† couvecovev.
Obsolete.
transitive and intransitive. To incubate, hatch, or sit upon.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxi. xvii. 99 Those living creature that couve and quicken their egs within their bellie.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. Index to x. liii The knitting of egges within the bodie, the laying, couving and sitting of them.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1316 Whiles they sit and cove, their egges be preserved drie.
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