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Group of quails
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covey
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A group of 8-12 (or more) quail. See gaggle, host, flock. 2 A brood of partridges, grouse, etc. 3 A party or group (of persons or things). vb. To brood; to incubate. Etymology 2 n. (context British slang dated English) A man.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "brood of partridges," from Middle French covée "brood" (Modern French couvée ), from Gallo-Roman *cubata , literally "hatchling," from past participle stem of Latin cubare "to sit, incubate, hatch" (see incubation ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small collection of people a small flock of grouse or partridge
Usage examples of covey.
Scott Covey tried to make everyone understand just how it had happened.
Elaine Atkins, Vivian and Scott Covey had been looking for a larger home for the family they planned to start.
Henry picked up Phoebe a half hour later, Covey was still in the reception area of the salon, waiting for his wife.
Scott Covey was being judged harshly was because some people said he should have known about the squall.
Scott Covey, and tonight they were with all these people who were strangers to her.
July, the one whom Scott Covey had explained was an actress appearing at the Cape Playhouse.
Henry Sprague had not told him about Scott Covey, and he hoped that the element of surprise might encourage Sprague to answer the question he planned to ask him.
Monday morning, Adam called the Wayside Inn, established that a waitress named Tina was scheduled to work there that day, then called Scott Covey and made an appointment to meet him at the inn.
Nichols, my dad and Elaine had some people over for a barbecue last night, and Scott Covey was there.
Nat as though Covey had brought about the same amount of worldly goods to his union with Vivian.
Beth, who shampooed her hair, to talk about the late Vivian Carpenter Covey, but all she learned was that Beth nearly fainted when she read that Vivian was worth so much money.
Phoebe were sitting on the deck, he had been uncomfortably aware of Covey sitting on his deck, his posture reflecting dejection and despair.
Scott Covey started to talk about leaving, she saw her chance to get away.
Men, I have to tell you, Scott Covey is coming through more and more as an opportunist.
Scott Covey chose to wear a navy summer-weight suit, long-sleeved white shirt and subdued navy-and-gray tie to the inquest.