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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...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bee

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

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bee

  An assemblage of people, generally neighbors, to unite their labors for the benefit of one individua...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bee

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bee

  (deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bee larkspur

  ·- (Bot.) ·see <<Larkspur>>. ...

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• Bee line

  ·- The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with hone...

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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

  ·- A male or drone bee. ...

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• Drone bee

  ·- The male of the honeybee; a drone. ...

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• bee-eater

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

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bee-line

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bumble-bee

  The wild bee; also called the humble bee. In Yorkshire, England, to bumble means to make a humming n...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bee-blocks

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• wattled bee-eater

  See bee-eater. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris