coveringn.1
/ˈkʌv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkəv(ə)rɪŋ/ 1. The action of cover v.1, in various senses.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun]
heelinglOE
hillinga1300
coveringc1400
overdrawing1463
obduction1578
overlaying1611
shrouding1615
blanketing1896
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun]
coverture1393
laina1400
coveringc1400
palliation?c1425
lainingc1440
lonea1450
hudder-mudder1461
hugger-mugger1529
concealment1565
celation1567
hugger1576
burial1596
smothering1602
suppression1651
disguisal1652
hugger-mug1654
latitancy1701
cover-up1927
wraps1939
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing
coveringc1400
roofingc1450
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > copulation > covering
covering1552
leap1607
supersaliency1646
service1696
insult1697
skip1844
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse > rutting, covering, or performance at stud
covering1552
horsing1552
mare roiling1589
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female > mare > covering by stallion
covering1552
society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > action or process of defending
defencec1325
fencec1330
defendingc1350
garrisoning1681
covering1812
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > arrangement in line or file > standing in line with
covering1859
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxiii. 252 In gode love scholde be no coverynge.
1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 80 To the keuering of the trinite schapell.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Couerynge, horsynge or leapynge of a mare.
1607 S. Hieron Abridgem. of Gospell in Wks. (1620) I. 152 The hiding and couering of mine owne actions.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 36 Covering is when the lime is first laid on the land..and so covered over with earth.
1812 Examiner 28 Sept. 612/2 The division of Foy..was charged with the covering of the retrograde movement.
1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xv. 319 From the time of covering, to within a few days of the expected period of foaling.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 155 The subaltern officers correct the covering and dressing.
2. concrete.† b. spec. The roof of a building; a canopy; a bed-cover; the cover of a book. Obsolete.† c. A lid. Obsolete.
a. That which covers or is adapted to cover, whether for protection, shelter, concealment, or adornment; a cover; a cloth to spread over; clothing; the outer coating or integument.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering
wrielsc825
coverc1320
hillingc1325
eyelida1382
covering1382
casea1398
coverta1400
tegumentc1440
hacklea1450
coverturec1450
housingc1450
deck1466
heeler1495
housera1522
coverlet1551
shrouda1561
kever1570
vele1580
periwig1589
hap1593
opercle1598
integument?1611
blanketa1616
cask1646
operiment1650
coverlid1654
tegment1656
shell?1677
muff1687
operculum1738
tegmen1807
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xvii. 19 A womman..strauȝte out a couerynge vpon the mouth of the pit.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 346 Medicyns þat..makiþ a rynde aboue upon þe fleisch & makiþ a strong keveryng for to defende þe fleisch fro harm.
1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xxxvii. 84 Norysshyng to the body within and koueryng withoute.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 343 Scaffatis, ledderis, and coueryngis [1489 Adv. couering].
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 210/1 Coveryng of a sadell, hovsse.
1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 54 An alb—whearof is made a coveringe for our font.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 69v Trees and Wooddes..at the fyrst serued men for foode, coueryng, & clothyng.
1611 Bible (King James) Job xxii. 14 Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not. View more context for this quotation
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 48 The whole earth..was buried beneath a covering of waters.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 185 There was neither cloak nor covering for the Prince.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 66 The covering containing the seeds or capsules, when the seeds become ripe, open at the top.
1854 D. Brewster More Worlds iii. 40 The geologist..finds its solid covering composed of rocks.
1874 L. Tollemache in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 226 A convenient covering, from behind which he may direct his own shafts with impunity.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover
forel1393
surpelc1440
covering1459
coverturea1475
heeling1498
lid1585
cover1599
binding1648
book cover1649
case1750
album cover1839
bookcase1885
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun]
roofOE
thackOE
heelinga1325
coverture1382
house-copa1425
covering1459
housetop1526
rooftop1564
house heada1600
tecture1624
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > a bed-cover
strailc725
coverta1400
covering1459
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > canopy
canopya1382
coverture1382
silour1394
celurec1400
covering1459
filoura1475
roof1478
seele1485
cyllc1503
paviliona1509
trimmer1518
1459 Paston Lett. No. 336 I. 482 Item, j payre of schetys..Item, j coveryng of whyte lynen clothe.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. clxi. 144 The stretes were couerd ouer his hede..with ryche couerynge.
1483 Cath. Angl. 78 Couerynge of a buke, coopertorium.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clxvii. sig. V.ij/1 Trees areryd..vp to the toppe of þe house..beeryth vp the coueryng [a1398 BL Add. hilyinge] therof.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxviv The foundacyon may be without the couerynge of the hous.
1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 170 A payre of lin sheits & a old coueringe.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 238 The tops and coverings of houses.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 58 We sold covering, sheet, and blanket.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid
lidc1000
coverclec1384
lampc1386
cover1459
covertil1463
coverturea1475
covering1479
cure1502
shed1612
bred1808
top1958
1479 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 54 A pece of syluer wt a curyng of syluyr haueyng a knoppe aboue.
c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 83 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 79 With keuering of his cupe.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xxxv. 25 Like to a pot..with close-laid covering.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. [here the verbal noun and participial adjective often blend]
a.
covering-fire n.
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1897 Daily News 28 Sept. 5/4 The enemy at once returned to the attack, but the covering fire of the British troops kept them at bay.
1964 T. White tr. P. Leulliette St. Michael 164 It was..hopeless to try to give covering fire with L.M.G.s or ordinary machine-guns aimed at the entries to the caves.
covering-hurdle n.
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1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 122 The Britons are said to have used a covering-hurdle in battle.
covering-party n. [cover v.1 8b]
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1812 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IX. 39 200 men likewise of the covering party will rush from the right of the sap into the salient angle of the covered-way of the ravelin.
1915 A. D. Gillespie Let. 24 May in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 168 Clark took out a covering party to make a diversion on this side.
covering-plate n.
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1651–7 T. Barker Art of Angling (1820) 14 Put into the pan, and covered with a covering plate.
covering-time n.
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1786 Sportsman's Dict. (new ed.) at Stallion Let there be likewise a rack and manger, to feed him in during his covering-time.
b.
covering purchase n. [cover v.1 18]
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1928 Daily Mail 25 July 13/4 Movements during the early part of the afternoon reflected local covering purchases.
C2. † covering-seeds n. Obsolete comfits made by coating seeds with sugar.
covering-board n. a plank which is fitted round the ship, covering the tops of all the timbers; = planeshear n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost
walec1330
wale-stock1350
gunwale1466
port-last1612
planeshearc1620
planksheeringa1687
portoise1705
wale-piece1739
sheer-strake1805
sheer-wale1805
planksheer1827
sheer1841
covering-board1846
wale-streak1856
waling-piece1909
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. Covering-board, the same as plank-sheer.
1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. I..noticed how close the water washed up against the covering-board.
covering power n. (a) = coverage n. f; (b) (see quot. 1904).
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] > qualities of lenses
power1673
refracting angle1676
resolution1831
depth of focus1852
astigmatism1859
aplanatism1869
apochromatism1887
covering power1895
coverage1936
asphericity1944
parfocality1955
1895 J. A. Hodges Photogr. Lenses iii. xix. 116 Testing for Covering Power.—Lenses are advertised..to cover certain sized plates.
1898 W. Pearce Painting & Decorating v. 83 For a large amount of indoor painting, where covering power was required to produce a certain effect.
1903 C. Beck & H. Andrews Photogr. Lenses i. 13 There will always be a certain area of sharp definition, and the size of this area describes the covering power of the lens.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 135/2 Covering power of pigments..refers to the extent of surface a pigment will cover, or the superficial area over which it will spread when thinned to a consistency suitable for being applied with a brush.
1953 Gloss. Paint Terms (B.S.I.) 11 Covering power. The use of this term has given rise to confusion of thought as between the act of ‘spreading out’ and ‘covering up’ (or hiding) respectively. It is consequently falling into disuse and being replaced by the terms ‘Spreading capacity’ and ‘Hiding power’ respectively.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > other sweets
scrochat1448
gobbet riala1500
Portugal1560
sugar-pellet1591
muscadine1599
moscardino1616
rock candy1653
covering-seeds1687
lollipop1784
turn-over1798
lavender-sugar1810
humbug1825
kiss1825
elecampane1826
Gibraltar1831
yellow man1831
rose cake1834
cockle1835
maple candy1840
butterscotch1847
sponge candy1850
squib1851
honeycomb1857
marshmallow1857
motto kiss1858
fondant1861
coffee cream1868
candy-braid1870
candy bar1885
suckabob1888
nut bar1896
crackerjack1902
teiglach1903
red-hot1910
violet cream1912
mouldy1916
patty1916
lace1919
Tootsie Roll1925
sugar mouse1931
Parma1971
cinder toffee1979
1687 J. Shirley Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities 45 To make each sort of Comfits, vulgarly called Covering-seeds, &c., with Sugar.
covering-stone n. the top stone of a cromlech or the like.
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1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 218 In order to get the covering-stone the easier into its place.
covering-strap n. in iron ships, a plate beneath the two meeting-plates in a strake, to which these are riveted, and thus connected together.
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Mathematics. A collection of sets, spaces, etc., which between them contain all the elements of a specified entity. Cf. cover v.1 Additions, covering adj. Additions.
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1929 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 299 A covering..of a set E is reducible if it contains a covering of the same type and of lower cardinal number.
1950 F. Bagemihl tr. E. Kamke Theory of Sets ii. 47 One can prove..that 2a = c and na = c, by representing these powers by covering sets, and the individual coverings by dyadic or n-adic fractions.
1990 Glasgow Math. Jrnl. 32 336 To demonstrate compactness, assume Γ to be a covering of Φ(L) by basic open sets.
2007 T. Li & J. Ma in A. An et al. Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets 57 (heading) Fuzzy approximation operators based on coverings.
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† coveringn.2
Obsolete.
Recovering, recovery.
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the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun]
healingc1000
healc1175
coveringc1230
recovering1380
curinga1382
amendmenta1400
recoverancea1400
sanationc1440
refeting?a1450
mendingc1480
convalescence1490
recovery1533
amendsa1616
restoration1638
upsitting1647
convalescing1650
convalescency1651
reconvalescence1672
analepsis1749
invalescence1755
reformation1772
revalescence1823
pickupa1916
the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > back or again
coveringc1230
restaurationa1398
recoverance1398
retrievingc1425
recoverc1430
readeption1471
recuperation1481
recovery1523
retiring1548
repossessing1576
regetting1585
recoverment1591
repossession1592
refetching1624
regainment1642
recooper1652
reattainment1661
reacquisition1719
revendication1760
retrievation1806
retrieve1853
regain1860
c1230 Hali Meid. 11 Hit is an lure þat is wiðute coueringe.
c1320 Cast. Love 572 No mon nedde of him-self a couryng.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12266 All had couering þat was in wa.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 111 Curynge, or recurynge of sekenesse, convalescencia.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail li. l. 356 Keuering of myn grete Maladye.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 113 Swa seik wes the king That men doutit of his coueryng [1489 Adv. cowering].
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coveringadj.
/ˈkʌv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkəv(ə)rɪŋ/ That covers: see the verb.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective]
overeOE
covering1535
integent1661
theeking1846
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltering
shadowing1552
sheltering1616
shroudy?1634
overshadowing1650
sheltery1729
covering1790
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adjective] > drawn up in line > standing in line with
covering1833
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxviii. 14 Thou coueringe Cherub.
1611 Bible (King James) Num. iv. 5 They shall take downe the couering Vaile. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 351 These couering Heauens. View more context for this quotation
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 323 Orders were given for the covering and working parties..to return to camp.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 36 The covering sergeants move up to the front rank.
Compounds
covering-colour n. (see cover n.1 1c, cover v.1 2g).
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1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing 581 Where the reserve has been applied, the original shade—or white spaces—will remain untouched by the subsequent or covering-colour... Among the covering shades are..Drab..Olive [etc.].
covering-leaves n. (see quot.).
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1877 A. W. Bennett tr. O. W. Thomé Text-bk. Struct. & Physiol. Bot. iv. 86 Covering-leaves are so called because they cover or protect other parts of the plant. In this class are included the bud-scales already described..and the bracts or hypsophyllary leaves.
covering letter n. a letter enclosing another letter or document; an explanatory letter.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > covering letter
covering letter1887
cover letter1906
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 14/1 Addresses..must be written legibly on the back of the designs, and not on covering letters.
1892 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 189 The petition, with Rodney's covering letter..are..at the Record Office.
covering price n. an inclusive price.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [noun] > inclusive price
covering price1881
1881 H. H. Gibbs Double Standard 28 30s. per piece is a covering price.
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Mathematics. That includes or covers all the elements of a specified entity (cf. cover v.1 Additions); spec. (of a map or transformation) such that each of its points is a homeomorphism of one of its neighbourhoods to a neighbourhood of its image.
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1921 Ann. Math. 23 172 It is of limited variation when a set is eliminated by a covering set of intervals.
1940 Acta Mathematica 80 260 The universal covering space of any space with non-positive curvature is straight.
1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xl. 953 Borel..recognized the importance of being able to select a finite number of covering intervals.
1973 Ann. Math. 97 424 A regular covering space, either branched or unbranched, with a finite group of covering transformations and a finite number of branch points.
2003 Jrnl. Amer. Math. Soc. 16 77 We will produce our desired function..by means of a covering map, but in this case it will be a covering of a Riemann surface.
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