wasp's nestwasp-nestn.

Brit.

/ˈwɒsps nɛst/, U.S.

/ˈwɑsps ˌnɛst/ Brit.

/ˈwɒspnɛst/, U.S.

/ˈwɑspˌnɛst/

The nest of a wasp. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > nest

wasp's nestc1386

bikea1400

vespiary1817

bink1824

c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 107 Sathanas That hath in Iues herte his waspes nest.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 517/2 Waspysnest, vesparium.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 128 Which..bring foorth a swarme (as it were) of bees, or rather a waspes neast in us.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 785 Hee ha's a Sonne: who shall be..set on the head of a Waspes Nest .

1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 363 Two Sorts of curious Wasps Nests made with Clay.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 349 If like a wasp's nest I could scoop the eye out Of the detested Cyclops.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. xxiv. 246 Your policy of half-measures,..which flaps an exasperated wasp-nest with a silk pocket-handkerchief, instead of blowing it up with a match and train, is rarely successful.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 592 Cannot we get away from this scurvy wasp's-nest of a Paris?

1870 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 328 The female Rhipiphorus lays her eggs before leaving the wasps' nest.

1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. 82 It would be impossible..to give a satisfactory account of all the forms of wasp-nests.

1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. 86 A wasp's nest.

Derivatives

wasp-nesting n. [-ing suffix¹] the action of searching for wasp's nests.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > hunting or catching insects

butterfly-catching1796

butterfly-hunting1796

bee-hunting1824

mothing1826

bee-hunt1835

wasp-nesting1872

bug chasing1875

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 263/1 Fancy going about wasp-nesting with some one at your heels to take care of you.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wasps nest
释义	wasp's nestwasp-nestn. Brit. /ˈwɒsps nɛst/, U.S. /ˈwɑsps ˌnɛst/ Brit. /ˈwɒspnɛst/, U.S. /ˈwɑspˌnɛst/ The nest of a wasp. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > nest wasp's nestc1386 bikea1400 vespiary1817 bink1824 c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 107 Sathanas That hath in Iues herte his waspes nest. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 517/2 Waspysnest, vesparium. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 128 Which..bring foorth a swarme (as it were) of bees, or rather a waspes neast in us. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 785 Hee ha's a Sonne: who shall be..set on the head of a Waspes Nest . View more context for this quotation 1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 363 Two Sorts of curious Wasps Nests made with Clay. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 349 If like a wasp's nest I could scoop the eye out Of the detested Cyclops. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. xxiv. 246 Your policy of half-measures,..which flaps an exasperated wasp-nest with a silk pocket-handkerchief, instead of blowing it up with a match and train, is rarely successful. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 592 Cannot we get away from this scurvy wasp's-nest of a Paris? 1870 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 328 The female Rhipiphorus lays her eggs before leaving the wasps' nest. 1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. 82 It would be impossible..to give a satisfactory account of all the forms of wasp-nests. 1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. 86 A wasp's nest. Derivatives wasp-nesting n. [-ing suffix¹] the action of searching for wasp's nests. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > hunting or catching insects butterfly-catching1796 butterfly-hunting1796 bee-hunting1824 mothing1826 bee-hunt1835 wasp-nesting1872 bug chasing1875 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 263/1 Fancy going about wasp-nesting with some one at your heels to take care of you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1386
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