Cover

kuv'er, v. [covered (-erd), -ering.] To overspread or envelop; to brood or on; to hide from sight, conceal to place under shelter, protect, defend; to extend over, be sufficient for, comprehend or include, account for or solve, counterbalance; to copulate with,— said of the male; to keep under aim, or aim at point-blank. — n. Anything laid, set, or spread over another; an envelope; lid; thing which veils or conceals; screen; disguise; condition of concealment, shelter, or defense. (Hunting.) "Woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter game. A table-cloth and furniture; esp. table furniture for one person at a meal. [F. covrir, courrir. coprire, L. cobperire, to cover, con and operire, to shut, hide.] — Cov'ered, -erd, p. a. Designed for concealment, shelter, etc. — Cov'erer, n. — Cov'eslet, n. The uppermost cover of a bed. [OF. covrecovrir, and a bed, L. lectus.] — Cov'ert, a. Covered over: hid; sheltered. (Law.) Under cove i, authority, or protection, as a married woman. — ». A place which covers and protects; shelter; defenses feathers covering the bases of birds' quills. [OF.] — Cov'ertly, adv. Secret]}'. — Cov'ert-bar'on, a. (Law.) Under the protection of a husband; married. — Cov'erture, -er-chur, n. Covering; shelter; defense. (Law.) Condition of a woman during marriage, — under the cover or protection of her husband.