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adjective

Covert adj.

1.

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. "How covert matters may be best disclosed." "Whether of open war or covert guile."

2.

Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. "Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley."

3.

(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.

Synonyms: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See Hidden.

noun

Covert n.

1.

A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. "A tabernacle... for a covert from storm." "The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside."

2.

(Zool.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Covert" Quotes from Famous Books

... shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from ...

— Hills of the Shatemuc • Susan Warner

... restrained for a while. As it was, after hurrying on for a short distance and making sure that he was not pursued, he sprang over the fence and sneaked into the nearest clump of bushes. From this safe covert he watched Dab Kinzer's return after the lighter joints of his rod, and then even dared to crouch along the fence until he saw which house his ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 • Various

... he dashed into every covert or tangle wherein a hog might lurk, but without result; there came no rush of feet, no shaking of the brown leaves, no startled grunt. All was still, save for the quick ...

— Plantation Sketches • Margaret Devereux

... rose up, straightened herself, with a bearing half proud half defiant, and looked away. Then in another minute, seeing her chance, she darted or glided from her covert, and before Hazel's indignant and pitying gaze, plunged into a gay bit of badinage with her lover who was passing near. No trace of regret or of unwillingness apparent; Josephine was playing off her usual airs with her usual reckless ...

— The Gold of Chickaree • Susan Warner

... other things, he said that nothing more surprised him than to see Englishmen, the most learned and intelligent people in the world, visiting a place like Cintra, where there was no literature, science, nor anything of utility (coisa que presta). I suspect that there was some covert satire in the last speech of the worthy priest; I was, however, Jesuit enough to appear to receive it as a high compliment, and, taking off my hat, departed ...

— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow

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