Coverlet Cov"er·let noun [ French couvre-lit ; couvrir to cover + lit bed, from Latin lectus bed. See Cover .] The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.

Lay her in lilies and in violets . . .
And odored sheets and arras coverlets .
Spenser.

Coverlid Cov"er·lid (-lĭd) noun A coverlet.

All the coverlid was cloth of gold.
Tennyson.

Coversed sine Co·versed" sine (k?-v?rst" s?n`). [ Co- (= co- in co- sine) + versed sine .] (Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions .

Coverside Cov"er·side` noun A region of country having covers; a hunting country.

Covert Cov"ert adjective [ Old French covert , F. couvert , past participle of couvrir . See Cover , transitive verb ] 1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

How covert matters may be best disclosed.
Shak.

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. Covert way , (Fort.) See Covered way , under Covered . Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See Hidden .

Covert Cov"ert noun [ Old French See Covert , adjective ] 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. [ Confer French couverte .] (Zoology) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird .

Covert baron Cov"ert bar`on (b?r`?n). (Law) Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.

Covertly Cov"ert·ly adverb Secretly; in private; insidiously.

Covertness Cov"ert·ness noun Secrecy; privacy. [ R.]

Coverture Cov"er·ture noun [ Old French coverture ,F. couverture .] 1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

Protected by walls or other like coverture .
Woodward.

Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture .
Shak.

2. (Law) 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 .

Covet Cov"et transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Covered ; present participle & verbal noun Coveting .] [ Old French coveitier , covoitier , French convoiter , from a derivative from Latin cupere to desire; confer Sanskrit kup to become excited. Confer Cupidity .] 1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

Covet earnestly the best gifts.
1. Cor. xxii. 31.

If it be a sin to covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive.
Shak.

2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
Ex. xx. 17.

Syn. -- To long for; desire; hanker after; crave.

Covet Cov"et intransitive verb To have or indulge inordinate desire.

Which [ money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith.
1 Tim. vi. 10.

Covetable Cov"et·a·ble adjective That may be coveted; desirable.

Coveter Cov"et·er noun One who covets.

Covetise Cov"et·ise noun [ Old French coveitise , F. convoitise . See Covet , transitive verb ] Avarice. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Covetiveness Cov"et·ive·ness noun (Phren.) Acquisitiveness.

Covetous Cov"et·ous adjective [ Old French coveitos , F. convoiteux . See Covet , transitive verb ] 1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [ Archaic]

Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.
Shak.

Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral.
Emerson.

2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
South.

Syn. -- Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See Avaricious .

Covetously Cov"et·ous·ly adverb In a covetous manner.

Covetousness Cov"et·ous·ness noun 1. Strong desire. [ R.]

When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness .
Shak.

2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Covetousness , by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting.
Sprat.

Syn. -- Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.

Covey Cov"ey noun [ Old French cov...e , F. couv...e , from cover , French couver , to sit or brood on, from Latin cubare to lie down; confer E. incubate . See Cubit , and confer Cove to brood.] 1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. Darwin. 2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.

Covey Cov"ey intransitive verb To brood; to incubate. [ Obsolete]

[ Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch.
Holland.

Covey Cov"ey noun A pantry. [ Prov. Eng.] Parker.

Covin Cov"in noun [ Old French covine , covaine , from covenir to agree. See Covenant .] 1. (Law) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third. 2. Deceit; fraud; artifice. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Coving Cov"ing noun (Architecture) (a) A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story. (b) The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace.

Covinous Cov"in·ous adjective (Law) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.

Cow Cow (kou) noun [ See Cowl a hood.] A chimney cap; a cowl

Cow Cow noun ; plural Cows (kouz); old plural Kine (kīn). [ Middle English cu , cou , Anglo-Saxon cū ; akin to D. koe , German kuh , Old High German kuo , Icelandic kȳr , Dan. & Swedish ko , Latin bos ox, cow, Greek boy^s , Sanskrit gō . √223. Confer Beef , Bovine , Bucolic , Butter , Nylghau .] 1. The mature female of bovine animals. 2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

Cow Cow transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cowed (koud);; present participle & verbal noun Cowing .] [ Confer Icelandic kuga , Swedish kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue . Confer Cuff , transitive verb ] To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.

To vanquish a people already cowed .
Shak.

THe French king was cowed .
J. R. Green.

Cow Cow noun [ Prob. from same root as cow , transitive verb ] (Mining) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.

Cow parsley Cow" pars`ley (kou` p?rs`l?). (Botany) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chærophyllum ( C. temulum and C. sylvestre ).

Cow parsnip Cow" pars`nip (-n?p). (Botany) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum ( H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).

Cow tree Cow" tree` (kou" tr?`). [ Confer SP. palo de vaca .] (Botany) A tree ( Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron ) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

Cow-pilot Cow"-pi`lot (kou"pī`lŭt) noun (Zoology) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies ( Pomacentrus saxatilis ); -- called also mojarra .

Cow's lungwort Cow's" lung"wort` (kouz" l?ng"w?rt`). Mullein.

Cowage Cow"age (kou"aj) noun (Botany) See Cowhage .

Cowalker Co`walk"er noun A phantasmic or "astral" body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelgänger.

Cowan Cow"an (kou" a n) noun [ Confer Old French couillon a coward, a cullion.] One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship. [ Scot.] Among Freemasons, it is a cant term for pretender , interloper .

Coward Cow"ard adjective [ Old French couard , coard , coart , noun and adj., French couard , from Old French coe , coue , tail, French queue (fr. Latin coda , a form of cauda tail) + -ard ; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perhaps , turning tail, like a scared dog. Confer Cue , Queue , Caudal .] 1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion. 2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.

Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch.
Shak.

3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.

He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
Shak.

Invading fears repel my coward joy.
Proir.

Coward Cow"ard noun A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.

A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse.
Dryden.

Syn. -- Craven; poltroon; dastard.

Coward Cow"ard transitive verb To make timorous; to frighten. [ Obsolete]

That which cowardeth a man's heart.
Foxe.

Cowardice Cow"ard·ice (-ĭs) noun [ French couardise , from couard . See Coward .] Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.

The cowardice of doing wrong.
Milton.

Moderation was despised as cowardice .
Macaulay.

Cowardie Cow"ard·ie (kou"ẽrd*ȳ) noun [ Old French couardie .] Cowardice. [ Obsolete]

Cowardish Cow"ard·ish adjective Cowardly. [ Obsolete] "A base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia).

Cowardize Cow"ard·ize (-...z) transitive verb To render cowardly . [ Obsolete]

God . . . cowardizeth . . . insolent spirits.
Bp. Hall.

Cowardliness Cow"ard·li·ness noun Cowardice.

Cowardly Cow"ard·ly adjective 1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
Shak.

2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity. Macaulay.

The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
Burke.

Syn. -- Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous; recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted; white-livered.

Cowardly Cow"ard·ly adverb In the manner of a coward. Spenser.

Cowardship Cow"ard·ship noun Cowardice. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Cowbane Cow"bane` (kou"bān`) noun (Botany) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa ; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida . See Water hemlock .

Cowberry Cow"ber`ry (-bĕr`rȳ) noun ; plural Cowberries (- rĭz). (Botany) A species of Vaccinium ( V. Vitis-idæa ), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry .