Bee

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- ·p.p. of Be;

— used for been.

II. Bee ·noun Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through;

— called also bee blocks.

III. Bee ·noun An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) ·see Honeybee.

IV. Bee ·noun A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.

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