'Hoveling' definitions:
- Hovel \Hov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoveledor Hovelled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Hoveling or Hovelling.]
To put in a hovel; to shelter.
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- To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon. --Shak.
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- The poor are hoveled and hustled together. --Tennyson.
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- Hoveling \Hov"el*ing\, n.
A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering
the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two
of the sides higher than the other two. [Written also
hovelling.]
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