Part 5417

<hw>Hou*yhnhnm"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.</def>

<h1>Hove</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Heave</er>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Hove short</col>, <col>Hove to</col></mcol>. <cd>See <cref>To heave a cable short</cref>, <cref>To heave a ship to</cref>, etc., under <er>Heave</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hove</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hove</hw>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <def>To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>

<i>Holland. Burns.</i>

<h1>Hove</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hove</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hoven</ets>. See <er>Hover</er>.]</ety> <def>To hover around; to loiter; to lurk.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Hovel</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hovel</ets>, <ets>hovil</ets>, prob. a dim. fr. AS. <ets>hof</ets> house; akin to D. & G. <ets>hof</ets> court, yard, Icel. <ets>hof</ets> temple; cf. Prov. E. <ets>hove</ets> to take shelter, <ets>heuf</ets> shelter, home.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Porcelain Manuf.)</fld> <def>A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Hovel</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hoveled</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Hovelled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hoveling</er> or <er>Hovelling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To put in a hovel; to shelter.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>hovel</b> thee with swine, and rogues forlon. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The poor are <b>hoveled</b> and hustled together. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoveler</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"el*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hoveller</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>G. P. R. James.</i>

<h1>Hoveling</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"el*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hovelling</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hoven</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Ho"ven</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs. &or; archaic</mark> <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Heave</er>.</def>

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