Usage examples for Hove
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Then we hove the oars into the bushes. – A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles Whistler
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As the ship on the London's weather beam could not fire upon the enemy unless she drew ahead, this condition probably accounts for the flagship being again hove- to, while firing, as Hood says that she was. – The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. Mahan
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Nevertheless, the old skipper barked out an order, sailors sprang to obey, sails came down, and the schooner lay hove to. – The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Gerald Breckenridge