Hover

Definitions

1. An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
2. A surname.
3. A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
4. An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
   figuratively
5. A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
   Southern-England

Equivalents

Examples

“Oyſters grevv vpon boughs of trees (an Indian miracle) vvhich vvere caſt in [the pond] thither, to ſerue as a houer for the fiſh.”

“And now, down the rushing stream, […] past dark hovers under swirling banks, from which great trout rushed out on Tom, thinking him to be good to eat⟳, and turned back sulkily, for the fairies sent them home again with a tremendous scolding, for daring to meddle with a water-baby; […]”

“Without the instinct of self-preservation, which causes the sea-anemone to contract its tentacles, or the fish⟳ to dash into its hover, species would be extermined wholesale by involuntary suicide.”

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