-hove-

v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Holland. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hove short,
Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home. ] 1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoveled r Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling. ] To put in a hovel; to shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. [ Written also hoveller. ] [ Prov. Eng. ] G. P. R. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two. [ Written also hovelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]