hove (root: heave)

Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hove, imp. & p. p.

imp. & p. p. of Heave. [1913 Webster]

Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.

hove, v. i. & t.

To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. Holland. Burns. [1913 Webster]

hove, v. i. [OE. hoven. See Hover.].

To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. Gower. [1913 Webster]

hove, past of HEAVE.