cover 
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The game was then driven from the cover. covering-strap (kuv'er-ing-strap), n. In ship- 
Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 79. building, a plate put under and riveted to two 
I steal by lawns and grassy plots, 
I slide by hazel covers. 
on The Brook. 
, 
meeting plates in a strake, to connect them. 
overlet (kuv'er-let), , [Accom. form, as if 
* ^ + 
5. In roofing, that part of a slate, tile, or shin- < Q F _ wvr'elit, p. couvre-lit, a bed-covering, < 
gle which is covered by the overlap of the course 
above. 6. [Cf. F. convert, with same sense: 
see convert.] The utensils, such as plate, knives, 
forks, spoons, napkin, wine-glasses, etc., re- 
quired at table by one person: so called be- 
cause originally brought together in a case, or 
in compact form, for transportation, traveling, 
or the like : as, the traveling cover of King George 
IV. in the Jones collection at South Kensington ; 
to lay a cover. 7. The cap-head or end-piece 
of an upright steam-cylinder To break cover. 
See break. To draw a cover. See draw. = Syn. See 
covering. 
COVCr 2 t, v. [< ME. coceren, cuveren, kitveren, kev- 
ereii, < OF. cobrer, eoubrer = Pr. Sp. Pg. cobrar, 
< ML. 'cuperare (cf. deriv. cuperamentum) for 
recuperare, recover : see recover and recuperate.] 
I. tram. 1. To gain; win; get; obtain. 
I schulde keuer the more comfort to karp yow wyth. 
covrir, couvrir, cover, + lit, < L. lectus, a bed: 
see cover 1 , v., and lectual. Cf. coverlid.] Origi- 
nally, any covering for a bed ; now, specifically, 
the outer covering. 
They have loos'd out Dick o 1 the Cow's three ky, 
And tane three co'erlets an* his wife's bed. 
Dick o' the Caw (Child's Ballads, VI. 69). 
The Heroe's Bed, 
Where soft and silken Coverlets were spread. 
Congreve, Hymn to Venus. 
Every man stretches his legs according to the length of 
his coverlet. Longfellow, Spanish Student, i. 4. 
coverlid (kuv'er-lid), . [Accom. form, as if < 
cover^ + lid, of coverlet, F. couvre-lit : see cover- 
let.] A corruption of coverlet. 
The silk star-broider'd coverlid 
Unto her limbs itself doth mould. 
Tennyson, Day-Dream, The Sleeping Beauty. 
.. . cover-point (kuv'er-point), n. 1. A fielder in 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 1221. the game o f cr i c ket who stands a little to the 
2. To restore; recover; heal; cure. right of and behind point, and whose duty it is to 
stop and return all balls batted toward him . See 
cricket 2 . 2. In the game of lacrosse, a player 
who stands just in front of point, and who should 
prevent the ball from coming near the goal. 
C0-versed(kd-verst'),a. [< co-2 + versed. ] Used 
only in the phrase co-versed sine (which see, un- 
der sine). 
cover-shamet (kuv'er-sham), n. Anything used 
to conceal shame or infamy, or prevent disgrace. 
Does he put on holy garments for a cover-shame of lewd- 
ness ? Dryden, Spanish Friar. 
Those dangerous plants called cover-shame, alias savin, 
and other anti-conceptive weeds and poisons. 
Jtevly to Ladies and Bachelors Petition (Harl. Misc., 
[IV. 440). 
Quen that comly he keuered his wyttes. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1755. 
I scholde covere agayn my sigght. Seven Sages, 1. 357. 
Here may men fynde a faythfull frende, 
That thus has couered vs of oure care. 
York Plays, p. 199. 
II. intrans. 1. To get on; advance. 
The! keuered with clene strengthe with him to towne. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3647. 
coverture 
3. A thicket; a shady place or a hiding-place ; 
a cover for game. 
She came down by the covert of the hill. 1 Sam. xxv. 20. 
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert 
to lie in wait. Job xxxviii. 40. 
Enforst to seeke some covert nigh at hand, 
A shadie grove not farr away they snide, 
That promist ayde the tempest to withstand. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 7. 
Together let us beat this ample Held, 
Try what the open, what the covert yield. 
Pope, Essay on Man, i. 10. 
Pensive as a bird 
Whose vernal coverts Winter hath laid bare. 
Wordsworth, Calais, August 7, 1802. 
The joyous wolf from covert drew. 
Scott, L. of the L., ill. 9. 
4. Same as coverture, 3. 
To this the plaintiff only replied, that she was now only 
under covert, and not liable to any debts contracted when 
she was a single woman. 
Addism, Trial of Ladies' Quarrels. 
5. In fowling, a company; a flock. 
A covert of cootes. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 97. 
6. pi. In ornith., feathers covering the bases, 
or more, of the large feathers of the wing or 
tail ; the tectrices. They are divided into superior 
and inferior, or upper and lower, coverts. The upper wing- 
coverts are divided into primary, which overlie the bases 
of the primaries, and secondary, which overlie the bases 
of the secondaries. The last-named set are subdivided 
into the greater coverts, a single row projecting furthest 
upon the secondaries ; the median coverts, a single row 
coming next in order ; and the lesser or least coverts, in 
2. To recover ; get well. 
Than were we covered of oure cares colde. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 762. 
coverclet, [< ME. coverkyl, covercle, < OF. 
covercle, F. couvercle, < L. cooperculum, a cover, 
<cooperire, cover: see cover* , v.] A small cov- cover-Side (kuv'er-sid), n. A country or region 
er ; a lid; an opereulum. having_covers in it ; a hunting-region. 
A litel roundel as a sercle. 
Paraventre brode as a covercle. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 792. + obj. slut.] 
The covercle of a shell-fish. [Rare.] 
Sir T. Browne, Misc. Tracts, p. 11. 
cover-slip (kuv'er-slip), . Same as cover-glass. 
COVer-slutt (kuv'er-slut), n. [< cover 1 , v. t., 
Something to hide sluttishness. 
cover-cloth (kuv'er-kloth), n. A covering for cover t (kuv'ert), a. and n. [I. a. : < ME. covert, < 
a lace-maker's pillow. Each pillow has three cover- QF. covert, cuvert, convert, F. convert = Sp. cu- 
cloths. The first is a part of the pillow itself, and the j.; frtn _ p,, fn brr1n rtihfrto It cmterto co- 
pattern is adjusted upon it; the others are detachable. oie> to ^g- fooerto, Cl 11. coperw, to 
One is used to protect the lace as it is finished, and the verto, covered, < L. coopertus, pp. of coopenre (> 
other is fastened under the bobbins, and is thrown over OF. covrir, cuvrir, couvrir, F. couvrir, etc., cover: 
the pillow when not in use, to keep it clean. Diet, of 8ee COTOr l ) j..). n. M . ; < ME. covert, coverte, < OF. 
coverer Tkuv'er-er), . One who or that which cmert ' eo ert (F-_"rt>, ?-, coverte, couverte, 
Upper Surface of Sparrow's Wing, showing coverts and other 
Rags and coversluts of infamy. Burke, A Regicide Peace. feathers. (From Coues's" Key u>N. A. Birds.") 
covers or lays a cover. 
Constantyu shal be here cook and couerer of here churche. 
Piers Plowman (C), vi. 176. 
cover-glass (kuv'er-glas), . A slip of thin glass 
used for covering a microscopical preparation. 
Also called cover-slip. 
Pure cultures of Bacterium lactis were found to be pres- 
ent in every one, as was easily ascertained by cover-glass 
preparations. Med. News, XLIX. 514. 
covering (kuv'er-ing), . [< ME. coveryng, kpr- 
ering ; verbal u. of cover 1 , v.] 1. That which 
covers, as a lid or canopy ; a cover ; something 
spread or laid over or wrapped about another, 
as for concealment, protection, or warmth ; spe- 
cifically, clothing : as, feathers are the natural 
covering of birds. 
Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. 
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that 
they have no covering in the cold. Job xxiv. 7. 
The human mind, fed by constant accessions of know- 
ledge, periodically grows too large for its theoretical cov- 
erings, and bursts them asunder to appear in new habili- 
ments. Huxley, Man's Place in Nature, p. 72. 
2. The act or process of placing a cover upon 
something; specifically, in bookbinding, the pro- 
cess of putting covers on a book. In pamphlet- 
binding covering is done by gluing or pasting the paper 
cover on the back of the sewed sheets. In leather-work 
it is effected by drawing the leather over the boards at- 
tached to the Bides of the book, and turning it in over the 
edges of the boards and back. The covering of cloth- 
bound books is technically known as caxiittr. 
3. In ceram., same as glaze. =8yn. Screen, veil, 
disguise, mask, cloak ; envelop, wrapper, integument, case, 
cover, vesture. 
covering-board (kuv'er-ing-bord), n. Naut., 
same as plank-sheer. 
The deep ship, pressed down pretty nearly to her cover- 
ing-board by the weight of her whole topsails. 
IF. C. Kumell, Jack's Courtship, xxiii. 
Covering-seed (kuv'er-ing-sed), n. 
popular name for comfits. Xares. 
An old 
f., cover, covert, F. couverte, t., deck, glazing, 
= Sp. cubierta = Pg. coberta, cuberta = It. co- 
perta, coverta, f., cover; < ML. coopertum, a 
cover, covert (of woods), etc., cooperta, a cov- 
er, covered place, deck, etc. : neut. and fern, 
respectively of L. coopertus, pp. of coopenre, 
cover: see above. Cf. convert, couverte, and 
cover 1 , n.] I. a. 1. Covered; hidden; private; 
secret; concealed; disguised. 
How covert matters may be best disclos'd. 
Shak., J. C., iv. 1. 
By what best way, 
Whether of open war or covert guile, 
We now debate. Milton, P. L. , ii. 41. 
An ugly covert smile 
Lurked round the captain's mouth. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 306. 
2. Sheltered ; not open or exposed : as, a cov- 
ert place. 
You are, of either side the green, to plant a covert alley, 
upon carpenters' work. Bacon, Gardens. 
On one side are covert branches hung, 
'Mong which the nightingales have always sung 
In leafy quiet. Keats, Epistle to G. F. Mathew. 
3. In law, under coyer, authority, or protec- 
tion: said of a married woman. See feme co- 
vert, under/em*. = Syn. Latent, Occult, etc. See secret. 
II. n. 1. A protection; a shelter; a defense; 
something that covers and shelters. 
His cuntre keppit in couert & pes 
To the last of his lyf, as a lord shuld. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 18652. 
A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm and from rain. 
Isa. iv. c,. 
The shepherd drives his fainting flock 
Beneath the covert of a rock. 
Dryden, tr. of Horace, I. xxix. 
2. Something that conceals or hides ; a screen ; 
a disguise ; a pretext ; an excuse. 
It is the custom of bad men and Hypocrite to take ad- 
vantage at the least abuse of good things, that under that 
covert they may remove the goodness of those things 
rather then the abuse. Miltnu, Eikonoklastes, xvi. 
at, alula or bastard wing ; /. nine primaries ; s, six secondaries ; 
/. three inner secondaries, commonly called tertiaries or tertials ; 
scf, a row of scapularies ; fc, the primary coverts, overlying the pri- 
maries ; gsc, greater secondary coverts, furthest overlying the secon- 
daries ; msc , middle secondary coverts, or median coverts, next over- 
lying the secondaries ; Isc, lesser secondary coverts, or least coverts, 
in several indistinguishable rows. 
eluding all the remainder, without distinction of rows. 
The secondary coverts are also antebrachial or cubital, be- 
ing situated upon the forearm ; the primary coverts are 
manual, situated upon the manus. The under wing-cov- 
erts and the upper and under tail-coverts are not subdi- 
vided. Tail-coverts of either set sometimes project far be- 
yond the tail-feathers, forming, for instance, the gorgeous 
train of the peacock. The extent to which the upper wing- 
coverts overlie the secondaries is available as a character 
in classification ; it is least in the Passeres, the highest 
birds. See tectrices. In covert, in secret; covertly. 
So fit Agents of State are Women sometimes, that can 
transact a Business in Covert, which if Men should attempt, 
they would soon be discovered. Baker, Chronicles, p. 208. 
To break covert. See break. 
COVertt, v. t. [< ME. coverten, < covert, a cover : 
see covert, n.] To cover. 
This is husbondrie 
To covert hem with sumwhat whille thay drie. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 15. 
covert-baron (kuv'ert-bar"on), n. Same as 
feme covert (which see, under feme}. 
COVertical (ko-ver'ti-kal), a. In geom., having 
common vertices. 
covertly (kuv'<Srt-li), adv. Secretly; closely; 
in private ; insidiously. 
Whan Blase herde Merlin thus couertly speke he thought 
longe on these wordes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 305. 
That monarch, with his usual insidious policy, had 
covertly dispatched an envoy to Barcelona. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 2. 
COVertneSS (kuv'ert-nes), n. Secrecy ; privacy. 
coverture (kuv'er-tur), n. [< ME. corerturi', 
corertoure (= M.LG~ ^overture), < OF. corerture, 
couverture, F. couverture = Pr. eiibertura = Sp. 
Pg. cobertura = It. copritura, < ML. coopertum, 
< L. coopenre, pp. coopertus, cover : see cover 1 , 
v.] If. A cover or covering. 
The covertoures of hir veyn aparayles. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iv. meter 2. 
Whose dismall brow 
Contemnes all roofes or civill coverture. 
Miii-xton, Sophonisba, iv. 1. 
The couverture is of quilted work. 
J. Heu-itt, Ancient Armour, I. 341. 
