A cant word among thieves, signifying a naked or poor man; also a lusty, strong rogue.
high father ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Exalted father. (see Abraham.) ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Naked. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
(a high father), the earlier name of Abraham. ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun A concave molding. II. Cove ·noun A boy or man of any age or station. III. Cove ·vt To brood...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A man, a fellow, a rogue. The cove was bit; the rogue was outwitted. The cove has bit the cole; the ...
a part of a building so called ; Kent. Also a little harbour for boats. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
An inlet in a coast, sometimes extensive, as the Cove of Cork. In naval architecture, the arched mou...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of...
Pretended mad men. ...
A good fellow. Cant. ...
The College cove has numbered him, and if he is knocked down he'll be twisted; the turnkey of Newgat...
The beadle, or whipper, in Bridewell. ...
A gentleman. CANT. ...
A swindler, a sharper, a cheat. On the mace; to live by swindling. ...
A boxer. How the milling cove served the cull out; how the boxer beat the fellow. ...
A rogue. CANT. ...
A coachman. CANT. ...
A dexterous or clever rogue. ...
A coachman. ...
The hangman. CANT. ...
To pretend sickness. ...
A gentleman's house. CANT. ...
An elliptical moulding sprung over the cove of a ship, at the lower part of the taffrail. ...