Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bevy \Bev"y\, n.; pl. {Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking
   company, fr. OF. bev['e]e (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 {Beverage}.]
   1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons,
      especially of ladies.

            What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! --Beau.
                                                  & Fl.

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