coloq. Honey kite . (Zoöl.) See Honey buzzard (above). -- Coloq. Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. -- Coloq. Honey month . Same as . -- Coloq. Honey weasel (Zoöl.), the ratel.
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