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Cov"er*let (k?v"?r-l?t), n. [F. couvre-lit; couvrir to cover + lit bed, fr. L. lectus bed. See Cover.] The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.

Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.

Cov"er*lid (-l&ibreve;d), n. A coverlet.

All the coverlid was cloth of gold. Tennyson.

Cov"er-point` (-point!), n. The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."

Co*versed" sine (k?-v?rst" s?n`). [Co- (=co- in co- sine) + versed sine.] (Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cov"er-shame` (-sh?m`), n. Something used to conceal infamy. [Obs.] Dryden.

Cov"ert (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of couvrir. See Cover, v. t.] 1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

How covert matters may be best disclosed. Shak.

Whether of open war or covert guile. Milton

2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. Wordsworth.

Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. Bacon.

3. (Law) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.

Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.

Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See Hidden.

Cov"ert, n. [OF. See Covert, a.] 1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. Is. iv. 6.

The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott.

2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo÷l.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Cov"ert bar`on (b?r`?n). (Law) Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.

Cov"ert*ly, adv. Secretly; in private; insidiously.

Cov"ert*ness (k?v"?rt-n?s), n. Secrecy; privacy. [R.]

Cov"er*ture (k?v"?r-t?r; 135), n. [OF. coverture,F. couverture.] 1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward.

Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.

2. (Law) The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.

Cov"et (k?v"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered; p. pr. & vb. n. Coveting.] [OF. coveitier, covoitier, F. convoiter, from a derivative fr. L. cupere to desire; cf. Skr. kup to become excited. Cf. Cupidity.]

1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.