coveter, coveyter

[Eng. covet; er.] One who covets. "We ben not coueyteris of yuelis." - Wycliffe : 1 Cor. z. 6. cov'-et-ing, *coveityng, *covetynge, pr . par ., a. & s. [COVET, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or habit of desiring or long. ing for eagerly or inordinately. "That place is clepid the sepulcris of couetynge." Wycliffe: Numb. xi. 34. *cov'-ět-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. coveting ; -ly.] In a covetous manner; with an eager or inordinate desire. "Most covetingly ready."-B. Jonson: Cynth. Revels. *cov-ět-işe, *covaitis, *coveitise, *covaytise, *coveytise, *covetyse, s. [O. Fr. coveitise ; Sp. codicia ; Ital. cupidigia , cupidezza ; Low Lat. cup i ditia; Lat. cupid it as , from cupid us eager, covet ous; cupio to desire earnestly.] 1. An earnest desire or longing for anything. "Ther is an holy coueytise and an holy enuye." Ayenbite, p. 137. 2. Covetousne , avarice, inordinate desire. "Whose greedy lust did lack in greatest store; Whose need had end, but no end covetise ; Whose welth was want, whose plenty made him pore." Spenser: F. Q., L. iv. 29. cov'-ět-oŭs, *covatous, *covaytous, *cove i to us, *cove to use, *covey to use, a . [O. Fr. cove it us , covoitous ; Fr. convoiteux ; Ital. cubitoso .] 1. Eagerly desirous or anxious to gain or po e . " Covetous only of a virtuous praise; His life a le on to the land he sways." Cowper: Table Talk. 2. Inordinately desirous of; lusting after. "The cruel nation, covetous of prey, Stain'd with my blood th' inhospitable coast." Dryden: Eneid. 3. Spec .: Exce ively eager for money; avaricious. **Let never so much probability hang on one side of a Covetous man's reasoning, and money on the other, it is easy to foresee which will outweigh."-Locke. tcov-ět-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. covetous ; -ly.] In a covetous manner; with an inordinately eager desire to obtain; avariciously. cov-ět-oŭs-ne , s. [Eng. covetous; -ne .] I. Ordinary Language: 1163 rather than avarice, and in some Scripture pa ages (as Ephes. v. 5) the meaning seems to be the same. Crabb thus discriminates between covetousne , cupidity, and avarice : "All these terms are employed to expre an illicit desire after objects of gratification; but covetousne is applied to property in general; cupidity and avarice only to money or po e ions. A child may display its covetousne in regard to the playthings which fall in its way; a man shows his cupidity in regard to the gains that fall in his way; we should therefore be careful to show itself in the more hateful character of cupidity check the covetous disposition in early life, lest it in advanced years. Covetousne is the natural dis. position for having or getting; cupidity is the ac quired disposition. As the love of appropriation is an innate characteristic in man, that of accumu lating or wanting to accumulate, which constitutes covetousne , will show itself, in some persons, among the first indications character: where prospect of ama ing great wealth is set before a man, as in the case of a governor of a distant province, it will evince great virtue in him, if his cupid ity be not excited. The covetous man seeks to add to what he has; the avaricious man only strives to retain what he has; the covetous man sacrifices others to indulge himself; the avaricious man will sometimes sacrifice himself to indulge others; for generosity, which is opposed to covetousne , is sometimes a ociated with avarice ." (Crabb: Eng . Synon.) IMG:content-1197.png:[blocks in formation] P. 45-Darwin: "These birds do not go in coveys , Voyage round the World (ed. 1870), ch. iii., p. 45. *II. Fig .: A pair, a number, a set. "There would be no walking in a shady wood, without springing a covey of toasts."- Add is on : Guardian. cov-ey (2), s. [Contr. of Muscovy. ( Skinner .)] A geraniaceous plant, Erodium moschatum. Sweet covey: The same as COVEY (q. v.). tcov-in, *cov-ine, *cov-yne, s. [O. Fr. covine , from Lat. convenio to come together, to agree.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A trick, treachery, scheming, arti- fice. ( Chaucer : C. T. , 605.) 2. Law : An agreement or collusion between two or more persons to the prejudice or hurt of an 1. The quality of being covetous; an inordinate desire for money; avarice. "They might have pardoned his covetousne Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xix. 2. An eager longing or desire for anything; eager ne . "When workmen strive to do better than well,.. They do confound their skill in covetousne ." Shakesp.: King John, iv. 2. IMG:content-1198.png:[blocks in formation] invented or adopted the inclined coving, having an angle of 135° with the fire-back, to radiate heat IMG:content-1199.png:[blocks in formation] the Ox, Bos taurus , of which the bull is the male. 1. Zool.: The female of the bovine species called Like other domestic animals it has run into numerous varieties, and its primitive uniformity has given rise to manifold diversity. Nor is it it in color alone that it has altered. It has done so in form, besides which there are horned and hornle oxen. and the normal number of her offspring birth period of gestation cow is nine months, only one. [BOS, CATTLE.] 2. Farming , Dairy Operations, .: "A perfect cow," says an old writer, "should have black eyes, large clean horns, a long thin skin, a large deep belly, strong muscular thighs, round legs, broad feet, short joints, ., white large udder with four teats." Speaking broadly this is correct; but in the choice of a cow attention should be given primarily to the nature of the pasture into which it is to be turned. The Darwin i an principle of natural selection with the survival of the fittest has adapted cattle of different sizes and qualities to different parts of the country; little active cattle thriving on the scanty herbage found high up the mountainside, and large heavy slow-going cattle of luxurious revel amid the rank vegetation of river sides and proclivities falling off unle they are allowed to meadows. The latter furnish the greatest quantity of milk. To preserve them in health, plenty of fresh air, artificial food when natural supply runs short, shelter in winter and in bad weather, and forbearance to force medicine upon them when it is not needed, are the chief requisites. 3. Mining : (1) A wooden wedge to jam against the barrel of a gin or crab, to keep it from revolving. (2) A rude shed erected over the mouth of a coalpit. 4. Mach .: A kind of self-acting brake formerly used on inclined planes; a trailer. B. As adj .: Female, the term being used not merely for the female of the species described under A, but for that of any of the larger herbivorous mammals. It is opposed to bull , adj., in the sense of male or masculine. [COW-CALF.] *cow-babe, s. A coward. cow-baillie, s. IMG:content-1200.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A popular name for the American Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus american us . It is a migratory bird, coming from the South to the United States and to Canada in April and May, and returning in autumn. Called also the Cow-bunting and the Cattle-bird. 2. The name given in some localities in the Southern States to a species of small blackbird, Molothrus pecoris, on account of its fondne for barn-yards and cattle. [COW-PEN BIRD.]