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covey
(noun) a small flock of grouse or partridge
covey
(noun) a small collection of people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Covey (plural Coveys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Covey is the 4212nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8414 individuals. Covey is most common among White (92.44%) individuals.
• voyce
covey (plural coveys)
A group of 8–12 (or more) quail.
Coordinate terms: flock, gaggle, host
A brood of partridges, grouse, etc.
A party or group (of persons or things).
covey (third-person singular simple present coveys, present participle coveying, simple past and past participle coveyed)
(intransitive) To brood; to incubate.
covey (plural coveys)
(British, slang, dated) A man.
• bloke (UK), chap (UK), chappie (UK), cove (UK), guy, see also man
• voyce
Source: Wiktionary
Cov"ey (kv"), n. Etym: [OF. cov, F. couv, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See Cubit, and cf. Cove to brood.]
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.
Cov"ey, v. i.
Definition: To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.
Cov"ey, n.
Definition: A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.