Hives
[haɪvz]
Definition
(n.) The croup.
(n.) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.
Inputed by Joe
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. (Med.) Croup, rattles.
Typist: Stacey
Definition
n. a popular term for nettle-rash and other similar skin diseases: laryngitis.
Editor: Nat
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that your child is affected with hives, denotes that it will enjoy good health and be docile. To see strange children thus affected, you will be unduly frightened over the condition of some favorite.
Typed by Joan
Examples
- They swarmed out of mud bee-hives; out of hovels of the dry-goods box pattern; out of gaping caves under shelving rocks; out of crevices in the earth. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An hum, like that of ten thousand hives of swarming bees, stunned us as we entered the coffee-room. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Margaret and Mr. Lennox strolled along the little terrace-walk under the south wall, where the bees still hummed and worked busily in their hives. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Edited by Edith