Word: cove
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...practicable. The alteration in the number of points that a safety and a touchdown count is manifestly a much fairer valuation than that which the old method employed. Rule 17 which reads "a player cannot be off-side play. Rules 19 and 38 as now amended seem to cove the points they bring up, much more satisfactorily than the old ones. A most judicious change has also been made in having the games for the future refereed by alumni, for it is her that a great dell of the trouble about the "rough game" is to be found. This change...
...Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun has induced Mr. William Falconer of the Botanic Garden to become his gardener at Glen Cove...
...appointed for this afternoon and tomorrow will be made to Gloucester and Pigeon Cove instead of to Plymouth as formerly announced. The meet will start at 1 P. M. from in front of University. All who intend going will please drop word to that effect at No. 1 Holworthy...
...looked at the old skipper. He shaded his shaggy eyebrows with a weather-beaten hand, and gazed alternately at sky and sea. "Ef I owned that boat I 'd take her round to the shelter o' the cove in a minit...
...hour passed. Sundry "braces" at Carl's had made me feel more like meeting my Uncle Luther. I entered the room quietly to see what the old cove was about. By thunder, he was still looking at the pictures! When he saw me, the picture dropped, and I fancied I saw a blush his cheek. "Nathaniel," - the storm was coming; but as I began to feel as if I did n't care whether school kept or not, I lit a cigarette (he abominates smoking) and sat on the table prepared to take it, - take it, - "Nathaniel," he repeated, "these...