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Covert : adj
1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or
shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert
funding for the rebels" [ant: overt]
2: of a wife; under the protection of her husband
(noun)
1: a flock of coots
2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
"they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of
darkness" [syn: screen, cover, concealment]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Covert : \Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See Covert, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is.
iv. 6.
The highwayman has darted from his covered by the
wayside. --Prescott.
2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the special feathers
covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of
a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Covert : \Cov"ert\ (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of
couvrir. See Cover, v. t.]
1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.
Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton
2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
--Bacon.
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.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
concealed. See Hidden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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COVERT, BARON. A wife; so called, from her being under the cover or
protection of her husband, baron or lord.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Covert, MI
Zip code(s): 49043
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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