HOVER
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Hov"er (?), n. [Etymol. doubtful.] A cover; a shelter; a protection. [Archaic] Carew. C. Kingsley.
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Hov"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hovering.] [OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive into one's house. See Hovel.] 1. To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something.
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Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it.
Addison.
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A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight.
Dryden.
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2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
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Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast.
Milton.
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Hovering o'er the paper with her quill.
Shak.
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