Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HEX'A-GON, n. [Gr. εξ, six, and γωνια, an angle.]

In geometry, a figure of six sides and six angles. If the sides and angles are equal, it is a regular hexagon. The cells of honey-comb are hexagons, and it is remarkable that bees instinctively form their cells of this figure, which fills any given space without any interstice or loss of room.