cover side (kuversid)

A country or region having covers in it; a hunting-region. cover-slip (kuv'er-slip), n. Same as cover - gla . cover-slutt (kuv'èr-slut), n. [ Rags and cover sluts of infamy. Burke , A Regicide Peace. covert (kuv'èrt), a. and n. [I.a.: OF.covrir, cuvrir, couvrir, F. couvrir, etc., cover: see cover1, v.). II. n.: How covert matters may be best disclos'd. Shak., J. C., iv. 1. By what best way, Whether of open war or covert guile, We now debate. Milton , P. L., ii. 41. An ugly covert smile Lurked round the captain's mouth. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 306. coverture 3. A thicket; a shady place or a hiding-place; a cover for game. She came down by the covert of the hill. 1 Sam. xxv. 20. When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait. Job xxxviii. 40. Enforst to seeke some covert nigh at hand, A shadie grove not farr away they spide, That promist ayde the tempest to withstand. Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 7. Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield. Pope , E ay on Man, i. 10. Pensive as a bird Whose vernal coverts Winter hath laid bare. Words worth, Calais, August 7, 1802. Scott , L. of the L., iii. 9. The joyous wolf from covert drew. 4. Same as coverture, 3. To this the plaintiff only replied, that she was now only under covert , and not liable to any debts contracted when she was a single woman. Add is on, Trial of Ladies' Quarrels. 5. In fowling, a company; a flock. A covert of cootes. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 97. 6. pl . In ornith ., feathers covering the bases, or more, of the large feathers of the wing or tail; the tectrices. They are divided into superior and inferior , or upper and lower , coverts. The upper wing coverts are divided into primary , which overlie the bases of the primaries, and secondary , which overlie the bases of the secondaries. The last-named set are subdivided into the greater coverts, a single row projecting furthest upon the secondaries; the median coverts, a single row coming next in order; and the le er or least coverts, in IMG:content-1502.png:[graphic][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed] Upper Surface of Sparrow's Wing, showing coverts and other feathers. (From Coues's "Key to N. A. Birds.") al, alula or bastard wing; 1, nine primaries; s, six secondaries; 1, three inner secondaries, commonly called tertiaries or tertials; scp, a row of scapularies; pc, the primary coverts, overlying the primaries; gsc, greater secondary coverts, furthest overlying the secondaries; msc, middle secondary coverts, or median coverts, next over lying the secondaries; Isc, le er secondary coverts, or least coverts, in several indistinguishable rows. cluding all the remainder, without distinction of rows. The secondary coverts are also ante brachial or cubital, being situated upon the forearm; the primary coverts are manual, situated upon the manus. The under wing-coverts and the upper and under tail-coverts are not subdivided. Tail-coverts of either set sometimes project far beyond the tail-feathers, forming, for instance, the gorgeous train of the peacock. The extent to which the upper wing coverts overlie the secondaries is available as a character in cla ification; it is least in the Pa eres, the highest birds. See tectrices. - In covert, in secret; covertly. So fit Agents of State are Women sometimes, that can transact a Busine in Covert , which if Men should attempt, they would soon be discovered. Baker , Chronicles, p. 208. To break covert. See break . covertt, v. t. [ covert , a cover: see covert , n .] To cover. This is husbondrie To covert hem with sumwhat whille thay drie. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 15. IMG:content-1503.jpg:[blocks in formation] On one side are covert branches hung, 'Mong which the nightingales have always sung In leafy quiet. Keats , Epistle to G. F. Mathew. 3. In law, under cover, authority, or protection: said of a married woman. See feme co vert, under feme. = Syn. Latent, Occult, etc. See secret. II. n. 1. A protection; a shelter; a defense; something that covers and shelters. His cuntre keppit in couert & pes To the last of his lyf, as a lord shuld. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 13652. A tabernacle... for a covert from storm and from rain. The shepherd drives his fainting flock Beneath the covert of a rock. Isa. iv. 6. Dryden, tr. of Horace, I. xxix. 2. Something that conceals or hides; a screen; a disguise; a pretext; an excuse. It is the custom of bad men and Hypocrits to take advantage at the least abuse of good things, that under that covert they may remove the goodne of those things rather then the abuse. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xvi. feme covert (which see, under feme ). cover tical (kō-vėrʼti-kal), a. In geom., having common vertices. covertly (kuv'ert-li), adv. Secretly; closely; in private; insidiously. Whan Blase herde Merlin thus covertly speke he thought longe on these wordes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 305. That monarch, with his usual insidious policy, had covertly dispatched an envoy to Barcelona. Pre scott , Ferd. and Isa., i. 2. covertne (kuv'èrt-nes), n. Secrecy; privacy. coverture (kuv'er-tūr), n. [ cover to ure (= MLG. koverture ), coverture , couvert ure, F. couvert ure = Pr. cubertura = Sp. Pg.cobertura = It. copritura , coopertura , cooper ire , pp. coopertus , cover: see cover1 , v .] 1. A cover or covering. The cover to ures of hir veyn aparayles. Whose dismall brow Contemnes all roofes or civill coverture , Chaucer , Boethius, iv. meter 2. Marston, Soph on isba, iv. 1. The couvert ure is of quilted work. J. Hewitt , Ancient Armour, I. 341. Agaynst his cruell scortching heate, Where hast thou coverture ? He. saw their shame that sought Milton , P. L., x. 337. Vain covertures. 3. Specifically, in law , the status of a married woman considered as under the cover or pow- er of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert. At common law coverture disabled a woman from making contracts to the prejudice of herself or her 2. To desire inordinately or without due re- gard to the rights of others; wish to gain pos- se ion of in an unlawful way; long for, as that which it is unlawful to obtain or po e . Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house. Ex. xx. 17. O blinde desire: oh high aspiring harts. The country Squire doth couet to be Knight. That which I have, than, coveting for more, Be cast from po ibility of all. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., v. 4. covetable (kuv'e-ta-bl), a. [ covet + -able.] That may be coveted. coveter (kuv'e-ter), n. [ coveytere ; covet + -er.] One who covets. Couetise to conne and to knowe sciences Putte oute of paradys Adam and Eue. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 645. Saba was never More covetous of wisdom, and fair virtue, Than this pure soul shall be. IMG:content-1504.png:[blocks in formation] He is so base and covetous , Fletcher (and another ), False One, iv. 2. covetously (kuv'e-tus-li), adv . With a strong or inordinate desire to obtain and po e ; ea- gerly; avariciously. If he care not for 't, he will supply us easily: If he còv- etously reserve it, how shall 's get it? Shak . , T. of A., iv. 3. covetousne (kuv'e-tus-nes), n. [ covetous + -ne . The ME. equiv. term was covetise , q. v.] 1. Strong desire; eagerne . [Rare or obso- lete.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousne . 2. The character of being covetous, in an evil sense; a strong or inordinate desire of obtain- ing and po e ing something, without regard to law or justice; overbearing avarice. Both parties had an inordinate desire to have that they had not, and that is covetousne . Latimer , Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. cov- Mark vii. 22. Out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, etousne . little and inconsiderable things than in expenses of any consequence. Pope , Thoughts on Various Subjects. =Syn. 2. Avarice , Cupidity , etc. (see avarice ) , greedine , hankering. covetta (kō-vet'ä), n. [See cove1 , coving .] carpenters' plane for molding framework; a quarter-round. coveyl (kuv'i), n. ME. covey , cove , cove ye , covee , F. couvée (= It. covata ; also cova , covo , and aug. covone- Florio), a brood, a flock of birds, esp. of par- tridges, cover , F. couver (= It. covare ) , brood, sit on, lurk, or lie hid: see cove2 , and cf. cou- vade , vade , a doublet of covey1 .] 1. In hunting , spe- cifically, a flock of partridges; hen eral use, a flock of any similar birds. The Sport and Race no more he minds; Neglected Tray and Pointer lie; And Covies unmolested fly. Prior , Alma, i. There would be no walking in a shady wood without springing a covey of toasts. Add is on, Guardian. Mr. Harrison scared up some coveys of the frankolin, a large bird resembling the pheasant. B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 251. Thou shalt have a monopoly of playing confirmed to thee and thy covey , under the emperor's broad seal. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. co-vibrate (kō-vibrāt), v. i. [ vibrate .] To vibrate along with another or others. [Rare.] When the vibrations are so rapid that there are sixteen complete movements back and forth in a second, an en- tirely different sensation is produced, which we call sound; a special nerve-1 spond to or co- vibrate with them. ethe auditive is organized to re- Le Conte , Sight, Int., p. 12. covid (kō'vid), n. [ Pg.covado , also coto = Sp. codo = F. coude , a cubit, cubitum , a cubit: see covado , cubit . ] A variable measure of length in use in India and neighboring countries. The covids of Batavia, Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta are stat- ed at from 18 to 18.6 inches; those of Mocha and Sumatra at from 15 to 16 inches. The covid of China is the chih , equal to 14.1 inches. covin1t (kuv'in), n . [Also covine , coven , covyne , coveyne , covine , OF. covine, covaine, couvaine, later couvine, a se- cret agreement, a plot, covenir , come together, agree: see covenant .] 1. A secret agreement; secret fraud; collusion. Humble cow. See humble. cow2 (kou), v. t. [ couen (?), not found, kūga , kuga , cow, force, tyrannize over, = Sw. kufva , check, curb, subdue, = Dan. kue , bow, coerce, subdue; further connections unknown.] To depre with fear; cause to shrink or crouch with fear; daunt the spirits or courage of; in- tim i date; overawe. Accursed be that tongue that tells me so, For it hath cow'd my better part of man! cow3 (kou), n. [Origin obscure.] 1. In min- ing , a wedge placed behind a crab or gin-start to prevent it from revolving.-2. A kind of self-acting brake formerly employed on inclined planes; a trailer. E. H. Knight. cow4 (kou), n. [A reduced form of cowll , q. v.] A reduc The top of a chimney which is made to move with the wind; a cowl. See cowll , 3. cowōt (kou), v. t. [A var. of coll : see coll1.] To cut; clip. [Scotch.] But we will cow our yellow locks, A little abune our bree. Wedding of Robin Hood and Little John (Child's Ballads, [V. 184). cow5t (kou), n. [ cows , v .] A cut or clip, es- pecially of the hair: as, he has gone to the bar- ber's to get a cow . [Scotch.] cowage, n . See cowhage . coward (kou'ärd), n . and a. [ coward , cou- ard , cueard (= OFlem. kuwaerd = Pr. coart = OSp. couarde , cobarde, cobardo , Sp. cobarde = Pg. cobarde , covarde = It. codardo , a coward, cowardly; all these being appar. derived from or adapted from the OF.), couard , couart , cuard , OF. couard ( coüard ), coward , couart , cu- IMG:content-1505.png:[blocks in formation] Shak . , Hen. VIII., v. 4. covin2t, n. Same as covent. I must much value the frequent Respects you have coving (ko'ving), n. [Verbal n. of covel , v.] shewn me, and am very covetous of the Improvement of In building , an arch or arched projecture, as Howell , Letters, ii. 47. when a house is built so as to project over the this Acquaintance. coward Pg. It. coda, When Merlin saugh that he dide a-bide, he cried lowde, "What, coward, wher-fore a-bideste thow? whi doste thow not that thow haste vndirtaken, for it is sene that thow arte a-ferde." Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 221. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Shak ., J. C., ii. 2. 2. In her . , animal represented with the tail 1320 If I should coward like surrender up The interest. Beau , and Fl . , Laws of Candy. cowardline (kou'ärd-li-nes), n. Want of courage; timidity; cowardice. I know not whether he more detests cowardline or Bp. Hall, Characters, The Valiant Man. cruelty. cowardly (kou'ärd-li), a. [ Faithle alike to his people and his tools, the King did not scruple to play the part of the cowardly approver, who hangs his accomplice. Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 2. Proceeding from fear of danger or harm; mean; base; befitting a coward: as, a cowardly action. The policy of reserve has been stigmatized, and sometimes justly, as cowardly , but it is usually safe. H. N. Oxenham , Short Studies, p. 77. =Syn. Dastardly, craven, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted. In the manner of a coward; dishonorably; basely. hanging down, or turned up between the legs, cowardly (kou ard-li), adv. [ as a lion or other beast of prey. Also coué. =Syn. 1. Coward, Poltroon, Craven, Dastard, Pusillani mous (person) expre an ignoble quality of fear, or fear showing itself in dishonorable ways. Coward is the general word, covering the others, is most often used, and is least opprobrious. Poltroon, craven, and dastard are highly energetic words, used only in the effort to make a person's cowardice seem contemptible. The distinction between them is not clearly marked. A poltroon has somewhat more of the mean-spirited and contemptible in his character; craven away, accepts of He sharply reproved them as men of no courage, who had most cowardly turned their backs upon their enemies. Knolles . cowardous† (kou'är-dus), a. [ coward + ous.] Cowardly. Barret. Come, you're as mad now as he's cowardous . Middle ton and Rowley , Fair Quarrel, iii. 1. cowardryt (kou'ärd-ri), n. [Early mod. E. cow escape, however dishonorable, from a dangerous position, duty, etc.; a dastard is base, and therefore despicable, in ardrie, cowardree; his cowardice. Dastard is the strongest of these words. A pusillanimous person is, literally, one of little courage; his cowardice is only the most conspicuous part of a general lack of force in mind and character, making him spiritle and contemptible. .. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. I was a coward on instinct. is the peace principle to be carried into effect Nor. by fear. It can never be defended, it can never be executed by cowards . Emerson, Misc., p. 197. West. My heart for anger burns, I cannot brook it. K. Hen . Be patient, gentle Earl of West more land. Clif. Patience is for poltroons , and such as he; He durst not sit there had your father liv'd. IMG:content-1506.png:[blocks in formation] cowbane (kouʼbān), n . A popular name of the Shak., 3 Hen. VI., i. 1. Cicuta virosa , or water-hemlock: so named from Yonder comes a knight. A craven ; how he hangs his head. Tennyson, Geraint. You are all recreants and dastards ; and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 8. The pusillanimous monarch knew neither when to punish nor when to pardon. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 3. II. a. 1. Lacking courage; timid; timorous; fearful; craven: as, a coward wretch. O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! its supposed injurious effect upon cows. See Cicuta. Spotted cowbane, a similar species of the United States, C. maculata. cow-beck (kou'bek), n. [Origin unknown.] A preparation of hair and wool used for hats. cow-bell (kou'bel), п. 1. A bell (usually of a rounded oblong shape and dull, heavy tone) designed to be attached to the neck of a cow to indicate her whereabouts. - 2. An Ameri can name of the bladder-campion, Silene in flat a. Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. cowberry (kou'ber"i), n.; pl. cowberries (-iz). IMG:content-1507.png:[blocks in formation] cowardt (kou'ärd), v. t. [ Which cowardeth a man's heart. W. Swinderby, Letter in Foxe's Martyrs. cowardice (kou'är-dis), n. [ coward is , -ise, -yse, couardise , F. couardise (= It. codardigia ), cowardice, couard , etc., coward: see coward , n .] Want of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, etc.; dread of exposure to harm or pain of any kind; fear of consequences; pusillanimity; dishonorable fear. Ye be come hider to hide yow for cowardise . IMG:content-1508.jpg:[blocks in formation] =Syn, Poltroonery, dastardline , cowardline .