Meaning of 'hove'

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Meaning of ‘hove’

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hove

of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.] Holland. Burns. To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] Gower.

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