Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A cover; a shelter; a protection. 2. (v. i.) 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. 3. (v. i.) To hang about; to move to and fro near a place, threateningly, watchfully, or irresolutely.

Multi-Version Concordance Hover (1 Occurrence) Job 28:4 He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover. (DBY)