Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Coprí-re, v. a. (V. aprire,)
1. to cover, to place one thing over another; 2. to cover, conceal, dissemble, hide; 3. to cover, copulate. — una giumenta, to leap a mare. — una cagna, to cover a bitch; 4. to plaster, put on in great quantities.— con fette di lardo, to lard; 5. (pict. t.) to lay on colour too thick; v. r. to cover one's self, put on one's hat. Si copra,put on your hat. Il cielo si copre di nebbia, it grows cloudy; s. m. Coprí-tóre.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
coprire: or copersi, coperto, to couer. Also to hill, to cloake, to shroud, to shelter, or protect.
