cove : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cove	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for cove
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cove n a small inlet small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cove \Cove\, n. [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.] A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang] There's a gentry cove here. --Wit's Recreations (1654). Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. --Mrs. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cove \Cove\ (k[omac]v), n. [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben pigsty, orig., hut, Icel kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.] 1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore. Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. --Holland. 2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.] 3. (Arch.) (a) A concave molding. (b) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coved} (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coving}.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H. Swinburne. {Coved ceiling}, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. {Coved vault}, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cove \Cove\, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See {Covey}.] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.] Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. --Holland.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cove, AR (town, FIPS 15700) Location: 34.43502 N, 94.40923 W Population (1990): 346 (170 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71937 Cove, OR (city, FIPS 16250) Location: 45.29670 N, 117.80949 W Population (1990): 507 (201 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97824 Cove, TX (town, FIPS 17336) Location: 29.81322 N, 94.82491 W Population (1990): 402 (152 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)