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virgin honey en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Honey that flows of itself from the honeycomb.
   • Honey is distinguished into three kinds; first the virgin honey which is the produce of the swarm, obtained by draining from the combs without pressing; the second sort is thicker than the first and is procured by pressure; the third is the worst sort which is extracted by heating the combs over a fire and pressing them. 1846, editorial staff, “Honey”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 99: