coveyn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkʌvi/, U.S.

/ˈkəvi/

Forms: Middle English coue, coueye, 1500s–1600s covie, coovie, (1500s cooui), 1600s couvie, covye, Middle English–1700s covy, Middle English– covey.

Etymology: Middle English, < Old French covée, modern French couvée brood = Italian covata < Romance type *cub-āta, lit. a hatching, < Latin cubāre, Italian covare, French couver to sit, incubate, hatch.

1. A brood or hatch of partridges; a family of partridges keeping together during the first season. (Sometimes also of grouse, ptarmigan, etc.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > young or brood

poulta1425

coveyc1440

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Perdix (partridge) > brood

coveyc1440

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse) > brood

coveyc1440

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus mutus (ptarmigan) > brood of

coveyc1440

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 96/2 Covey of pertrychys (H.P. coue, or couy).

1486 Bk. St. Albans B iij b Let yowre spanyellis fynde a Couy of partrichys.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 This cooui rauenouse [of harpies]..They gripte in tallants the meat.

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E ij There is not a better Spanniell in England to spring a couie.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 219 The partridges..together with their coovie of young birds.

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iii. 119 Sinne is..like the Partridges, which flye by Coueys.

1720 J. Gay Rural Sports ii, in Poems I. 20 The flutt'ring coveys from the stubble rise.

1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 365 A partridge followed by a large covey of very young birds.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage ix. 132 A covey of ptarmigans.

1868 C. W. Dilke Greater Brit. I. 141 The sage-brush..gave shelter to a few coveys of sage-hens.

2. figurative and transferred. A family, party, or set (of persons or things).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together

class1583

coveya1592

parcel1607

batch1616

sisterhood1616

clan1667

band1690

set1690

lot1710

group1718

brotherhood1728

kit1785

package1947

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C3 Heers..a couie of Cockscombs.

1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iv. iv. sig. H2 Who are they in the corner? As I live, a Covey of Fidlers.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Warw. 124 I never did spring such a Covye of Mathematicians all at once.

a1663 R. Sanderson Ad Clerum (1670) 27 There are so many Covies of new doctrines sprung up ever and anon.

1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 78 The whole covey of victims was thus netted.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xxvii A whole covey of trumps was ranged in one corner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† coveyn.²

Etymology: perhaps derivative of cove n.¹ in its Old English sense of ‘closet’, etc.

Obsolete.

A pantry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun]

cellar?c1225

larderc1305

pantrya1325

butleryc1325

spencec1386

larder-house1390

aumbrya1398

lardinera1400

meatfettle1440

spinde1481

selyer1483

pantyr?a1500

vault1500

eschansonnery1514

lardrya1552

lard-house1555

coveyc1593

brine-house1594

dispense1622

reservatory1647

provedore1694

ice cellar1735

spring house1755

provision house1787

futtah1834

pataka1842

c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 68 From the cellar-door to the pantry or covey-door.

c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 77 A little vault at the west end of the Frater house like unto a pantry, called the Covey.

1861 Our Eng. Home 80 The pantry, called by ancient housekeepers the covey.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

coveyn.³

/ˈkəʊvi/

Etymology: < cove n.² + -y suffix⁴.

slang or vulgar.

Little ‘cove’. (Used of an intimate or associate: cf. chappie n.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun]

churla800

werec900

rinkeOE

wapmanc950

heOE

wyeOE

gomeOE

ledeOE

seggeOE

shalkOE

manOE

carmanlOE

mother bairnc1225

hemea1250

mother sona1250

hind1297

buck1303

mister mana1325

piecec1325

groomc1330

man of mouldc1330

hathela1350

sire1362

malea1382

fellowa1393

guestc1394

sergeant?a1400

tailarda1400

tulka1400

harlotc1405

mother's sona1470

frekea1475

her1488

masculinea1500

gentlemana1513

horse?a1513

mutton?a1513

merchant1549

child1551

dick1553

sorrya1555

knavea1556

dandiprat1556

cove1567

rat1571

manling1573

bird1575

stone-horse1580

loona1586

shaver1592

slave1592

copemate1593

tit1594

dog1597

hima1599

prick1598

dingle-dangle1605

jade1608

dildoa1616

Roger1631

Johnny1648

boy1651

cod1653

cully1676

son of a bitch1697

cull1698

feller1699

chap1704

buff1708

son of a gun1708

buffer1749

codger1750

Mr1753

he-man1758

fella1778

gilla1790

gloak1795

joker1811

gory1819

covey1821

chappie1822

Charley1825

hombre1832

brother-man1839

rooster1840

blokie1841

hoss1843

Joe1846

guy1847

plug1848

chal1851

rye1851

omee1859

bloke1861

guffin1862

gadgie1865

mug1865

kerel1873

stiff1882

snoozer1884

geezer1885

josser1886

dude1895

gazabo1896

jasper1896

prairie dog1897

sport1897

crow-eater1899

papa1903

gink1906

stud1909

scout1912

head1913

beezer1914

jeff1917

pisser1918

bimbo1919

bozo1920

gee1921

mush1936

rye mush1936

basher1942

okie1943

mugger1945

cat1946

ou1949

tess1952

oke1970

bra1974

muzhik1993

1821 P. Egan Life in London 287 The covey was no scholard, as he asserted.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. viii. 123 Hullo! my covey, what's the row?

1840 R. H. Barham Legend Hamilton Tighe in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 158 ‘What a rum old covey is Hairy-faced Dick!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

† Coveyn.⁴

Obsolete.

(See quot. 1671.)

1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Botanicum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Covey, vel sweet Covey, pro Muscovy [= Erodium moschatum (Britten & Holland)].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† coveyn.⁵

Obsolete.

Perhaps = convey n., convoy n. (but of earlier date).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > escort

coveyc1325

convoy1553

convey1579

escort1579

safeguard1633

c1325 Coer de L. 6367 Al that nyght, with fayr covey, They rede forth by the way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† coveyv.

Obsolete.

To hatch: see couvey v.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

n.¹c1440

n.²c1593

n.³1821

n.⁴1671

n.⁵c1325

单词	covey
释义	coveyn.¹ Brit. /ˈkʌvi/, U.S. /ˈkəvi/ Forms: Middle English coue, coueye, 1500s–1600s covie, coovie, (1500s cooui), 1600s couvie, covye, Middle English–1700s covy, Middle English– covey. Etymology: Middle English, < Old French covée, modern French couvée brood = Italian covata < Romance type cub-āta, lit. a hatching, < Latin cubāre, Italian covare, French couver* to sit, incubate, hatch. 1. A brood or hatch of partridges; a family of partridges keeping together during the first season. (Sometimes also of grouse, ptarmigan, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > young or brood poulta1425 coveyc1440 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Perdix (partridge) > brood coveyc1440 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse) > brood coveyc1440 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus mutus (ptarmigan) > brood of coveyc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 96/2 Covey of pertrychys (H.P. coue, or couy). 1486 Bk. St. Albans B iij b Let yowre spanyellis fynde a Couy of partrichys. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 This cooui rauenouse [of harpies]..They gripte in tallants the meat. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E ij There is not a better Spanniell in England to spring a couie. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 219 The partridges..together with their coovie of young birds. 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iii. 119 Sinne is..like the Partridges, which flye by Coueys. 1720 J. Gay Rural Sports ii, in Poems I. 20 The flutt'ring coveys from the stubble rise. 1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 365 A partridge followed by a large covey of very young birds. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage ix. 132 A covey of ptarmigans. 1868 C. W. Dilke Greater Brit. I. 141 The sage-brush..gave shelter to a few coveys of sage-hens. 2. figurative and transferred. A family, party, or set (of persons or things). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together class1583 coveya1592 parcel1607 batch1616 sisterhood1616 clan1667 band1690 set1690 lot1710 group1718 brotherhood1728 kit1785 package1947 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C3 Heers..a couie of Cockscombs. 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iv. iv. sig. H2 Who are they in the corner? As I live, a Covey of Fidlers. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Warw. 124 I never did spring such a Covye of Mathematicians all at once. a1663 R. Sanderson Ad Clerum (1670) 27 There are so many Covies of new doctrines sprung up ever and anon. 1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 78 The whole covey of victims was thus netted. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xxvii A whole covey of trumps was ranged in one corner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † coveyn.² Etymology: perhaps derivative of cove n.¹ in its Old English sense of ‘closet’, etc. Obsolete. A pantry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] cellar?c1225 larderc1305 pantrya1325 butleryc1325 spencec1386 larder-house1390 aumbrya1398 lardinera1400 meatfettle1440 spinde1481 selyer1483 pantyr?a1500 vault1500 eschansonnery1514 lardrya1552 lard-house1555 coveyc1593 brine-house1594 dispense1622 reservatory1647 provedore1694 ice cellar1735 spring house1755 provision house1787 futtah1834 pataka1842 c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 68 From the cellar-door to the pantry or covey-door. c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 77 A little vault at the west end of the Frater house like unto a pantry, called the Covey. 1861 Our Eng. Home 80 The pantry, called by ancient housekeepers the covey.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). coveyn.³ /ˈkəʊvi/ Etymology: < cove n.² + -y suffix⁴. slang or vulgar. Little ‘cove’. (Used of an intimate or associate: cf. chappie n.) ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] churla800 werec900 rinkeOE wapmanc950 heOE wyeOE gomeOE ledeOE seggeOE shalkOE manOE carmanlOE mother bairnc1225 hemea1250 mother sona1250 hind1297 buck1303 mister mana1325 piecec1325 groomc1330 man of mouldc1330 hathela1350 sire1362 malea1382 fellowa1393 guestc1394 sergeant?a1400 tailarda1400 tulka1400 harlotc1405 mother's sona1470 frekea1475 her1488 masculinea1500 gentlemana1513 horse?a1513 mutton?a1513 merchant1549 child1551 dick1553 sorrya1555 knavea1556 dandiprat1556 cove1567 rat1571 manling1573 bird1575 stone-horse1580 loona1586 shaver1592 slave1592 copemate1593 tit1594 dog1597 hima1599 prick1598 dingle-dangle1605 jade1608 dildoa1616 Roger1631 Johnny1648 boy1651 cod1653 cully1676 son of a bitch1697 cull1698 feller1699 chap1704 buff1708 son of a gun1708 buffer1749 codger1750 Mr1753 he-man1758 fella1778 gilla1790 gloak1795 joker1811 gory1819 covey1821 chappie1822 Charley1825 hombre1832 brother-man1839 rooster1840 blokie1841 hoss1843 Joe1846 guy1847 plug1848 chal1851 rye1851 omee1859 bloke1861 guffin1862 gadgie1865 mug1865 kerel1873 stiff1882 snoozer1884 geezer1885 josser1886 dude1895 gazabo1896 jasper1896 prairie dog1897 sport1897 crow-eater1899 papa1903 gink1906 stud1909 scout1912 head1913 beezer1914 jeff1917 pisser1918 bimbo1919 bozo1920 gee1921 mush1936 rye mush1936 basher1942 okie1943 mugger1945 cat1946 ou1949 tess1952 oke1970 bra1974 muzhik1993 1821 P. Egan Life in London 287 The covey was no scholard, as he asserted. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. viii. 123 Hullo! my covey, what's the row? 1840 R. H. Barham Legend Hamilton Tighe in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 158 ‘What a rum old covey is Hairy-faced Dick!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † Coveyn.⁴ Obsolete. (See quot. 1671.) Π 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Botanicum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Covey, vel sweet Covey, pro Muscovy [= Erodium moschatum (Britten & Holland)]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † coveyn.⁵ Obsolete. Perhaps = convey n., convoy n. (but of earlier date). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > escort coveyc1325 convoy1553 convey1579 escort1579 safeguard1633 c1325 Coer de L. 6367 Al that nyght, with fayr covey, They rede forth by the way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † coveyv. Obsolete. To hatch: see couvey v. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹c1440n.²c1593n.³1821n.⁴1671n.⁵c1325v.
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