gove

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Etymology 1[edit]

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Noun[edit]

gove (plural goves)

  1. (obsolete) A mow; a rick for hay.
    • 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: [] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: [] Robert Triphook, [], and William Sancho, [], 1810, →OCLC:
      Gove just in the barn, it is out of despair

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

gove (third-person singular simple present goves, present participle goving, simple past and past participle goved)

  1. To stare stupidly.

References[edit]

  • The Oxford English Dictionary

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Verb[edit]

gove

  1. past participle of gyva