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One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [Obs.] Mede.

ich combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury. Wharton.

To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

Recovering from siclness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.

nery. One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. Addison.

privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics. The first Christians could never have had recourse to nocturnal or clandestine conventicles till driven to them by the viole…

One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.

A covering for the head. [Obs.] Johnson.

The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. Gwill.

To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.

Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

The act of covering with copper.

s for fuel or other purposes. See Copse. The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. Locke.

A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

Having coral; covered with coral.

A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.] Bartlett.

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]