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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hovel | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for hovel | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hovel \Hov"el\, 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. 2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. 3. (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. --Knight. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hovel \Hov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoveled}or {Hovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoveling} or {Hovelling}.] To put in a hovel; to shelter. To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. --Shak. The poor are hoveled and hustled together. --Tennyson. | |
