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covying

covying is the present participle and gerund of covie.

Meaning of covie

Verb

covie (third-person singular simple present covies, present participle covying, simple past and past participle covied)

  1. (also, ambitransitive, figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of cove (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”).
    • Their [tortoises'] manner is to go aland, vvhere among the graſſe they lay egges as bigge as birds egs, to the number commonly of an hundred. […] [I]n the night time ſit upon them: they couvie a whole yeere before they hatch.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book IX.] Of Sea Tortoises, and How They are Taken.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall...
    Synonyms:
    cove

Questions about covying

What is covying the present participle and gerund of?
Covying is the present participle and gerund of covie.

Words near covying in the dictionary

  1. covits
  2. covolatilities
  3. covolatility
  4. covolume
  5. covolumes
  6. covying
  7. cow
  8. cow bean
  9. cow beans
  10. cow bell
  11. cow bells

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