covert : Idioms & Phrases

Cov"ert bar`on

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1. (Law) Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.

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• noun an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor
  

WordNet

• (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.

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• (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3.

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• a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed.

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• (Zoöl.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See Illust. under Bird.

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• (Zoöl.), 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.

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• (Zoöl.), 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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• (Zoöl.), one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills.

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• (Zoöl.), one of the small feathers covering the bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2.

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