What does "hive spangled" mean?

Shelli Godfrey

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Feb 21, 2002, 9:35:28 PM2/21/02

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I just started reading Annie Proulx's "Shipping News", generously lent
to me by a friend. I got stuck on this phrase ("hive spangled") and
have been trying to figure out what the heck it means...any ideas?
Does this mean he looks like he is covered in bees, honey, honeycomb,
he has a honeycomb complexion...what!
I usually read quite fast but this is driving me crazy. Please help
me out here!
Thanks,
Shelli

Don Tuite

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Feb 21, 2002, 9:54:33 PM2/21/02

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On 21 Feb 2002 18:35:28 -0800, she...@charter.net (Shelli Godfrey)
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Urticaria? See:

http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/Urticaria.html

Don

David Latane

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Feb 23, 2002, 8:52:05 AM2/23/02

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Shelli Godfrey wrote:

The answer's in a recent article in the Atlantic Monthly!

D. Latane

Rich Clancey

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Feb 23, 2002, 1:32:33 PM2/23/02

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Shelli Godfrey <she...@charter.net> wrote:
+ I just started reading Annie Proulx's "Shipping News", generously lent
+ to me by a friend. I got stuck on this phrase ("hive spangled") and
+ have been trying to figure out what the heck it means...any ideas?

I'll be hornswaggled if I know.

--
rich clancey r...@world.std.com rcla...@massart.edu

Twilight Publishing

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Feb 23, 2002, 4:25:06 PM2/23/02

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It means covered in hives; red blotches on the skin which generally
disappear after a few hours.
As a description, it is very well written IMO.

Damien Nash

www.twilightpublishing.co.uk

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Shelli Godfrey

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Feb 26, 2002, 10:18:26 PM2/26/02

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I guess I thought it should be "hives spangled" if it referred to
having hives as the singular is seldom used (not in my dictionary
anyway!)

Don Tuite

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Feb 26, 2002, 11:33:48 PM2/26/02

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On 26 Feb 2002 19:18:26 -0800, she...@charter.net (Shelli Godfrey)
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>I guess I thought it should be "hives spangled" if it referred to

>having hives as the singular is seldom used (not in my dictionary
>anyway!)

Good point. You'd have to be very small physically to "break out in a
hive." OTOH, if you have more than one, and they're arranged like
stars on the jack of a flag . . . .

Don

j del col

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Feb 27, 2002, 7:09:20 AM2/27/02

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Don Tuite <don_...@REMOVETHIShotlink.com> wrote in message news:<l9oo7uga1b82n71vs...@4ax.com>...

You would then suffer from "confluence of hives," a genuine
medical condition.

I know, I had it after eating shrimp years ago. Had to get an adrenalin
shot and take prednisone for ten days. And no more shellfish--ever!

J. Del Col

Francis Muir

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Feb 27, 2002, 8:04:27 AM2/27/02

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No wonder you're so crabby.

j del col

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Feb 27, 2002, 12:56:10 PM2/27/02

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Francis Muir <fra...@stanford.edu> wrote in message news:<3C7CD95B...@stanford.edu>...

".... a pair of ragged claws...."

J. Del Col

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Feb 28, 2002, 11:02:39 AM2/28/02

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j del col <del...@ab.edu> wrote:

>> > I know, I had it after eating shrimp years ago. Had to get an adrenalin
>> > shot and take prednisone for ten days. And no more shellfish--ever!
>>
>> No wonder you're so crabby.

> ".... a pair of ragged claws...."

shellfish is hell ... fish!

vran...@gmail.com

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Dec 27, 2013, 11:12:52 AM12/27/13

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I don't want to be presumptuous by suggesting a better orthography
for this neologism, but if she had written hives-spangled, there would
have been much less of a problem. Hives is a red skin rash
and easy to find in any dictionary.
Jos Vrancken

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Jan 16, 2014, 10:59:06 PM1/16/14

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Shelli i know where you got the idea of hive being a "bee-hive".
However "hive" has two meanings; one being a bee-hive,and the sencond meaning "to spearate one part of a group from the rest". So in this paragraph it uses the second meaning.
Spangled means to cover something a shine.
hope this helps