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covert
(encz) | covert,houština n: Zdeněk Brož |
covert
(encz) | covert,skrýš Zdeněk Brož |
covert
(encz) | covert,skrytý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
covert
(encz) | covert,zakrytý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Covert
(gcide) | Covert \Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See Covert, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
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A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is.
iv. 6.
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The highwayman has darted from his covered by the
wayside. --Prescott.
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2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zool.) One of the special feathers
covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of
a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
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Covert
(gcide) | 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.
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How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.
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Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton
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2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
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Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
--Bacon.
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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.
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Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
concealed. See Hidden.
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covert
(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: open, overt]
2: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a
woman covert"
n 1: a flock of coots
2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a
screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness";
"the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest
concealment is to match perfectly the color of the
background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment] |
COVERT
(bouvier) | COVERT, BARON. A wife; so called, from her being under the cover or
protection of her husband, baron or lord.
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covert
(encz) | covert,houština n: Zdeněk Brožcovert,skrýš Zdeněk Brožcovert,skrytý adj: Zdeněk Brožcovert,zakrytý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
covert operation
(encz) | covert operation, n: |
covertly
(encz) | covertly,skrytě adv: Zdeněk Brožcovertly,tajně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
covertness
(encz) | covertness, |
coverture
(encz) | coverture,kryt n: Zdeněk Brožcoverture,přikrývka n: Zdeněk Brož |
At discovert
(gcide) | Discovert \Dis*cov"ert\, n.
An uncovered place or part. [Obs.]
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At discovert, uncovered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Covert
(gcide) | Covert \Cov"ert\, n. [OF. See Covert, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
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A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. --Is.
iv. 6.
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The highwayman has darted from his covered by the
wayside. --Prescott.
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2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zool.) One of the special feathers
covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of
a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
[1913 Webster]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.
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How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.
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Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton
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2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
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Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
--Bacon.
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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.
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Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
concealed. See Hidden.
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Covert baron
(gcide) | Covert baron \Cov"ert bar`on\ (b?r`?n). (Law)
Under the protection of a husband; married. --Burrill.
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Covert way
(gcide) | Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[aum]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L.
via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
[root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via,
Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.]
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1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
way to the mine. "To find the way to heaven." --Shak.
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I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
--Chaucer.
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The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
--Milton.
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The season and ways were very improper for his
majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
--Evelyn.
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2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
long way.
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And whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow.
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3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
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I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak.
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4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
action; advance.
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If that way be your walk, you have not far.
--Milton.
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And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.
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5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
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My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.
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By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.
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What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior.
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6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
expressing one's ideas.
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7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
conduct; mode of dealing. "Having lost the way of
nobleness." --Sir. P. Sidney.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace. --Prov. iii.
17.
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When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow.
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8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.
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The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
Temple.
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9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
to have one's way.
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10. (Naut.)
(a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
(b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
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11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
table or carriage moves.
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12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
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By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
In the family way. See under Family.
In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
etc.
In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being
with; in the presence of.
Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the
Vocabulary.
On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process;
advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
country; on the way to success.
Out of the way. See under Out.
Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over
another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion,
as when a ship begins to move.
To give way. See under Give.
To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to
depart or come along. --Shak.
To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; --
of events.
To come one's way to come into one's possession (of
objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as,
good things will come your way.
To go the way of all the earth or
to go the way of all flesh to die.
To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal
efforts.
To make way. See under Make, v. t.
Ways and means.
(a) Methods; resources; facilities.
(b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for
revenue.
Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across,
land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in
rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7
(c) .
Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of
the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified
town.
Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See Pane,
n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some
intermediate place between the principal stations on a
line of travel.
Ways of God, his providential government, or his works.
Way station, an intermediate station between principal
stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,
stations; an accommodation train.
Way warden, the surveyor of a road.
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Syn: Street; highway; road.
Usage: Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic,
denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway
is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and
convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way
for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,
a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,
hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or
highways in compact settlements.
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All keep the broad highway, and take delight
With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.
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There is but one road by which to climb up.
--Addison.
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When night
Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]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.
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How covert matters may be best disclosed. --Shak.
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Whether of open war or covert guile. --Milton
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2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
covert nook. -- Wordsworth.
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Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley.
--Bacon.
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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.
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Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious;
concealed. See Hidden.
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Covertly
(gcide) | Covertly \Cov"ert*ly\, adv.
Secretly; in private; insidiously.
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Covertness
(gcide) | Covertness \Cov"ert*ness\ (k?v"?rt-n?s), n.
Secrecy; privacy. [R.]
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Coverture
(gcide) | Coverture \Cov"er*ture\ (k?v"?r-t?r; 135), n. [OF.
coverture,F.couverture.]
1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
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Protected by walls or other like coverture.
--Woodward.
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Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture. --Shak.
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2. (Law) The condition of a woman during marriage, because
she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and
protection of her husband, and therefore called a {feme
covert}, or femme couverte.
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Discovert
(gcide) | Discovert \Dis*cov"ert\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]couvert uncovered, OF.
descovert. See Discover, Covert.] (Law)
Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; --
applied either to a woman who has never married or to a
widow.
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An uncovered place or part. [Obs.]
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At discovert, uncovered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Discoverture
(gcide) | Discoverture \Dis*cov"er*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- +
coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]
1. Discovery. [Obs.]
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2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of
a woman from the coverture of a husband.
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Feme covert
(gcide) | Feme \Feme\ (f[e^]m or f[a^]m), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old
Law)
A woman. --Burrill.
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Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3.
Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who
has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose
husband is dead.
Feme sole trader or Feme sole merchant (Eng. Law), a
married woman, who, by the custom of London, engages in
business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.
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Pound covert
(gcide) | Pound \Pound\, n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn
away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir.
pont, pond, pound. Cf. Pinder, Pinfold, Pin to inclose,
Pond.]
1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which
cattle or other animals are confined when taken in
trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a
pinfold. --Shak.
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2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.
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3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a
narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings
spreading outward.
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Pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a
shed.
Pound overt, a pound that is open overhead.
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Secondary coverts
(gcide) | Secondary \Sec"ond*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire.
See Second, a.]
1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place,
origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the
first order or rate.
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Wheresoever there is moral right on the one hand, no
secondary right can discharge it. --L'Estrange.
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Two are the radical differences; the secondary
differences are as four. --Bacon.
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2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work
of secondary hands.
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3. (Chem.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to
some operation (as substitution), in the second degree;
as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf.
primary.
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Note: A primary amine has the general formula R.NH2; a
secondary amine has the general formula R.NH.R',
where R and R' are alkyl or aryl groups. A primary
alcohol has the general formula R.CH2.OH; a secondary
alcohol has the general formula R.CHOH.R'. Tertiary
amines and alcohols have the general formulas
R.CR'N.R' and R.CR'OH.R', respectively.
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4. (Min.) Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced
by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of
the original rock mass; also of characters of minerals (as
secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other
causes.
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5. (Zool.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a
bird.
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6. (Med.)
(a) Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as,
Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever.
(b) Occurring in the second stage of a disease; as, the
secondary symptoms of syphilis.
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Secondary accent. See the Note under Accent, n., 1.
Secondary age. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the
Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8.
Secondary alcohol (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols
which contain the radical CH.OH united with two
hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols
form ketones.
Secondary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury,
performed after the constitutional effects of the injury
have subsided.
Secondary axis (Opt.), any line which passes through the
optical center of a lens but not through the centers of
curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes
through the center of curvature but not through the center
of the mirror.
Secondary battery. (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4.
Secondary circle (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle that
passes through the poles of another great circle and is
therefore perpendicular to its plane.
Secondary circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or
coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a
current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the
primary circuit or coil.
Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary
colors in equal proportions.
Secondary coverts (Zool.), the longer coverts which overlie
the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See
Illust. under Bird.
Secondary crystal (Min.), a crystal derived from one of the
primary forms.
Secondary current (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a
closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through
the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also
at the end of the passage of the primary current.
Secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to
obtain the primary or best evidence.
Secondary fever (Med.), a fever coming on in a disease
after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease
began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the
eruption in smallpox.
Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a
wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the
original bleeding has ceased.
Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are
not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for
their development and intensity on the organism of the
percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc.
Secondary quills or Secondary remiges (Zool.), the quill
feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a
row continuous with the primaries; -- called also
secondaries. See Illust. of Bird.
Secondary rocks or Secondary strata (Geol.), those lying
between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see
Primary rocks, under Primary); -- later restricted to
strata of the Mesozoic age, and at present but little
used.
Secondary syphilis (Med.), the second stage of syphilis,
including the period from the first development of
constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the
internal organs become involved.
Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray.
Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after
suppuration; union by the second intention.
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Syn: Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.
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Tail coverts
(gcide) | Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
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Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
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9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
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15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
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16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
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17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
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18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
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19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Under covert
(gcide) | Under \Un"der\, a.
Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject;
subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and
written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent;
undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer;
undersheriff.
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Under covert (Zool.), one of the feathers situated beneath
the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a bird.
See Illust. under Bird.
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under tail coverts
(gcide) | Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
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Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
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9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
[PJC]
15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
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16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
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17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
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18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
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19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Upper covert
(gcide) | Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of Up.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
legislature.
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The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See {To
have the upper hand}, under Hand. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
Commonwealth.
Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
Upper covert (Zool.), one of the coverts situated above the
bases of the tail quills.
Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
spar deck.
Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
shoes.
Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten
thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]
Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
vessel that are properly above water.
Upper world.
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) Heaven.
(c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
underworld.
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upper tail coverts
(gcide) | Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
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Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
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9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
[PJC]
15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
[PJC]
19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Wing covert
(gcide) | Wing \Wing\, n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin;
cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. v[ae]ngr.]
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1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or
bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually
modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of
birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only
as an assistance in running or swimming.
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As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over
her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
beareth them on her wings. --Deut. xxxii.
11.
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Note: In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in
series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar
side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts,
those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie
over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of
the short outer digit. See Illust. of Bird, and
Plumage.
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2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of
flying. Specifically: (Zool.)
(a) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of
most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs
formed of a double membrane and strengthened by
chitinous veins or nervures.
(b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
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3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
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Light thickens; and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of
rapid motion.
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Fiery expedition be my wing. --Shak.
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5. Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which
is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a
fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a
windmill, etc.
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6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or
shoulder knot.
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7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in
shape or appearance. Specifically:
(a) (Zool.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the
foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
(b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the
sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind
called samara.
(c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a
papilionaceous flower.
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8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
Hence:
(a) (Arch.) A side building, less than the main edifice;
as, one of the wings of a palace.
(b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks, etc.,
connecting them with the main work.
(c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch
growing up by the side of another. [Obs.]
(d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army,
regiment, etc.
(e) (Naut.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel
which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the
extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or
when forming the two sides of a triangle. --Totten.
(f) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
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9. (Aeronautics) Any surface used primarily for supporting a
flying machine in flight, especially the flat or slightly
curved planes on a heavier-than-air aircraft which provide
most of the lift. In fixed-wing aircraft there are usually
two main wings fixed on opposite sides of the fuselage.
Smaller wings are typically placed near the tail primarily
for stabilization, but may be absent in certain kinds of
aircraft. Helicopters usually have no fixed wings, the
lift being supplied by the rotating blade.
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10. One of two factions within an organization, as a
political party, which are opposed to each other; as,
right wing or left wing.
[PJC]
11. An administrative division of the air force or of a naval
air group, consisting of a certain number of airplanes
and the personnel associated with them.
[PJC]
On the wing.
(a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another.
On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity.
Under the wing of, or Under the wings of, under the care
or protection of.
Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either
side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going
before the wind with the foresail on one side and the
mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel
which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged.
Wing case (Zool.), one of the anterior wings of beetles,
and of some other insects, when thickened and used to
protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing
cover}.
Wing covert (Zool.), one of the small feathers covering the
bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2.
Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a
wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it
from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon.
Wing shell (Zool.), wing case of an insect.
Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing.
Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern;
-- called also main transom. --J. Knowles.
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covert
(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: open, overt]
2: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a
woman covert"
n 1: a flock of coots
2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a
screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness";
"the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest
concealment is to match perfectly the color of the
background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment] |
covert operation
(wn) | covert operation
n 1: an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible
denial by the sponsor |
covertly
(wn) | covertly
adv 1: in a covert manner; "he did it covertly" [ant: overtly] |
covertness
(wn) | covertness
n 1: the state of being covert and hidden [syn: hiddenness,
covertness] |
COVERTUR
(bouvier) | COVERTURE. The state or condition of a married woman.
2. During coverture, the being of the wife is civilly merged, for many
purposes, into that of her husband; she can, therefore, in general, make no
contracts without his consent, express or implied. Com. Dig. Baron and Feme,
W; Pleader, 2 A 1; 1 Ch. Pl. 19, 45; Litt. s. 28; Chit. Contr. 39; 1 Bouv.
Inst. n. 276.
3. To this rule there are some exceptions: she may contract, when it is
for her benefit, as to save her from starvation. Chit. Contr. 40.
4. In some cases, when coercion has been used by the husband to induce
her to commit crime, she is exempted from punishment. 1 Ha1e, P. C. 516; 1
Russ. Cr. 16.
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DISCOVERT
(bouvier) | DISCOVERT. Not covert, unmarried. The term is applied to a woman unmarried,
or widow; one not within the bonds of matrimony.
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