Part 2515

<blockquote>All that beauty than doth <b>cover</b> thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To invest (one's self <i>with</i> something); to bring upon (one's self); <as>as, he <ex>covered</ex> himself with glory</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The powers that <b>covered</b> themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. <i>Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; <as>as, the snemy were <ex>covered</ex> from our sight by the woods</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A cloud <b>covered</b> the mount. <i>Exod. xxiv. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In vain shou striv'st to <b>cover</b> shame with shame. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To brood or sit on; to incubate.</def>

<blockquote>While the hen is <b>covering</b> her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> To overwhelm; to spread over.

<blockquote>The waters returned and <b>covered</b> the chariots and the horsemen. <i>Ex. xiv. 28.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; <as>as, the cavalry <ex>covered</ex> the retreat</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His calm and blameless life Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace <b>cover</b> him round. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.</def>"Blessed is he whose is <i>covered</i>."

<i>Ps. xxxii. 1.</i>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; <as>as, a mortgage which fully <ex>covers</ex> a sum loaned on it; a law which <ex>covers</ex> all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not <ex>cover</ex> expenses.</as></def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>To put the usual covering or headdress on.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cover</b> thy head . . . ; nay, prithee, be <b>covered</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>To copulate with (a female); to serve; as. a horse <i>covers</i> a mare; -- said of the male.</def>

<cs><col>To cover ground</col> &or; <col>distance</col>, <cd>to pass over; as, the rider <i>covered the ground</i> in an hour. -- <col>To cover one's short contracts</col> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld>, <cd>to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself.</cd> -- <col>Covering party</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as of men working in the trenches.</cd> -- <col>To cover into</col>, <cd>to transfer to; <as>as, <ex>to cover into</ex> the treasury</as>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To shelter; screen; shield; hide; overspread.</syn>

<h1>Cover</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"er</hw> <tt>(k?v"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; <as>as, the <ex>cover</ex> of a book</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything which weils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloack.</def> "Under <i>cover</i> of the night."

<i> Macualay.</i>

<blockquote>A hendsome <b>cover</b> for imperfections. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Shelter; protection; <as>as, the troops fought under <ex>cover</ex> of the batteries; the woods afforded a good <ex>cover</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Being compelled to lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under <b>cover</b>, they might be forced to retire. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Huntig)</fld> <def>The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; <as>as, to beat a <ex>cover</ex>; to ride to <ex>cover</ex>.</as></def>