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goldfinch(encyclopedia)
goldfinch(dictionary)

honesty (iou) and goldfinch (sh)


honesty (iou)



honesty noun. ME.
[Old French (h)oneste from Latin honestas, from honestus HONEST adjective: see -TY1.]
I. The quality of being honest.
Honour gained or conferred; repute, respect; respectability. ME-E17.
Appropriateness; decency, decorum. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
a. Moral excellence; honourable character; spec. virtue, chastity, esp. of a woman. LME-M17.
b. Generosity, liberality, hospitality. LME-E19.
Integrity, uprightness, truthfulness, sincerity. L16.
E. M. Forster He had a strong regard for honesty, and his word, once given, had always been kept.
II.
A cruciferous plant, Lunaria annua, much grown for its purple or white flowers and round semi-transparent seed-pods. L16.
Phrases: in the way of honesty: see WAY noun.

goldfinch (sh)




Any of several species (genus Carduelis, family Carduelidae) of songbirds that have a short, notched tail and much yellow in the plumage.

All have a bill that is more delicate and sharply pointed than that of most finches. They live in flocks, feeding on weeds in fields and gardens. They have high, lisping calls. Various species live in western Eurasia and North and South America and have been introduced into New Zealand and Australia. They are typically 4-5.5 in. (10-14 cm) long. The male of the American goldfinch (or wild canary), found across North America, is bright yellow, with black cap, wings, and tail.