Definition of cover

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Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.

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Boot :: Boot (n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather..
Placophora :: Placophora (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura..
Impennate :: Impennate (a.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins..
Bark :: Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
Roof :: Roof (v. t.) To cover with a roof.
Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne..
Tile :: Tile (n.) A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works..
Gummy :: Gummy (a.) Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
Calicle :: Calicle (n.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian..
Ganoidei :: Ganoidei (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales..
Quilt :: Quilt (n.) Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover..
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4..
Siding :: Siding (n.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like..
Clovered :: Clovered (a.) Covered with growing clover.
Fichu :: Fichu (n.) A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders..
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts..
Meadow :: Meadow (n.) Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay..
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