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Quotation dates: 1794-1825, 1885
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†SCOVE, v. Also scoove. Of a bird: to fly smoothly, to float on level wings, to glide, poise.Sc. 1794 J. Grahame Poems 109:
A pouk o' Pegasus's wing, On whilk heez'd up I scove and sing.Lnk. 1825 Jam.:
A hawk is said to scove when it flies without stirring its wings; a stone scoves when it moves forward without wavering.m.Sc. 1885 Gsw. Ballad Club Ball. 129:
Where the keen gled scooves.
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