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Cover [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Any thing which is laid, set or spread over another thing; as the cover of a vessel; the cover of a bed.

2. Any thing which vails or conceals; a screen; disguise; superficial appearance. Affected gravity may serve as a cover for a deceitful heart.

3. Shelter; defense; protection. The troops fought under cover of the batteries.

4. Concealment and protection. The army advanced under cover of the night.

5. Shelter; retreat; in hunting.

Cover [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To overspread the surface of a thing with another substance; to lay or set over; as, to cover a table with a cloth, or a floor with a carpet.

2. The valleys are covered with corn. Psalms 65:13 .

3. The locusts shall cover the face of the earth. Exodus 5:1 .

4. To hide; to conceal by something overspread.

5. If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me-- Psalms 139:11 .

6. To conceal by some intervening object; as, the enemy was covered from our sight by a forest.

7. To clothe; as, to cover with a robe or mantle; to cover nakedness. 1 Samuel 28:14 . Exodus 28:42 .

8. To overwhelm.

9. The waters covered the chariots and horsemen. Exo 14.

10. Let them be covered with reproach. Psa 71.

11. To conceal from notice or punishment.

12. Charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 .

13. To conceal; to refrain from disclosing or confessing.

14. He that covereth his sin shall not prosper. Proverbs 28:13 .

15. To pardon or remit.

16. Blessed is he whose sin is covered. Psa 32.

17. To vail, applied to women. 1 Corinthians 11:7 . To wear a hat, applied to men. Be covered, sir.

18. To wrap, infold or envelop; as, to cover a package of goods.

19. To shelter; to protect; to defend. A squadron of horse covered the troops on the retreat.

20. And the soft wings of peace cover him around.

21. To brood; to incubate; as, a hen covering her eggs.

22. To copulate with a female.

23. To equal, or be of equal extent; to be equivalent to; as, the receipts do not cover the expenses; a mercantile use of the word.

24. To disguise; to conceal hypocritically.

25. To include, embrace or comprehend. This land was covered by a mortgage.

Cover [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.

2. Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.

3. Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.

4. The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.

5. The lap of a slide valve.

6. A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.

Cover [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.

Cover [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.

3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.

4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.

5. To brood or sit on; to incubate.

6. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.

7. To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.

8. To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.

9. To put the usual covering or headdress on.

10. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.

Cover-point [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."

Cover-shame [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Something used to conceal infamy.

Cover-shame [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Something used to conceal infamy.

Coverchief [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A covering of the head.

Coverchief [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A covering for the head.

Covercle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small cover; a lid.

Covercle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A small cover; a lid.

Coverdale Encyclopedia Britannica

COVERDALE, Miles (1488-1569), the celebrated translator of the first complete English Bible, was born in Yorkshire in 1488. He was educated at Cambridge in the house of the Augustine friars, and, after having been admitted into that order, was ordained priest at Norwich in 1514. On the promulgation of the Reformed opinions at Cambridge, Coverdale was amongst the first to abandon his allegiance to the Church of Rome; and probably finding it unsafe to remain in England, he went abroad, and according to Foxe assisted Tyndale in translating the Bible. There seems, however, to be some reason to doubt Foxe’s statement, which is entirely unsupported by corroborative evidence. Coverdale remained in total obscurity until 1535, when he published his own translation, with a dedication to Henry VIII., who had now come to an irreparable breach with the Pope. This was the earliest translation of the whole Bible in the English language, and the Psalms in it are those which are now usedin the Book of Common Prayer. Although it is not an immediate version of the original (the title bearing that it is “truly translated out of Douche and Latyn ”), it has many merits. Much of the rhythmical flow and finely-balanced cadence of the authorized version may be traced back to Coverdale. With the sanction of the king, Coverdale went to Paris in 1538 to superintend the publication of a new edition; but a decree of the Inquisition broke up the printing-establishment, and consigned the sheets already finished to the flames. A few copies, however, having been sold as waste-paper, were preserved; and these, with the presses which were transported to England, were used in printing Cranmer ’ s or the Great Bible, under the superintendence of Coverdale, which was published in 1539. After 1540 ...

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 531
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Covered [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Spread over; hid; concealed; clothed; vailed; having a hat on; wrapped; inclosed; sheltered; protected; disguised.

Covered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.

Covered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. of Cover

2. of Covet

Coverer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, covers.

Covering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That which convers; any thing spread or laid over another, whether for security or concealment.

2. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Genesis 8:13 .

3. He spread a cloud for a covering Psalms 105:39 .

4. Destruction hath no covering Job 26:6 .

5. A cover; a lid.

6. Every open vessel that hath no covering Numbers 19:15 .

7. Clothing; raiment; garments; dress.

8. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job 24:7 .

Covering [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Spreading over; laying over; concealing; vailing; clothing; wrapping; inclosing; protecting; disguising.

Covering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.

Covering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Cover

Coverlet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The cover of a bed; a piece of furniture designed to be spread over all the other covering of a bed.

Coverlet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.

Coverlid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A coverlet.

Coversed sine Webster's Dictionary 1913

The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Covert [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Covered; hid; private; secret; concealed.

2. Whether of open war, or covert guile.

3. Disguised; insidious.

4. Sheltered; not open or exposed; as a covert alley, or place.

5. 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] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A covering, or covering place; a place which covers and shelters; a shelter; a defense.

2. A tabernacle--for a covert from storm and rain. Isaiah 4:6 .

3. I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Psalms 111:1 .

4. A thicket; a shady place, or a hiding place. 1 Samuel 25:20 . Job 38:40 .

Covert [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

2. One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Covert [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.

3. 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.

Covert baron Webster's Dictionary 1913

Under the protection of a husband; married.

Covert-way [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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 works, towards the country. It has a parapet raised on a level, together with its banquets and glacis. It is called also the corridor, and sometimes the counterscarp, because it is on the edge of the scarp.

Covertly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Secretly; closely; in private; insidiously.

2. Among the poets, Persius covertly strikes at Nero.

Covertly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Secretly; in private; insidiously.

Covertness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Secrecy; privacy.

Covertness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Secrecy; privacy.

Coverture [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. 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-covert, or femme-couvert. The coverture of a woman disables her from making contracts to the prejudice of herself or husband, without his allowance or confirmation.

Coverture [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

2. The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.

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Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 7:19

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

Genesis 7:20

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

Genesis 8:13

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”

Genesis 24:65

For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

Genesis 25:25

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.

Genesis 29:2

And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.

He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

Genesis 37:26

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Genesis 38:14

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Genesis 38:15

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

Genesis 45:6

For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

Exodus 8:6

And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

Exodus 10:5

And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

Exodus 10:15

For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 10:22

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

Exodus 14:28

And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.