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Definition of Hiving
1. hive [v] - See also: hive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hiving
Literary usage of Hiving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, George Smith, Harold F. Oxbury (1885)
"Referring to Addison's translation of the fourth Géorgie, he declares that '
after his " Bees " my latter swarm is scarce worth the hiving. ..."
2. The Honey Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology, and Management by Edward Bevan (1843)
"THE hiving of bees is a proceeding so well known that it seems unnecessary to
offer any observations on the particular method of effecting it. ..."
3. An Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and ...by William Fordyce Mavor by William Fordyce Mavor (1802)
"hiving purposely omitted latitudes and longitudes, where their insertion was not
absolutely necessary to illustrate the narrative, we present our readers ..."
4. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"The other,2 deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious
year, In meditation dwelt, with learning wrought. ..."
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