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Show C o € o By what beft way Whether of open war, or cover guile ‘We now debate Lo vERr T. adj ZoCo'ver. wim To have a firong defire The love of money is the root of all evil, whic Milton's Paradife Loft [couvert French. whil 'Th as cover # / [fro baren covers way. they have erre C()'YE TABLE. adji [from ‘comer. wifhed for; to be coveted fro £ Tinte vi in ufe Mof wretche an wight who fuffice It is, in fortification, a fpace of ground leve with the field, on the edge of the ditch, three o four fathom broad, ranging quite round.the hal moons, or other worls toward the country On of the greateft difficulties in a fiege is to make lodgment on the covert-way, becaufe ufually th befieged pallifade it along the middle, and undermine'it on all fides. It is fometimes called the coxr To b nothin migh cretly ; clofely ; in private ; with pri‘vacy While cumber'd with my dropping cloaths T'lay; The cruel nation, covetous of prey fay he is covetous Let never fo much probability hang on one fid of a cowetous man's reafoning, and money on th other, it is eafy to forefee which will outweigh Spenfer's Muiopotmos How can'ft thou crofs this marriage =~Not honeftly, my lord; but fo cowvertly, tha no difhonefty fhall appear in me Shakefpeare's Much ado about Nothing Amongft the poets, Perfius covertly firikes a Nero; fome of whofe verfes he recites with fcor Dryden Shelter; defence; not expofure zure, that they take liking in, than the virtue o the herb Bacon's Natural Hiftory He faw their fhame, that fough Milton's Paradife Loff The winds being fo fierce, and fo fevere, a not to fuffer any thing to thrivebeyond the heigh ©f a fhrub, in thofe iflands, unlefs proteéted b walls, or other like coverture 2. [In law. Th eftat Woodward and conditio of a married woman, who by the law of our realm, is in poteftate wiri, an therefore difabled to contraé with any - to the prejudice of herfelf or her hufband, without his allowance or confirmation Coavell The infancy of king Edward VI. and the co werture of queen Mary did, in fact, difable the to accomplifh the conqueft of Ireland Z0 CO'VET Dawies on Ireland «. a. [conwoiter, French. 1. Todefire inordinately ; to defire beyon due bounds If it be a fin o cowet honour 1 am the moft offending man alive. Shak. Hen. V I am ye Unknown to woman ; never was forfworn Scarcely have coweted what was mine own At no time broke my faith Shakefp. Macbeth O father! can it be, that fouls fublim Return to vifit our terreftrial clime And that the gen'rous mind, releas'd by death . Lan covet lazy limbs and mortal breath Dryden's Zneid 2. To defire earneftly All things cowcting as much as may be to b like unto God in being ever; that which canno hercunto attain perfonally, doth feek to continue itfelf another way, by oftspring and propagation _ But couer carneftly thehet gifts Hooke x Cors Xils 31 Sheba was neve Than this fair foul thall be. Shakefp. Henry VIII . Taylor's Rule of Liwing Holy Co'vETOoUSLY. adv. [from covetous.] varicioufly ; eagerly If he care not for 't, he will fupply us eafily; i he cowetoufly referve it, how fhall's get ‘it Shakefpeare Co'veTousNEss. n /. [from covetous. 1. Avarice; inordinate defire of money eagernefs of gain He that takes pains to ferve the ends of coveronfnefs, or minifters to another's luft, or keeps a fho of impurities or intemperance, is idle in the worf fenfe Taylor's Holy Living Cowetoufnefs debafeth a man's {pirit, and finks i into the earth Tillotfon 2. Eagernefs ; defire: in a neutral fenfe When workme ftrive to do better than well They do confound their {kill in cowetonfnefs Shakefpeare's King Fobn Co'vey. n. /. [couvée, French. 1. A hatch {1_5 gll.ded-,pud ‘Which beafts would cough at fRAoo Shake[peare's Anthon and g;,m,z Thou haft quarrelled with' a ‘ma f . b u b n dog th en wa t h h au be ee ft in th that hath lain afleep in the fun Shakefpeare's Romeo and SFulier The firft problem enquireth why a map dot cough, but not an ox or cow ; whereas vthe.."ifintfa;y is often obferved If any humour be difcharged upon' the Brh»owfi s they " Ray.on the Cregtipg I cough like Horace, and tho' l_ean, am fhort \Pope's Epiffi 7o CovcH. w.a. To ejett bya cougfifl;:'t expe&Orate S 1f the matter be to be difcharged by expe@tors tion, it muft firft pafs-into the fubft nce of th lungs; ‘then into ‘the afpera arteria, or weafand and from thence be coughed up,.and fpitou b the mouth Mftmfln'$~‘8urgerj}r Co'uGHER. 7. /. [from cough.] One tha coughs Co'vin Co'vine. l# /. . Dig deceitful agreemen between two or more, to th hurt of another Co'vine - Cowdll. a. /. [from cove. A term i the ground-plot, and the turned pro More covetous of wifdom and fair virtue polluted The ftale of -hO}‘fC-Sa an building, uied of houfes that projec ove neighbour, is not cowetons of the virtue, but of it " reward and reputation; and then his intentions ar 1t may be it is rather the fhade, or other cover Vain covertures 3. Defirous; eager: in a good fenfe Locke He that is envious or angry at a virtue that i not his own, at the perfection or excellency of hi Co'VERTNESs. 7z fi [from covers.] SeCrecy; privacy Dic Co'vErRTURE. 7. /. [from covert. 1 Shake[peare peccant matter from the l o Thou didft drink. ave a faculty of cafting it up by c u hing, Ti Co'verovus. adj. [convoitenx, French. 1. Inordinately defirous ; eager tices 2, Petery ile 14 What he cannot help in his nature, you muf not account a vice in him: you muftin no way Yet ftill Aragnol (fo his foe was hizht Lay lurking, covertly him to furprife Whofe greedy luft did lack in greateft ftor Whofe need had end, but no end covetife. Fairy 2 Stain'd with my blood th' tnhofpitable coaft Dyyden's Aneid sidor, and fometimes the counterfcarp, becaufe it | 2. Inordinately eager of money; avariis on the edge of the fcarp Harris ‘cious An heart they have exercifed with covetous pracCo'virrLy. adv. [from coverr.] Se and indignation Coverise. #. /. [convoitife, French.]l Avarice; covetoufnefs of ‘money. Not Inftead of her being under covert baron, to b under covert feme myfelf! o have my body dif~abled, and my head fortified ! Dryd. Spanifb Friar Coverr-way. aftor the faiths ! ansfiagion « ftate of a woman fheltered by marriag under her hufband teme covert fome: covete noife in endeayouring an old bird with her youn ones je@ure ‘arched with timber, lathed an plaftered ... Harris Couwp. [the imperfeét preterite of can See Can.] Was able to; had powerto An if I have done well, and as'is fitting th flory, it is that which I defired; but if flenderly and meanly, it is that which I cox/d attain unto 2 Macs xv 3 What if he'did not all:the ill he could Am 1oblig'd by that t* aflit his rapines, An (R to maintain his murders Dryden's Spanifb Friar Co'vLTER. #. [ [culter, Latin.] Th fharp iron of the plough, which cuts th earth perpendicular to the thare The Ifraelites went down to fharpen every ma his thare, and his coultersand his ax, and his mat1 Samuel, Xiiis 2 tock Literature is the grindftone to fharpen the coul ters, to whet their natural faculties Hammond on. Fundamentals The plough for fiff clays is long and broad; an the coulter long, and very little bending, wnfh ; Mortimen very large wing CO'UNCIL. ». /. [concilium, Latin, 1. An affembly of perfons met together confultation The chief priefts, and all the council, fough!:falft 2. A number of birds together A fiight of wafps and covey of partridges wen to ‘a farmer, and begged a fup of him to quenc L'Efirange their thirft A cowey of partridges fpringing in our front, pu Addifon's Freebolder our infantry in diforder There would be no walking in a fhady wood without fpringing a cowey of toafts Addifon's Guardian COUGH. #. /. [#uch, Dutch.] A convulfion of the lungs, vellicated by fom tharp ferofity. It is pronounced coff In confumptions of the lungs, when nature cannot expel the congh, men fall into fluxes of th belly, and then they die. Bacon's Natural Hiftory For his dear fake long reftlefs nights you bore While rattling conghs his heaving vefiels tore Smith witnefs Matthezvy XXV1a §9 The Stygian counci/ thus diffolv'd; and fort In order came the grand infernal peers Miltom In hiftories compofed by politicians, they ar for drawing up a perpetual fcheme of caufes an events, and preferving a conftant correfpondenc between the camp and the council table. Addifon's Spediatir 2. A& of publick deliberation The fcepter'd heralds cal R To council in the city gates: ano Grey-headed men and grave, with warriors mix d; Affemble, and harangues are heard i Mileon 3. An affembly of divines to deliberat upon religion Some borrow all their religion from the father of the Chriftian church, or from their fyn;;st: conncils i 7o CovcH. w. n. [kuchen, Dutch.] To| 4. Perfons called together to be confulte have the lungs convulfed; to make on any oceafion,. or o give advice. | |