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COVE , a word mostly used in the sense of a small inlet or sheltered See also:

BAY

bay in a See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

LINE

line. In See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect usage it is also applied to a See also:

cave or to a See also:

RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess in a See also:

mountain-See also:

side. The word in O. Eng. is cofa, and cognate forms are found in the Ger. Koben, See also:

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian kove, and in various forms in other See also:

Teutonic See also:

LANGUAGES

languages. ' It has no connexion with "See also:

ALCOVE (through the Span. akova, from the Arab. al-, the, and quobbah, a vault)

alcove," recess in a See also:

ROOM

room or See also:

BUILDING

building, which is derived through the Span. alcoba from Arab. al, the, and qubbah, vault, See also:

arch, nor with "See also:

CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup" or "coop," nor with "cave" (See also:

LAT

Lat. cava). The use of the word was first confined to a small chamber or See also:

CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell or inner recess in a room or building. From this has come the particular application in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture to any See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

CONCAVE

concave moulding, the See also:

TERM

term being usually applied to the quadrantal See also:

CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve rising from the See also:

CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice of a lofty room to the moulded See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of the See also:

HORIZONTAL

horizontal See also:

CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

ceiling. The term "coving" is given in See also:

HALF

half-timbered See also:

WORK

work to the curved See also:

SOFFIT (from Fr. soffite, Ital. soffitta, a ceiling, formed as if from su. fjictus for suff xus, Lat. suffigere, to fix underneath)

soffit under a projecting window, or in the 1Sth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to that occasionally found carrying the See also:

GUTTER (O. Fr. goutiere, mod. gouttiere, from Lat. gutta, drop)

gutter of a See also:

house. In the Musee See also:

PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHE (1514–1589)

Plantin at See also:

Antwerp the See also:

HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth of the fireplace of the upper See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor is carved on coving, which forms See also:

PART

part of the See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of the See also:

CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

chimney-piece in the room below. The See also:

SLANG

slang use of "cove" for any male See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, like a "See also:

FELLOW

fellow," "See also:

CHAP

chap," &c., is found in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form "cofe" in T. Harman's See also:

CAVEAT (Latin for " let him beware," from cavere)

Caveat for Cursetors (1587) and other See also:

early quotations.

This seems to be identical with the Scots word "cofe," a pedlar, See also:

HAWKER, ROBERT STEPHEN (1803–1874)

hawker, which is formed from "coff," to sell, See also:

PURCHASE

purchase, cognate with the Ger. kaufen, to buy, and the native English "cheap." The word "cove," therefore, is in ultimate origin the same as " chap," See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short for "See also:

chapman," a pedlar. COVELLIT'E, a See also:

MINERAL

mineral See also:

SPECIES

species consisting of cupric sulphide, CuS, crystallizing in the hexagonal See also:

SYSTEM

system. It is of less frequent occurrence in nature than See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper-glance, the orthorhombic cuprous sulphide. Crystals are very rare, the mineral being usually found as compact and earthy masses or as a See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue coating on other copper sulphides. Hardness 1-2; specific gravity 4.6. The dark See also:

INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo-blue See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is a characteristic feature, and the mineral was early known as indigo-copper (Ger. Kupferindig). The name covellite is taken from N. Covelli, who in 1839 observed crystals of cupric sulphide encrusting Vesuvian See also:

LAVA

lava, the mineral having been formed here by the interaction of See also:

HYDROGEN [symbol H, atomic weight x-oo8 (0=16)]

hydrogen sulphide and cupric chloride, both of which are volatile volcanic products. Covellite is, however, more commonly found in copper-bearing See also:

VEINS

veins, where it has resulted by the alteration of other copper sulphides, namely chalcopyfite, copper-glance and See also:

ERUBESCITE

erubescite. It is found in many copper mines; localities which may he specially mentioned are See also:

SANGERHAUSEN

Sangerhausen in Prussian See also:

Saxony, See also:

Butte in See also:

MONTANA

Montana, and See also:

CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile; in the See also:

MEDICINE

Medicine See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

Bow Mountains of See also:

WYOMING

Wyoming a platiniferous covellite is See also:

MINED

mined, the See also:

PLATINUM [symbol Pt, atomic weight 145.0 (0=16)]

platinum being See also:

PRESENT

present as sperrylite (platinum arsenide). (L.

J.

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