- Covey
- Covey Cov"ey, v. i.
To brood; to incubate. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
[Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
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Covey — Cov ey (k?v ?), n. [OF. cov?e, F. couv?e, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See {Cubit}, and cf. {Cove} to brood.] 1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Covey — ist der Name folgender Personen: Richard Oswalt Covey (* 1946), US amerikanischer Astronaut Stephen Covey (* 1932), US amerikanischer Bestseller Autor und Professor in Utah Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterschei … Deutsch Wikipedia
Covey — Cov ey, n. A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] Parker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
covey — index band Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
covey — mid 14c., brood of partridges, from M.Fr. covée brood (Mod.Fr. couvée), from Gallo Rom. *cubata, lit. hatchling, from pp. stem of L. cubare to sit, incubate, hatch (see INCUBATION (Cf. incubation)) … Etymology dictionary
covey — ► NOUN (pl. coveys) ▪ a small flock of birds, especially partridge. ORIGIN from Old French cover, from Latin cubare lie down … English terms dictionary
covey — [kuv′ē] n. pl. coveys [ME < OFr covée, a brood < cover, to sit on, hatch < L cubare, to lie down: see CUBE1] 1. a small flock or brood of birds, esp. partridges or quail 2. a small group of people or, sometimes, things SYN. GROUP … English World dictionary
Covey — This rare and unusual surname is of Irish origin, and is a dialectal variant of the name Coffey, itself an Anglicized form of the Gaelic O Cobhthaigh, deriving from the prefix O meaning descendant of , plus the byname Cobhtach , Victorious. The… … Surnames reference
covey — ‘Hallo, my covey’ says Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger, when he first meets Oliver in Dickens’s Oliver Twist. ‘Covey’ is a diminutive form of ‘cove’, still used in third person reference of a man, or fellow. ‘Who’s that old cove over there?’… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
covey — noun (plural coveys) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French covee sitting (of hen), from cover to sit on, brood over, from Latin cubare to lie Date: 14th century 1. a mature bird or pair of birds with a brood of young; also a small flock 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
