What does "covey" mean?
Covey: A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.
Additional senses
- 2.To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.
- 3.A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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