COVERING
COVERING, participle present tense Spreading over; laying over; concealing; vailing; clothing; wrapping; inclosing; protecting; disguising.COVERING, noun1. That which convers; a...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COVERLET
COVERLET, noun [cover, and a bed.] The cover of a bed; a piece of furniture designed to be spread over all the other covering of a bed.
COVERT
COVERT, adjective1. Covered; hid; private; secret; concealed.Whether of open war, or covert guile.2. Disguised; insidious.3. Sheltered; not open or exposed; as a covert alley, o...
COVERT-WAY
COVERT-WAY, noun In fortification, a space of ground level with the field, on the edge of the ditch, three or four fathoms broad, ranging quite round the half moons or other wor...
COVERTLY
COVERTLY, adverb Secretly; closely; in private; insidiously.Among the poets, Persius covertly strikes at Nero.
COVERTNESS
COVERTNESS, noun Secrecy; privacy.
COVERTURE
COVERTURE, noun1. Covering; shelter; defense.2. In law, the state of a married woman, who is considered as under cover, or the power of her husband, and therefore called a feme-...
COVET
COVET, verb transitive1. To desire or wish for, with eagerness; to desire earnestly to obtain or possess; in a good sense.COVET earnestly the best gifts. 1 Corinthians 12:31.2. ...
COVETABLE
COVETABLE, adjective That may be coveted.
COVETED
COVETED, participle passive Earnestly desired; greatly wished or longed for.
COVETING
COVETING, noun Inordinate desire.
COVETISE
COVETISE, noun Avarice. [Not in use.]
COVETOUS
COVETOUS, adjective1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; in a good sense; as covetous of wisdom, virtue or learning.2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and posses...
COVETOUSLY
COVETOUSLY, adverb With a strong or inordinate desire to obtain and possess; eagerly; avariciously.
COVETOUSNESS
COVETOUSNESS, noun1. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; usually in a bad sense, and applied to an inordinate desire of wealth or avari...
COVEY
COVEY, noun1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old fowl with her brood of young. Hence, a small flock or number of fowls together; as a covey of partridges.2. A company; a set.
COVIN
COVIN, noun In law, a collusive or deceitful agreement between two or more to prejudice a third person.
COVING
COVING, noun [See Cove.] In building, a term denoting an arch or arched projecture, as when houses are built so as to project over the ground-plot, ad the turned projecture arch...
COVINOUS
COVINOUS, adjective Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent.
COW
COW, nounplural cows; old plural kine. The female of the bovine genus of animals; a quadruped with cloven hoofs, whose milk furnishes an abundance of food and profit to the farm...
COW-BANE
COW-BANE, noun [cow and bane.] A popular name of the Aethusa cynapium.
COW-HOUSE
COW-HOUSE, noun A house or building in which cows are kept or stabled.
COW-ITCH
COWHAGE, COW-ITCH noun A leguminous plant of the genus Dolichos, a native of warm climates. It has a fibrous root and an herbaceous climbing stalk, with red papilionaceous flowe...
COW-KEEPER
COW-KEEPER, noun One whose business is to keep cows.
COW-LEECH
COW-LEECH, noun [See Leech.] One who professes to heal the diseases of cows.
COW-LEECHING
COW-LEECHING, noun The act or art of healing the distempers of cows.
COW-LICK
COW-LICK, noun A tuft of hair that appears as if licked by a cow.