v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Holland. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ OE. hoven. See Hover. ] To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. of Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hove short,
Hove to
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. ]
v. t.
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.
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.
obs. or archaic p. p. of Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Affected with the disease called hoove;