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Webster 1913 Edition
Covert
1.
Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
How
covert
matters may be best disclosed. Shakespeare
Whether of open war or
covert
guile. Milton
2.
Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected;
as, a
. covert
nook Wordsworth.
Of either side the green, to plant a
covert
alley. Bacon.
3.
(Law)
Under cover, authority or protection;
as, a
. feme covert
, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband
Syn. – Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See
Hidden
. 1.
A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
A tabernacle . . . for a
covert
from storm. Is. iv. 6.
The highwayman has darted from his
covered
by the wayside. Prescott.
2.
[Cf. F.
couverte
.] (Zool.)
One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of
Bird
. Webster 1828 Edition
Covert
COVERT
,Adj.
1.
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, or place.4.
Under cover, authority or protection; as a feme-covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the influence and protection of her husband.COVERT
,Noun.
1.
A covering, or covering place; a place which covers and shelters; a shelter; a defense.A tabernacle--for a covert from storm and rain. Isaiah 4.
I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Psalm 111.
2.
A thicket; a shady place, or a hiding place. 1 Samuel 25. Job 38.