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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coved} (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Coving}.] (Arch.)
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in
the form of a cove.
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The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are
rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H.
Swinburne.
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{Coved ceiling}, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail
is constructed in a cove.
{Coved vault}, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a
central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined
vault.
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