单词 | swarming-place |
释义 | > as lemmasswarming-place 3. attributive, as swarming-place, swarming season, swarming time.Used spec. in names of apparatus for transferring a swarm of bees to a new hive, as swarming-bag, swarming-basket, swarming-box, swarming-hook. (In recent dictionaries.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [adjective] colonialized1848 swarming-place1892 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 270 In Swarming time the Hives that you are minded to use, rub with sweet Herbs. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 206/2 Watching and hiving for several weeks in the swarming season. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 3 At last it [sc. the Ghetto] becomes only a swarming-place for the poor and the ignorant. < as lemmas |
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