Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 139
Couvade (n.) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. -- Tylor.
Couvade (n.) A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child.
Covariant (n.) (Higher Alg.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.
Covariant (a.) Changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged.
Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. -- Holland.
Cove (n.) A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.]
Cove (n.) (Arch.) A concave molding.
Cove (n.) (Arch.) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
Coved (imp. & p. p.) of Cove.
Coving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cove.
Cove (v. t.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. -- H. Swinburne.
Coved ceiling, A ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove.
Coved vault, A vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.
Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.]
Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. -- Holland.
Cove (n.) A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang]
There's a gentry cove here. -- Wit's Recreations (1654).
Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. -- Mrs. Browning. Covelline
Covelline (n.) Alt. of Covellite
Covellite (n.) (Min.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.
Covenable (a.) Fit; proper; suitable. [Obs.] "A covenable day." -- Wyclif (Mark vi. 21).
Covenably (adv.) Fitly; suitably. [Obs.] "Well and covenably." -- Chaucer.
Covenant (n.) A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant. -- 1 Sam. xviiii. 3.
Let there be covenants drawn between us. -- Shak.
If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe covenants As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby. -- Shak.
Covenant (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."
He [Wharton] was born in the days of the Covenant, and was the heir of a covenanted house. -- Macaulay.
Covenant (n.) (Theol.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.
I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. -- Gen. xvii. 7.
Covenant (n.) A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.
Covenant (n.) (Law) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.
Covenant (n.) (Law) A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.
Syn: Agreement; contract; compact; bargain; arrangement; stipulation.
Usage: Covenant, Contract, Compact, Stipulation.
These words all denote a mutual agreement between two parties. Covenant is frequently used in a religious sense; as, the covenant of works or of grace; a church covenant; the Solemn League and Covenant. Contract is the word most used in the business of life. Crabb and Taylor are wrong in saying that a contract must always be in writing. There are oral and implied contracts as well as written ones, and these are equally enforced by law. In legal usage, the word covenant has an important place as connected with contracts. A compact is only a stronger and more solemn contract. The term is chiefly applied to political alliances. Thus, the old Confederation was a compact between the States.
Under the present Federal Constitution, no individual State can, without consent of Congress, enter into a compact with any other State or foreign power. A stipulation is one of the articles or provisions of a contract.
Covenanted (imp. & p. p.) of Covenant.
Covenanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Covenant.
Covenant (v. i.) To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct. -- L'Estrange.
And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of silver. -- Matt. xxvi. 15.
Syn: To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.
Covenant (v. t.) To grant or promise by covenant.
My covenant of peace that I covenanted with you. -- Wyclif.
Covenant (n.) A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, compact, concordat].
Covenant (n.) (Bible) An agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return.
Covenant (v.) Enter into a covenant.
Covenant (v.) Enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world".
Covenantee (n.) The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
Covenanter (n.) One who makes a covenant.
Covenanter (n.) One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant.
Covenanting (a.) Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters.
Covenantor (n.) The party who makes a covenant.
Covenous (a.) See Covinous, and Covin.
Covent (n.) A convent or monastery.
Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Cover.
Covering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cover.
Cover (v. t.) 遮蓋；覆蓋 [（+with）]；覆蓋……的表面 [（+in/ with）] To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
Cover (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
Cover (v. t.) To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
Cover (v. t.) To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.
Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.
Cover (v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
Cover (v. t.) To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
Cover (v. t.) 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.
Cover (v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on.
Cover (v. t.) To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.
Cover (n.) 遮蓋物；蓋子；套子 [C]；（書的）封面，封底 [C] Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.
Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. "Under cover of the night." -- Macaulay.
A handsome cover for imperfections. -- Collier.
Cover (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.
Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.
Cover (n.) The lap of a slide valve.
Cover (n.) 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 (v. i.) 頂替，代替 [（+for）] To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.
Coverage (n.) 覆蓋，覆蓋範圍；保險項目（或範圍） The range of items covered. Coverage may be small ({narrow coverage], or large ({broad coverage} or wide coverage).
Coverage (n.) The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance.
Coverage (n.) The state of being insured; insurance.
Coverage (n.) The areas reached by a radio transmission signal, or group of people reached by a communications medium, such as television or a newspaper.
Coverage (n.) The range of topics treated in a discourse or document, or the depth to which a subject is discussed; as, a news program may have extensive coverage of an event. "gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Democratic convention."
Coverage (n.) The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio of television; as, they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations.
Syn: reporting, reportage.
Coverage (n.) The total amount and type of insurance carried [syn: coverage, insurance coverage].
Coverage (n.) The extent to which something is covered; "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent."
Coverage (n.) The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations" [syn: coverage, reporting, reportage].
Coverchief (n.) A covering for the head.
Covercle (n.) A small cover; a lid.
Covered (a.) Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
Coverer (n.) One who, or that which, covers.
Covering (n.) Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.
Coverlet (n.) The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
Coverlid (n.) A coverlet.
Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
Coversed sine () The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Cover-shame (n.) Something used to conceal infamy.
Covert (a.) Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
How covert matters may be best disclosed. -- Shak.
Whether of open war or covert guile. -- Milton
Covert (a.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. -- Bacon.
Covert (a.) (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 (n.) 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.
Covert (n.) (Zool.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Covert (a.) Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" [ant: open, overt].
Covert (a.) (Of a wife) Being under the protection of her husband; "a woman covert."
Covert (n.) A flock of coots.
Covert (n.) A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment].
COVERT, BARON. () A wife; so called, from her being under the cover or protection of her husband, baron or lord.
Covert baron () (Law) Under the protection of a husband; married. -- Burrill.
Covertly (adv.) Secretly; in private; insidiously.
Covertly (adv.) In a covert manner; "he did it covertly" [ant: overtly].
Covertness (n.) Secrecy; privacy. [R.]
Covertness (n.) The state of being covert and hidden [syn: hiddenness, covertness].
Coverture (n.) Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
Protected by walls or other like coverture. -- Woodward.
Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. -- Shak.
Coverture (n.) (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.
Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Covet.
Coveting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Covet.
Covet (v. t.) 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.
Covet (v. t.) 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 (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. -- 1 Tim. vi. 10.
Covet (v.) Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house."
Covetable (a.) That may be coveted; desirable.
Coveter (n.) One who covets.
Covetise (n.) Avarice. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Covetiveness (n.) (Phren.) Acquisitiveness.
Covetous (a.) 垂涎的；貪圖的；渴望的 [（+of）] 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.
Covetous (a.) 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.
Covetous (a.) Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" [syn: covetous, envious, jealous].
Covetous (a.) Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [syn: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile].
Covetously (adv.) 妄想地；貪心地 In a covetous manner.
Covetously (adv.) With jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously" [syn: enviously, covetously, jealously].
Covetously (adv.) In a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously, greedily].
Covetousness (n.) 貪求；垂涎 Strong desire. [R.]
When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. -- Shak.
Covetousness (n.) 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.
Covetousness (n.) An envious eagerness to possess something.
Covetousness (n.) Extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity].
Covetousness (n.) Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia].
Covetousness () A strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Col. 3:5; Eph. 5:5; Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Matt. 6:20).
It assumes sometimes the more aggravated form of avarice, which is the mark of cold-hearted worldliness.
Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate. [Obs.]
[Tortoises] Covey a whole year before they hatch. -- Holland.
Covey (n.) A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] -- Parker.
Covey (n.) （鵪鶉的）群；一隊；一組；一群；一套 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.
Covey (n.) A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. -- Addison.
Covey (n.) A small collection of people.
Covey (n.) A small flock of grouse or partridge.
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Covin (n.) (Law) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.
Covin (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
COVIN, () Fraud. A secret contrivance between two or more persons to defraud and prejudice another of his rights. Co. Litt 357, b; Com. Dig. Covin, A; 1 Vin. Abr. 473. Vide Collusion; Fraud.
Covinous (a.) (Law) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
Cow (n.) A chimney cap; a cowl
Cows (n. pl. ) of Cow.
Kine (n. pl. ) of Cow.
Kine (n. pl. ) Cows. "A herd of fifty or sixty kine." -- Milton. Kinematic
Cow (n.) The mature female of bovine animals.
Cow (n.) The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.
Cowed (imp. & p. p.) of Cow.
Cowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cow.