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honehone

/ hone.hone / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Reduplication of hone #1; melodious.

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v. See HONE. To be trickish; to be mischievous.

adj. Playing tricks; teasing; fretting; not letting one alone.

Honehone (hō'-nĕ-hō'-ne), adj.

/ hō'-nĕ-hō'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Given to tricks; teasing; fretting; not letting one alone.

2. Low, soft and sweet, descriptive of vocal sounds or tones of a musical instrument; melodious.

Honehone (hō'-nĕ-hō'-ne), v.

/ hō'-nĕ-hō'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Freq. of hone.]

1. To be tricky; to be mischievous.

2. To emit low musical sounds, vocal or instrumental; to sing in low sweet notes.

Playing tricks, teasing, fretting; not letting someone alone.

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