to stay or stop. N. Also to pack lightly, in order to defraud in measure. The hoppickers in Kent, who are paid by the basket, lay them lightly in for that purpose : this is called hovering them.
·noun A cover; a shelter; a protection. II. Hover ·vi To hang about; to move to and fro near a plac...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The <<Kestrel>>. ...
light ground. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose