1. Noun
A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
2. Noun
A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.
3. Noun
A concave molding.
4. Noun
A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
5. Verb
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
6. Verb
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
7. Noun
A boy or man of any age or station.
8. Noun
small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
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