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Webster 1913 Edition
Hive
Hive
,Noun.
[OE.
hive
, huve
, AS. h[GREEK]fe
.] 1.
A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
Dryden.
2.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
Shak.
3.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The
hive
of Roman liars. Tennyson.
Hive bee
(Zool.)
, the honeybee.
Hive
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hived
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiving
.] 1.
To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive;
as, to
. hive
a swarm of bees2.
To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
Hiving
wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
Hive
,Verb.
I.
To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hive
HIVE
, n.1.
A box, chest or kind of basket for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honey-bees. It is made of boards, straw or other materials.2.
A swarm of bees; or the bees inhabiting a hive.3.
A company or society together, or closely connected. [Unusual.]HIVE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To contain; to receive, as a habitation, or place of deposit. Where all delicious sweets are hived.
HIVE
,Verb.
I.