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Cov"er*er (-?r), n. One who,
or that which, covers.

Cov"er*ing, n. 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.

Cov"er*let (k?v"?r-l?t), n. [F.
couvre-lit; couvrir to cover + lit bed, fr.
L. lectus bed. See Cover.] 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.

Cov"er*lid (-l&ibreve;d), n. A
coverlet.

All the coverlid was cloth of gold.

Tennyson.

Cov"er-point` (-point!), n.
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who
supports "point.


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