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The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.

Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher.

That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott. To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist. Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. Shak.

"Deep silence." Milton. "Deep sleep." Gen. ii. 21. "Deeper darkness." Hoole. "Their deep poverty." 2 Cor. viii. 2. An attitude of deep respect. Motley.

A defeat; an overthrow. [Obs.] After his foes' defeasance. Spenser.

To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

Overthrow; defeat. [Obs.] "Nothing but loss in their defeature." Beau. & Fl.

The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.

In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly. Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. Clarendon.

To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [R.]

A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.

or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.

o do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency. The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture. Abbott.

Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.

Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]

The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.

ing in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Shak. -- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.

Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions. Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Jer. Taylor.