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Covie

//ˈkʌvi// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
Obsolete spelling of covey. alt-of, obsolete

Verb

1
Alternative spelling of covey (“to gather into a group”). alt-of, alternative, intransitive
"Our fortunes and our ſelves, are things ſo cloſely linked, that vve knovv not vvhich is the cauſe of the love that vve finde, vvhen theſe tvvo ſhall part, vve may then diſcover to vvhich of them affection vvill make vvinge; vvhen they are covied together vve knovv not vvhich is in purſuit; vvhen they riſe and breake, vve ſhall then ſee vvhich is aimed at."
2
Synonym of cove (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”). also, ambitransitive, figuratively, obsolete
"Their [tortoises'] manner is to go aland, vvhere among the graſſe they lay egges as bigge as birds egs, to the number commonly of an hundred. […] [I]n the night time ſit upon them: they couvie a whole yeere before they hatch."

Etymology

Etymology 1

See covey.

Etymology 2

See covey.

Etymology 3

A variant of couve, cove, possibly influenced by covey (“brood or family of partridges”).

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