HOVE
Hove, v. i. Etym: [OE. hoven. See Hover.]
Defn: To hover around; to loiter; to lurk. [Obs.] Gower.
HOVEL Hov"el, n. Etym: [OE. hovel, hovil, prob. a dim. fr. AS. hof house; akin to D. & G. hof court, yard, Icel. hof temple; cf. Prov. E. hove to take shelter, heuf shelter, home.]
1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. Brande & C.
2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
3. (Porcelain Manuf.)
Defn: A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight.
HOVEL
Hov"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveled or Hovelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoveling or Hovelling.]
Defn: To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. Shak.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together. Tennyson.
HOVELER
Hov"el*er, n.