rot

• Not unfrequently, large portions of the comb are covered with mould, and the whole hive is rendered very offensive This dampness which causes what may be called a rot among the bees, is one of the worst enemies with which the Apiarian in a cold climate, has to contend, as it weakens or destroys many of his best colonies. —  Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual
• He thought it was all tommy-rot, didn't he? —  There was a King in Egypt
• The potato-rot, it is said, has concealed the effects of free-trade: distress in foreign nations has disabled them to purchase our manufactures in return for their rude produce; the increase of British importation has come too soon to operate as yet on their purchase of our manufactures. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
• The atmosphere in this chamber for man and beast was impregnated with the smell of mold and dry-rot, mingled with the livelier effluvium of dirt and grime of years; but amid the malodor and mustiness, on a couch under the window, slumbered and snored the false Franciscan monk. —  Under the Rose
• Tommy-rot, I call it. —  Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale

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