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  • English Word Coveter Definition One who covets.
  • English Word Coveting Definition of Covet
  • English Word Covetise Definition Avarice.
  • English Word Covetiveness Definition Acquisitiveness.
  • English Word Covetous Definition Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
  • English Word Covetous Definition Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
  • English Word Covetously Definition In a covetous manner.
  • English Word Covetousness Definition Strong desire.
  • English Word Covetousness Definition A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.
  • English Word Covey Definition 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.
  • English Word Covey Definition A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls.
  • English Word Covey Definition To brood; to incubate.
  • English Word Covey Definition A pantry.
  • English Word Covin Definition A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.
  • English Word Covin Definition Deceit; fraud; artifice.
  • English Word Coving Definition of Cove
  • English Word Covinous Definition Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
  • English Word Cow Definition A chimney cap; a cowl
  • English Word Cow Definition The mature female of bovine animals.
  • English Word Cow Definition The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.
  • English Word Cow Definition To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.
  • English Word Cow Definition A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock.
  • English Word Cow parsley Definition An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chaerophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).
  • English Word Cow parsnip Definition A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).
  • English Word Cow tree Definition A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.
  • English Word Cow's lungwort Definition Mullein.
  • English Word Cow-pilot Definition A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.
  • English Word Cowage Definition See Cowhage.
  • English Word Cowan Definition One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship.
  • English Word Coward Definition Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.