Hovering

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

  Hover \Hov"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hovered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Hovering}.] [OE. hoveren, and hoven, prob. orig., to abide,
     linger, and fr. AS. hof house; cf. OFries. hovia to receive
     into one's house. See {Hovel}.]
     1. To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain
        in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to


        be suspended in the air above something.
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              Great flights of birds are hovering about the
              bridge, and settling on it.           --Addison.
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              A hovering mist came swimming o'er his sight.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To hang about; to move to and fro near a place,
        threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.
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              Agricola having sent his navy to hover on the coast.
                                                    --Milton.
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              Hovering o'er the paper with her quill. --Shak.
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