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hove

hove is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
  2. 2.To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.] Holland. Burns.
  3. 3.To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] Gower.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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