What does "hove" mean?
Hove: of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
Additional senses
- 2.To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.] Holland. Burns.
- 3.To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] Gower.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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