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which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19.

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

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.

Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C.

The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.

A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. Chambers.

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.

Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

The external covering of an Arthropod.

A sauce (such as egg and bread crumbs) used for covering bits of meat, small birds, or fish, strung on skewers for frying.

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. On the bald top of an eminence. Wordsworth.

An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

Without covering; nakedly.

To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

trophyton, having the arms much branched. See Astrophyton. -- Basket hilt, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork to protect the hand. Hudibras. Hence, Baskethilted, a. -- Basket work, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs. -- Basket worm (Zoöl.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and al…

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

om the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.