What is the meaning of COVE. Phrases containing COVE
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Cove is old slang for a man or boy. Cove is British slang for old−fashioned.
To stop talking to someone - literally. Came from the old story about Lady Godiva riding naked through the streets of Coventry in the Middle Ages to protest about the taxes her husband was laying on the serfs. Most of the townsfolk spared the ladies blushes by staying indoors on the day of the ride, but one man - called Tom - 'peeped' and was apparantly blinded by the sight of her naked body, but either way was shunned and ignored by his neighbours for evermore.
The metal cover for a scuttle or deadlight.
Brother. My manhole cover is coming for a visit. How does manhole cover rhyme with brother you ask? Simple... if you pronounce brother as "bruvver"!
Nubbing cove was slang for the hangman.
Cover with the moon is American tramp slang for to sleep in the open
Ben Cove was th and th century slang for a friend, a good fellow.
Covered wagon is London Cockney rhyming slang for a disagreeable woman (dragon).
Covent Garden was old British rhyming slang for a farthing. Covent Garden is London Cockney rhyming slang for pardon.
Do the book and cover is American slang for to be imprisoned for the rest of one's life.
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imp. & p. p.
of Covet
n.
The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Covet
n.
One who, or that which, covers.
a.
One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
n.
One who covets.
v. t.
Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
a.
Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
a.
Covered or bound in yellow paper.
n.
Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
a.
That may be coveted; desirable.
v. t.
Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.
v. t.
Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
n.
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
n.
Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.
adv.
In a covetous manner.
a.
A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
n.
A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls.
n.
A coverlet.
n.
A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges.
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