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Definition of Coves
1. cove [v] - See also: cove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coves
Literary usage of Coves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"For all the Rome coves are budged a beake. And the quire (queer) coves tippe the
loure. —£. Rowlands, 161o. That " Rome coves " means gypsies ..."
2. Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1839)
"As pier-harbours are but artificial coves and creeks so arranged that free
entrances into them are secured and the vessels in them well defended from the ..."
3. The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Aldernay, &c. (the Results of a Two by Henry David Inglis (1834)
"The sea coast ; bays, coves and creeks; plan of a journey ; druidical remains ;
Rozel bay, and its attractions ; Boulay bay; its aptitude for a naval ..."
4. The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Etc: The Result of a Two by Henry David Inglis (1835)
"I shall in this chapter speak of those numerous, and beautiful bays, creeks, and
coves, which are peculiarly characteristic of Jersey; and which by many, ..."
5. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"There can be little doubt that the largest supplies of white oak timber in the
State are preserved in these coves of the Tennessee Valley. ..."
6. Unique Traditions Chiefly of the West and South of Scotland by John Gordon Barbour (1886)
"F portraying some antiquities of Scotland, and these antiquities somewhat connected
with natural scenery, well may we notice the caves, or " coves of ..."
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