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Covey

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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. Darwin.

2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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