Obs. (See quots. 1609, 1729.)

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c. 1450.  ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich), 11. Tak halue apynt of lyf hony.

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1584.  Cogan, Haven Health, ccxxxiii. 234. Let it boyle vntill it come to the thicknesse of Liue Honie.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, I. 317. Such … as … will not run like life-hony.

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1609.  C. Butler, Fem. Mon., vi. § 27. The other [hony] so soft that it will runne, which therefore is called liue-hony.

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1729.  Evelyn’s Pomona, Gen. Advt., 96. Live-Honey that which drops freely out of the Combs.

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