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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are
           rounded into domes and coved roofs.      --H.
                                                    Swinburne.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coving \Cov"ing\, n. (Arch.)
        (a) A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface
            under the overhang of a projecting upper story.
        (b) The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

















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