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A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.

The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.

A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.

A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. Gower.

An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.

As they walked, on their way into the country. Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ). God made the covatry, and man made the town. Cowper. Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. Macualay.

Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. How covert matters may be best disclosed. Shak. Whether of open war or covert guile. Milton

Secretly; in private; insidiously.

leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.

nd (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. Gray.

istinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong. "To part error from crime." Tennyson.

A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.

The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure. About the plan of "Rasselas" little was said by the critics; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe criticism. Macaulay.…

ficial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.

A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron. [Obs.] Holinshed.

A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. Phaer.

elescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc.

pper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.