Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COVE, v.2 “To rub a flagged floor with a ‘coving-stone'” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.). Hence coving-stone, a piece of sandstone used to “cove” a flagged floor (Ant. 1898 E.D.D.).
