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Definition of Hiveless
1. a. Destitute of a hive.
Definition of Hiveless
1. Adjective. Without a hive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hiveless
1. lacking a hive [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hiveless
Literary usage of Hiveless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Agriculturist (1844)
"Out of the eight calves six of them are heifers, and they are all exceedingly
promising. hiveless Bees.—We find the following curious observations on ..."
2. Poems by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1890)
"... Conceits of brighter times, of times The brighter for past storms, Clung thick
as bees, when brazen chimes Call down the hiveless swarms. ..."
3. Lake Champlain and Its Shores by William Henry Harrison Murray (1890)
"The poet and scholar, the artist and philosopher, the weary business man and
college student, the angler and tourist, — that hiveless bee that buzzes from ..."
4. A Treasury of English Sonnets by David M. Main (1881)
"... Conceits of brighter times, of times The brighter for past storms, Clung thick
as bees, when brazen chimes Call down the hiveless swarms. ..."
5. Amelia, Tamerton Church-tower, Etc.: With Prefatory Study on English by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1878)
"... Conceits of brighter times, of times The brighter for past storms, Clung thick
as bees, when brazen chimes Call down the hiveless swarms. ..."
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