n. [ Sp. anchoa, anchova, or Pg. anchova, prob. of Iberian origin, and lit. a dried or pickled fish, fr. Bisc. antzua dry: cf. D. anchovis, F. anchois. ] (Zool.) A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Ludwig van Beethoven, a renowned German composer, born 1770, died 1827.
Syn. -- van Beethoven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the music of Beethoven. He enjoyed Beethoven most of all. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v., and derivatives. See Behoove, &c. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Useful, or usefully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hove short,
Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Holland. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. hoven. See Hover. ] To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home. ] 1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Porcelain Manuf.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoveled r Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling. ] To put in a hovel; to shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman. [ Written also hoveller. ] [ Prov. Eng. ] G. P. R. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ Written also hovelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. or archaic p. p. of Heave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. doubtful. ] A cover; a shelter; a protection. [ Archaic ] Carew. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great flights of birds are hovering about the bridge, and settling on it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called ACV and air-cushioned vehicle. [ Mostly found in Great Britain ] [ PJC ]

n. A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The kestrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hovering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. usually y&ebreve_;hōvāh (with the vowel points of ădōnāi Lord), sometimes (to avoid repetition) y&ebreve_;hōvih (with the vowel points of &ebreve_;lōhīm God); but only the four Heb, consonants yhvh are conceded to be certainly known. ] A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the “ineffable name” of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist. [ 1913 Webster ]

The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs from that of his predecessor [ the Elohist ]. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration. S. Davidson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See Elohistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. [ 1913 Webster ]

I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Thrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shoved p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving. ] [ OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. scūfan; akin to OFries. skūva, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. skūfa, sk&ymacr_;fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. √160. Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle. ] 1. To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. [ 1913 Webster ]

He grasped the oar,
eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The same as Shovelboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc&unr_;vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. √160. See Shove, v. t. ] An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [ Colloq. ] --
Shovelspur (Zool.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. --
Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shoveled r Shovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling or Shovelling. ] 1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To gather up as with a shovel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Shoveler. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The shoveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also shoveller. ] 1. One who, or that which, shovels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Shovelfuls As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The common sand shark. See under Snad. (b) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil. (c) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus). (d) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sulpho- + vinum wine: cf. F. sulfovinique. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [ Obs. & R. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From its habit of hovering over one spot. ] (Zool.) The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Also older . The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]