skaddon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχαδών (skhadṓn, “larva of the bee or wasp”).
Noun[edit]
skaddon (plural skaddons)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) The larva of a bee.
- 1623, Charles Butler, The Feminine Monarchie, London: Joseph Haviland, page 92:
- The reaſon is, that the vveather keeping them in, they can doe nothing but breed and hatch their schadons: and when they goe abroad, they bring in groſſe Bee meat, Ambroſia and vvater, vvherewith to feed them; but can finde nothing fit to lay vp in ſtore.
- 1669, John Worlidge, Systema Agriculturae, London: J. C., published 1675, page 186:
- This is a way hath been practised by the Ancients, and hath been much endeavoured after to be revived again, though not with any good success; for if you take away any part of their Combs in the Spring, they are then full of Skaddons, which spoil the Honey, and also destroy the breed of your Bees.
- 1742, William Ellis, The Modern Husbandman, London: T. Osborne; M. Cooper, published 1744, page 107:
- One ſays, in September, or any Time after they have done breeding (elſe the Honey will be corrupted by the Shaddens in the Combs) […]
References[edit]
- “skaddon, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “skaddon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
