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Coverture :: Coverture (n.) Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..

Sneer :: Sneer (v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.

Tectly :: Tectly (adv.) Covertly; privately; secretly.

Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay..

Allusion :: Allusion (n.) A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint..

Covert :: Covert (a.) A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

Overt :: Overt (a.) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason..

Crissal :: Crissal (a.) Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant..

Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.

Redwing :: Redwing (n.) A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird..

Covert Baron :: Covert baron () Under the protection of a husband; married.

Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

Leap :: Leap (n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast..

Tectrices :: Tectrices (n. pl.) The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird..

Stabiliment :: Stabbingly (adv.) By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly.

Covert :: Covert (v. t.) 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..

Coverture :: Coverture (n.) 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..

Discovert :: Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

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