hivefuln.
/ˈhʌɪvfʊl/, U.S. /ˈhaɪvˌfʊl/ As many (bees, etc.) or as much (honey, wax, etc.) as a hive can hold.
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1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. *Cccc4v/3 Ruchée, ruchée de miel, an hive-full.
1806 G. Gregory Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 128/2 They will either swarm in the next summer, or yield an hiveful of honey.
1878 St. Nicholas Dec. 130/1 Being inspired by Alice's enthusiasm, they began to work and improve the hours like a whole hiveful of busy bees.
1917 Amer. Bee Jrnl. Mar. 98/3 When the weather gets warm and bees are flying daily, set a hiveful of the combs under a strong colony, forcing the bees to go down through these combs to get outdoors.
1996 J. M. Riley Serpent Garden 134 Those courtiers and petitioners and hangers-on just swarmed after him like a hiveful of bees after the queen.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1677- to make a level of
- to make a life
- to make a lip
- to make a living
- to make a long arm
- to make a long harvest for or about a little corn
- to make a long leg
- to make a long neck
- to make a long nose
- to make a long sermon
- to make a long story short
- to make a loose from
- to make a low leg
- to make a man
- to make a man for ever
- to make a man of
- to make a mang
- to make a mark
- to make a market
- to make a market of
- to make a mart
- to make a martyr of
- to make a martyr of oneself
- to make a mash
- to make a mash on