Word Meanings - WATERDECK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. Wilhelm.

• Horseweed
  A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.
• COVERCROP
  A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring.
• Cover-point
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• Horse-chestnut
  The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.
• Horse-leechery
  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• Horse-litter
  A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
• Horsewhip
  A whip for horses.
• COVERPOINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• Coversed sine
  The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
• Horse-drench
  A dose of physic for a horse.
• Horsemen
  of Horseman
• Horsewomen
  of Horsewoman
• COVERSEDSINE
  The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
• Cover-shame
  Something used to conceal infamy.
• Horsefish
  The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
• Horseman
  A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
• Horsewoman
  A woman who rides on horseback.
• COVERSHAME
  Something used to conceal infamy. [Obs.] Dryden.
• Canvasback
  A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

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