An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
COVERTER
COVERT
Cov"ert (kv"rt), a. Etym: [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of couvrir. See Cover, v. t.]
1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. How covert matters may be best disclosed. Shak. Whether of open war or covert guile. Milton
2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. Wordsworth. Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. Bacon.
3. (Law)
Definition: Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband. Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
Syn.
– Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See Hidden.
Cov"ert, n. Etym: [OF. See Covert, a.]
1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. Is. iv. 6. The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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