Meaning of apifacture | Babel Free

Definitions

The production of honey by bees.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“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 Apifacture, if it may be so called, as followeth.”

“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 convenient house to be built therein for that purpose, and did ordain the treasurer and receivers of his majesty's revenues to pay⟳ John Geddie the sum of ₤200 sterling for building and accomplishing the said apifacture.'”

“Certainly Sibbald's account of Falkland makes no mention⟳ of Gedde's apifacture in the Royal Park⟳, nor is there any physical sign⟳ of it in Slezer's view⟳ of the Palace and surrounding countryside drawn in the early 1690s”

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