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hive | rash |

As a noun hive

is (label) winter.

As a proper noun rash is

.

hive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A structure for housing a swarm of honeybees.
  • (Dryden)
  • The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
  • a wretched hive of scum and villainy
  • * Tennyson
  • the hive of Roman liars
  • (computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.
  • * 2006 , Jean Andrews, Fixing Windows XP (page 352)
  • Windows builds the registry from the five registry hives
  • * 2011 , Samuel Phung, Professional Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0
  • For devices built with hive-based registry implementation, the registry data are broken into three different hives — the boot hive, system hive, and user hive.

    Derived terms

    * beehive * hivemind * mother-hive * superhive * hive five

    See also

    * apiary

    Verb

    (hiv)
  • (entomology) To enter or possess a hive.
  • To form a hive-like entity.
  • To collect into a hive.
  • to hive a swarm of bees
  • To store in a hive or similarly.
  • * Byron
  • Hiving wisdom with each studious year.
  • To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
  • (Alexander Pope)

    Derived terms

    * hive off English collective nouns

    rash

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rash, .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
  • rash words spoken in the heat of debate
  • So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
  • (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash .
  • (obsolete) Fast-acting.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.
    Synonyms
    (checksyns) * brash * heady * hotheaded * impulsive * inconsiderate * precipitate
    Derived terms
    * rashness

    Noun

    (rashes)
  • (symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
  • A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend
  • There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
    Synonyms
    (A surge in problems) epidemic
    Derived terms
    * canker rash * diaper rash * heat rash * hiker’s rash * nappy rash * nettle rash * rashguard * rashie * rash vest * reef rash * rose rash * tooth rash
    See also
    * prudent * reckless

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To prepare with haste.
  • (Foxe)

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) , (etyl) Rasch, probably from Arras in France.

    Noun

    (-)
  • An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
  • (John Donne)

    Etymology 3

    For arace

    Verb

    (es)
  • To pull off or pluck violently.
  • To slash; to hack; to slice.
  • * Spenser
  • rashing of helms and riving plates asunder

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