† couveycoviev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. = couve v.
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To hatch, to lie close as a hen ouer hir chickens, to squat, to couie.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. liii Doves lay and couvey ten times in the yeere.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. x. 241 They [tortoises] couvie a whole yeere before they hatch.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xvi. 318 Bees couvie and sit as Hens doe.
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