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apifacture

apifacture noun: the production of honey by bees.

Noun

apifacture (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The production of honey by bees.
    • Next let vs somewhat digresse from Manufacture, to Apifacture, (and with Salemon the wife, send the sluggard to imitate the painefull and laborious Bees) for the increase of Hony and Wzxe in England, Scotland and Ireland, and others of his Maiesties dominions, and let mans helpe succour this...1629, Gerard de Malynes, Consuetudo, Vel Lex Mercatoria, Or The Antient Law-Merchant
    • That this might be duly effected, the king granted to Geddie twenty acres of marsh-land in the east end of the park of Falkland, 'to be enclosed, trenched, and planted with such herbs, trees, &c., as is most suitable and convenient for the maintenance and food of an apifacture ; and ordered a...1858, Domestic Annals of Scotland

Origin of apifacture

From apis (“bee”) and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”).

Questions about apifacture

What does apifacture mean?
Apifacture means the production of honey by bees.
What part of speech is apifacture?
Apifacture is a noun.

Words near apifacture in the dictionary

  1. apidological
  2. apidology
  3. apids
  4. apiece
  5. apieces
  6. apifacture
  7. apiform
  8. apiforol
  9. apigenin
  10. apigeninidin
  11. apigenins

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