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hivings

hivings is the plural of hiving.

Meaning of hiving

Noun

hiving (countable and uncountable, plural hivings)

  1. The process by which something is hived; separation and storage.
    • There are districts of Canada mainly settled from Paisley and neighbourhood, the hivings off at such seasons as we have referred to, with whose settlement he had not a little to do, and where his memory is embalmed.1872, Robert Ferrier Burns, The Life and Times of the Rev. Robert Burns, page 95

Questions about hivings

What is hivings the plural of?
Hivings is the plural of hiving.

Words near hivings in the dictionary

  1. hivewards
  2. hivey
  3. hiving
  4. hiving off
  5. hiving up
  6. hivings
  7. Hivite
  8. Hivites
  9. hivy
  10. Hiw
  11. hiway

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