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cov⋅ey

   [kuhv-ee]
–noun, plural -eys.
1. a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds.
2. a group, set, or company.
Origin:
1400–50; ME, var. of covee < AF, OF, n. use of fem. of ptp. of cover to hatch < L cubāre to lie down; cf. couvade, concubine
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cov·ey     (kŭv'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cov·eys
  1. A family or small flock of birds, especially partridge or quail. See Synonyms at flock1.
  2. A small group, as of persons.


[Middle English, from Old French covee, brood, from feminine past participle of cover, to incubate, from Latin cubāre, to lie down.]

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covey

noun
1. a small collection of people 
2. a small flock of grouse or partridge 

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Covey

Cou`vade"\ (k[=oo]`v[.a]d"), n. [F., fr. couver. See Covey.] A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.

The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. --Tylor.

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Covey

Cove\, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See Covey.] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.]

Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. --Holland.

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Covey

Cov"ey\ (k?v"?), n. [OF. cov?e, F. couv?e, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See Cubit, and cf. Cove to brood.]

1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. --Darwin.

2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. --Addison.

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