Coverdale
MILES, the earliest translator of the Bible into English; was born in Yorkshire , England, in 1487. He was educated at Cambridge , and was ordained priest in 1514. He was led some years afterward to embrace the reformed doctrines, and, having gone abroad , assisted Tindall in his translation of the Bible. In 1535 his own translation of the Scriptures appeared, with a dedication to Henry VIII. Coverdale was almoner to Queen Catharine Parr, and officiated at her funeral, In 1551, during the reign of Edward VI., he was appointed Bishop of Exeter, but was ejected on the accession of Mary, and thrown into prison . After two years' confinement he was liberated, and proceeded first to Denmark, and subsequently to Geneva , where he was employed in preparing the Geneva translation of the Scriptures. On the accession of Elizabeth he returned to E gland, and held for a short time the rectory of St. Magnus , London Bridge. He died in London , in 1568.
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Coverdale, Miles
Miles (1488-1568), an English bishop and reformer. He was educated at Cambridge and was ordained a priest at Norwich in 1514. He was led to embrace the reformed doctrines. In 1535 he published a translation of the Scriptures, dedicated to Henry VIII. This was the first printed version of the entire Bible. He went to France and was engaged in superintending the printing of a revised English version, when interrupted by the ecclesiastical authorities, who seized and destroyed the greater part of the impressions already completed. The types and presses were taken to England and enabled Cranmer's Bible, called the Great Bible, to be printed. Coverdale was made bishop of Exeter during the reign of Edward VI; but, on the accession of Mary, he was ejected and thrown into prison. After two years he was liberated and went abroad, where he assisted in preparing the Geneva Bible. His writings are numerous.
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Covering-plate
A cast plate of any desired form provided with prickers for carrying the rammed sand or swept loam on its surface. Its use is principally in loam-moulding, as a final covering part, after cores and cope have been closed together in their respective places. Also called top-plate. See PLATE; PRICKERS ON PLATES; LOAM-MOULDING.
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Coverley
Sir Roger de, the chief member of an imaginary club under whose direction the Spectator was professedly edited. The character was originally sketched by Steele, but developed by Addison. Sir Roger is represented as a country gentleman, simple minded but warm hearted, amiable, and eccentric. Sir Roger de Coverley is not to be described by any pen but that of Addison. He exhibits, joined to a perfect simplicity, the qualities of a just, honest, useful man, and delightful companion. . . . Addison dwelt with tenderness on every detail regarding him, and finally described Sir Roger's death to prevent any less reverential pen from trifling with his hero.--Tuckerman.
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Covert Cloth
a stout twilled woolen textile used for men's coats and women's suits and dresses. The chief characteristic is a pepper and salt effect produced by twisting together two threads of different color for the warp. A light color is placed with a dark. Thus a white or a light tan may be twisted with a dark brown, olive, or green. The weft threads are single and are of a plain dark color. The finish of coverts varies greatly. Some are napped, which conceals the twill. Others are sheared to make the twill conspicuous. "Union" threads, that is a thread of cotton with one of wool, are used in cheaper grades of covert cloth.
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Covington
a city and county-seat of Kenton co., Ky.; on the Ohio river , opposite Cincinnati, which which it is connected by a handsome suspension bridge, 2,250 feet long, and costing $2,000,000. It is on the Louisville and Nashville and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads. Electric lines connect it with near-by towns. It is a residence town for Cincinnati business men and is the see of a Catholic bishop. Covington is the farming and livestock producing and trade center of central Kentucky, and has steamer connections with all river ports. The principal manufactories are cotton and woolen mills, rolling mills, tobacco factories, etc. Previous to the enactment of prohibition there were many distilleries. In 1919 there were 3 National banks, with $ 1,150,000 capital, and several eral daily and weekly newspapers. Covington is built on a beautiful plain, and has an area of over 5 square miles. The most notable buildings are the combined City Hall and Court House ; the United States Government building, including the Postoffice and Federal Court rooms; the Public Library, the Roman Catholic Cathedral, and the Hospital of St. Elizabeth. Covington was settled in 1812; laid out in 1815, and incorporated as a city in 1834. Pop. (1910) 53,270; ( 1920) 57,121.
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Cow Pea
called also cow-grass, etc., but is neither a pea nor a grass; it is a trefoil or clover.
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Cow Plant
a perennial asclepiad of Ceylon, which acquired a factitious celebrity from the oft-repeated statement that its milky juice is used as milk, and that its leaves are boiled to supply the want of cream.
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Cow-Berry
the red whortleberry, a procumbent shrub of high moorlands in Europe, Asia, and North America, has evergreen, box-like leaves , and produces a red acid berry used for je jellies and preserves.
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Cow-Itch
COW-AGE, or COW- HAGE, the stinging hairs of the plant described below, or any species akin to it, as Mucuna urens, M. monosperma, etc. They are used as a mechanical anthelmintic. The plant, Mucuna pruriens, is a twining annual, with pendulous racemes of dark-colored flowers, which appear in India in the rainy season. The legume, which is shaped like the letter S, is clothed with stinging hairs. These are easily detached and stick on the skin, producing intolerable itching. The legume, when young, can be boiled and eaten like kidney-beans. The name is sometimes (improperly) given by the negroes of the Southern States to the poison-ivy, Rhus toxicodendron.
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Cowbane
or WATER-HEMLOCK (Cicuta virÅsa), a perennial , umbelliferous, aquatic plant, producing p an erect , hollow, muchbranched, striated stem three or four feet high, furnished with dissected leaves. It is highly poisonous.
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