Part 2519

<h1>Covetiveness</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et*ive*ness</hw> <tt>(-?v-)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>Acquisitiveness.</def>

<h1>Covetous</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et*ous</hw> <tt>(k?v"?t-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>coveitos</ets>, F. <ets>convoiteux</ets>. See <er>Covet</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Covetous</b> of wisdom and fair virtue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Covetous</b> death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>covetous</b> person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See <er>Avaricious</er>.</syn>

<h1>Covetously</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a covetous manner.</def>

<h1>Covetousness</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Strong desire.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in <b>covetousness</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.</def>

<blockquote><b>Covetousness</b>, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. <i>Sprat.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.</syn>

<h1>Covey</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ey</hw> <tt>(k?v"?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cov<?/e</ets>, F. <ets>couv<?/e</ets>, fr. <ets>cover</ets>, F. <ets>couver</ets>, to sit or brood on, fr. L. <ets>cubare</ets> to lie down; cf. E. <ets>incubate</ets>. See <er>Cubit</er>, and cf. <er>Cove</er> to brood.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; <as>as, a <ex>covey</ex> of partridges</as>.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A company; a bevy; <as>as, a <ex>covey</ex> of girls</as>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Covey</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ey</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To brood; to incubate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>[Tortoises] <b>covey</b> a whole year before they hatch. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Covey</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ey</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pantry.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Parker.</i>