Cover

·noun The lap of a slide valve.

II. Cover ·vt To put the usual covering or headdress on.

III. Cover ·vi To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.

IV. Cover ·vt To brood or sit on; to Incubate.

V. Cover ·noun Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.

VI. Cover ·vt To Envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.

VII. Cover ·vt To remove from remembrance; to put away; to Remit.

VIII. Cover ·vt To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.

IX. Cover ·noun Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.

X. Cover ·noun The woods, underbrush, ·etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.

XI. Cover ·vt To copulate with (a female); to Serve; as, a horse covers a mare;

— said of the male.

XII. Cover ·noun Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.

XIII. Cover ·vt To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

XIV. Cover ·vt To hide sight; to Conceal; to Cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.

XV. Cover ·vt To shelter, as from evil or danger; to Protect; to Defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.

XVI. Cover ·noun A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; ·esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.

XVII. Cover ·vt To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to Counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.