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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: (law) of a wife; under the protection of her husband n 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}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Covert, MI Zip code(s): 49043
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