† humbledoryn.
Obsolete.
A drone.
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droneOE
dog-bee1530
humbledory1555
dronel1575
dumble bee?1577
dronet1583
siren1601
cephen1623
1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlviii. 153 Not to lye in corners lyke humbledoryes, eatyng up the honey of the bees.
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