bumble-bee

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  ·noun The <<Bittern>>. II. Bumble ·vi To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; ...

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• Bee

  ·- ·p.p. of Be; — used for been. II. Bee ·noun Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bows...

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• Bee

  First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Ps....

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• bee

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• bee

  A ring or hoop of metal. ♦ Bees of the bowsprit. (See bee-blocks.) ...

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• Bee

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• bumble-kite

  a bramble or black-berry. Cumb. So called also in Hampshire; perhaps a corruption of bramble kates. ...

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• Bee line

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• Bee-eater

  ·noun An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. II. Bee-eater ·noun A bird of the genus Merops, t...

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• Dog bee

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• Drone bee

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• bee-eater

  n. a bird-name. The European Bee-eater is Merops apiaster; the Australian species is Merops ornatus...

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• bee-line

  To take a bee-line, is to take the most direct or straight way from one point to another. Bees in re...

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• bee-blocks

  Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through...

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• wattled bee-eater

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