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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Bevies

[Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF.

bevée

(cf. It.

beva

) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See

A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.

What a

bevy

of beaten slaves have we here !

Beau. & Fl.

A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

Noun.

[I know not the origin or affinities of this word. The etymologies I have seen are not worth notice.]

A flock of birds;hence, a company; an assembly or collection of persons; usually applied to females.