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The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.

The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

To discover again.

A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

Covered or bound in yellow paper. Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] Bartlett.

aim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.

loating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton.

Having the fruit covered with spines.

Admission to sexual intercourse. During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown. Blackstone.

Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.

A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds. The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton.

by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC

To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

Recovery of strength after sickness.

nlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

f dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.