Part 2517

<h1>Coverlid</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"er*lid</hw> <tt>(-l?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coverlet.</def>

<blockquote>All the <b>coverlid</b> was clocth of gold. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Cov"er-point`</hw> <tt>(-point!)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."</def>

<h1>Coversed sine</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Co*versed" sine</hw> <tt>(k?-v?rst" s?n`)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>Co-</ets> (=<ets>co-</ets> in <ets>co-</ets> sine) + <ets>versed sine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Functions</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Cov"er-shame`</hw> <tt>(-sh?m`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something used to conceal infamy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Covert</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ert</hw> <tt>(k?v"?rt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>covert</ets>, F. <ets>couvert</ets>, p. p. of <ets>couvrir</ets>. See <er>Cover</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.</def>

<blockquote>How <b>covert</b> matters may be best disclosed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whether of open war or <b>covert</b> guile. <i>Milton</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; <as>as, a <ex>covert</ex> nook</as>.</def>

<i> Wordsworth.</i>

<blockquote>Of either side the green, to plant a <b>covert</b> alley. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Under cover, authority or protection; <as>as, a <ex>feme covert</ex>, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Covert way</col>, <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Covered way</cref>, under <er>Covered</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See <er>Hidden</er>.</syn>

<h1>Covert</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ert</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. See <er>Covert</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.</def>

<blockquote>A tabernacle . . . for a <b>covert</b> from storm. <i>Is. iv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The highwayman has darted from his <b>covered</b> by the wayside. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>couverte</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bird</er>.</def>

<h1>Covert baron</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ert bar`on</hw> <tt>(b?r`?n)</tt>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Under the protection of a husband; married.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>