Part 5418

<hw>Ho"ven</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with the disease called <i>hoove</i>; <as>as, <ex>hoven</ex> cattle</as>.</def>

<h1>Hover</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. doubtful.]</ety> <def>A cover; a shelter; a protection.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i> <i>C. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Hover</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"er</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hovered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hovering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hoveren</ets>, and <ets>hoven</ets>, prob. orig., to abide, linger, and fr. AS. <ets>hof</ets> house; cf. OFries. <ets>hovia</ets> to receive into one's house. See <er>Hovel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Great flights of birds are <b>hovering</b> about the bridge, and settling on it. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>hovering</b> mist came swimming o'er his sight. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.</def>

<blockquote>Agricola having sent his navy to <b>hover</b> on the coast. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Hovering</b> o'er the paper with her quill. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoverer</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"er*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.</def>

<h1>Hover-hawk</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"er-hawk`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The kestrel.</def>

<h1>Hoveringly</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>Hov"er*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hovering manner.</def>

<h1>How</h1> <Xpage=710>

<hw>How</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>how</ets>, <ets>hou</ets>, <ets>hu</ets>, <ets>hwu</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/</ets>, from the same root as <ets>hw\'be</ets>, <ets>hw\'91t</ets>, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. <ets>hw\'d3</ets>w, D. <ets>hoe</ets>, cf. G. <ets>wie</ets> how, Goth. <ets>hw\'c7</ets> wherewith, <ets>hwaiwa</ets> how. &root;182. See <er>Who</er>, and cf. <er>Why</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In what manner or way; by what means or process.</def>

<blockquote><b>How</b> can a man be born when he is old? <i>John iii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.</def>

<blockquote>O, <b>how</b> love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. <i>Ps. cxix. 97.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By <b>how</b> much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>For what reason; from what cause.</def>

<blockquote><b>How</b> now, my love! why is your cheek so pale? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In what state, condition, or plight.</def>

<blockquote><b>How</b>, and with what reproach, shall I return? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>By what name, designation, or title.</def>