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The sea, in short, has honeycombed it, and renews her vows to be its ruin with every gale.

From Some Private Views by Payn, James

Is it not better to prevent disease than to try the cure after it has become established, or has honeycombed the constitution?

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various