Word Meanings - COVERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. A covering
Additional info about word: COVERING
Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19.
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- CRUSTAL
Relating to a crust. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - COVERLET
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser. - CRUSTINESS
1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. 2. The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving. - COVERCLE
A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne. - CRUSTACEOUS
Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell. - CRUSTALOGY
Crustaceology. - CRUSTALOGIST
One versed in crustalogy. - COVERT BARON
Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill. - COVERTNESS
Secrecy; privacy. - COVERER
One who, or that which, covers. - PROTECTIONIST
One who favors protection. See Protection, 4. - COVERCHIEF
A covering for the head. Chaucer. - COVERTLY
Secretly; in private; insidiously. - COVER
operire to cover; probably fr. ob towards, over + the root appearing 1. To overspread the surface of with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth. 2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak. And - COVERING
Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. A covering - CRUSTILY
In a crusty or surly manner; morosely. - CRUSTATION
An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys. - COVERAGE
The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance. - CRUSTACEA
One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. Note: The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called - RECOVER
To cover again. Sir W. Scott. - PROCRUSTESIAN
See PROCRUSTEAN - INCRUSTATION
A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. (more info) 1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. 2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit - DISCOVERTURE
A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery. - DISCOVERABLE
Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry. - DISCOVERY
1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next - IRRECOVERABLE
Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless. - DISCOVERER
1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. Shak. - RECOVERANCE
Recovery. - DECRUSTATION
The removal of a crust.