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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..

Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..

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

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

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

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

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..

Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..

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..

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

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

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

Covertness :: Covertness (n.) Secrecy; privacy.

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

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..

Discoverture :: Discoverture (n.) Discovery.

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.

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

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

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

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