Hiver

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who collects bees into a hive.

    "The hiver must have his face and hands defended, as above-mentioned, and accompanied by a person holding a chafing-dish, with a coal fire, covered with moist peat, to make the greater smoke […]"

Example

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"The hiver must have his face and hands defended, as above-mentioned, and accompanied by a person holding a chafing-dish, with a coal fire, covered with moist peat, to make the greater smoke […]"

Etymology

From hive + -er.

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