Thesaurus: covert

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1. v. t. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
2. v. t. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
3. 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.
4. a. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
5. a. One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
6. adj. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
7. adj. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
8. n. a flock of coots
9. n. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
10. Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, amarried woman who is considered as being under the protection andcontrol of her husband. Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, underCovered.
11. j:96/n:4 n. a flock of coots a. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed s. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband