As he awaited the fatal signal he tested the edge of his horrible weapon by Honing it upon his brawny forearm or decapitated in rapid succession a flock of sheep which had been provided by the admirers of his fell but necessary office.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
I'm just Honing to see him to tell him that if he values his health he'll drop that scheme at the close of the year, which closes to-day."
"John March, Southerner"
George W. Cable
You were conceited and provoking, and have let yourself be led into a nasty scrape-that's the long and short of the matter; but it is only hugging your own self-importance to sit Honing and moaning up here.
"The Pillars of the House, V1"
Charlotte M. Yonge