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Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge..

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

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..

Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show

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

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

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

Crissum :: Crissum (n.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts..

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

Shark :: Shark (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

Emissary :: Emissary (n.) An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter..

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.

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To drive to shelter; to track to covert.

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..

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

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

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

Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook..

Discoverture :: Discoverture (n.) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

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

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