Sekirov Dictionary

covey

/ˈkʌvi/

noun 3
verb 1
/ˈkoʊvi/ noun 1
forms 4

noun3

A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
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(figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.
- [T]here is not a better Spanniell in England to spring a couie of queanes than Martin. — 1589

verb1

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To gather into a group.
- O'er many a vvinding dale and painful steep, / Th' abodes of coveyed grouse and timid sheep, / My savage journey, curious, I pursue, / Till fam'd Breadalbaine opens on my view.— […] — 1793

covey

UK /ˈkəʊvi/US /ˈkoʊvi/

noun1

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(slang, old-fashioned) A male person, a man; a chap, a chappie.
- I don't know what would become of these here young chaps, if it wasn't for such careful old coveys as we are— […] — 1821

forms

coveyed · coveying · coveys · covies

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