Cover

kuv′ėr, v.t. to hide: to clothe: to extend over: to brood or sit on: to be sufficient for: to protect: to table a coin of equal value in wagering: to copulate with—esp. of a stallion: to screen: to aim directly at.— v.i. to spread over so as to conceal something: to lay a table for a meal: to put one's hat on.— n. that which protects: undergrowth, thicket, concealing game, .: the table requisites for one person—plate, knife, fork, napkin, .: deceitfulne : a swindler's confederate.— adj. Cov′ered , intended or used for shelter or concealment: roofed over: with the hat on.— ns. Cover′ed-way ; Cov′ert-way ( fort. ), a path about thirty feet wide outside the ditch of a fort, and so far sunk below the crest of the glacis as to afford cover or shelter to the soldiers; Cover′ing , anything that covers.— adj. Cov′ert , covered: concealed: secret.— n. a place that covers or affords protection.— ns. Cov′ert-coat , a short light overcoat; Cov′ert-coat′ing , cloth for such.— adv. Cov′ertly , in a covered or concealed manner.— n. Cov′erture , covering, shelter: ( law ) the condition of a married woman as legally under the protection of her husband.— Cover into , to transfer into; Cover shorts , to buy in such stocks as have been sold short, in order to meet one's engagements, .; Cover the buckle , to execute a difficult step in dancing. [Fr. couvrir (It. coprire )—L. co-operīre — con , and operīre , to cover.]