Definition of covering

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Covering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cove.

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Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark..
Rail :: Rail (n.) An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
Parietal :: Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes..
Body :: Body (n.) That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs..
Tinning :: Tinning (n.) The covering or lining of tin thus put on.
Hoveling :: Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two..
Veiling :: Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils..
Scale :: Scale (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid..
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..
Fledge :: Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
Dimity :: Dimity (n.) A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors..
Capillament :: Capillament (n.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves..
Investient :: Investient (a.) Covering; clothing.
Hose :: Hose (n.) Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
Crust :: Crust (n.) The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow..
Periwig :: Periwig (n.) A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig..
Casing :: Casing (n.) The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc..
Bivouac :: Bivouac (n.) An encampment for the night without tents or covering.
Corticated :: Corticated (a.) Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
Cap :: Cap (n.) A respectful uncovering of the head.
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