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[ On both sides every halfe myle gallant Coues , to containe in many of them 100 sayle. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's True Travels, I. 111. At length I spied a little cove on the right shore of the creek, to which with great pain and difficulty I guided Defoe , Robinson Crusoe, p. 39. my raft. IMG:content-1494.jpg:[blocks in formation] Hence-2. A hollow, nook, or rece in a mountain, or among mountains. The word core is used with this meaning in various regions, especially in the Lake district of England, and in parts of the Appal a chi an in Virginia are oval, almost entirely inclosed, valleys, and are a prominent topographical feature of that part of the Appal a chi an system. range in the United States. The coves of the 3. In arch., a concavity; any kind of concave molding; the hollow of a vault. The term is commonly applied to the curve which is sometimes used to connect the ceiling of a room with the walls, and which springs from above the cornice. See coved ceiling, under coved. 4t. In ship- building, a curved or arched molding at the bottom of the taffrail. An elliptical molding above it was called the arch of the cove. covel (kōv), v. t. and i.; pret. and pp. coved, ppr. coving. [ The brook ploughed down from the higher barrows, and the coring banks were roofed with furze. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, xxxvii,