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(559).—Fåte, får, fåll, fât ;—mè, mêt ;—pine, pin ;—

COTTAGER, kôť'tâ-jûr. s. One who | COVERLET, kivir-iêt. s. (99). The

lives in a hut or cottage; one who lives in the con non, without paying rent. COTTIER, kot'yer. s. (113). One who

inhabits a cot.

COTTON, kôt'tn. s. (173). The down of the cotton-tree; a plant.

COTTON, kot'tn. s. Cloth or stuff made of cotton.

To COTTON, kôt'tn. v. n. To rise with ≉ to cement, to unite with.

To COUCH, koûtsh. v. n. (313). To lie down in a place of repose; to lie down on the knees, as a beast to rest; to lie down, in ambush; to stoop or bend down, in fear, in pain.

To COUCH, koûtsh. v. a.

To lay on a place of repose; to lay down any thing in a stratum; to bed, to hide in another body; to include secretly, to hide; to fix the spear in the rest; to depress the film that overspreads the pupil of the eye. COUCH, ko tsh. s. A seat of repose; a laver, a stratum.

COUCHANT, koûtsh'ânt. a. Lying down, squatting.

COUCHEE, ko'shée. s. French.

Bed

time, the time of visiting late at night; opposite to Levee. COUCHER, koûtsh'ûr. S. He that

conches or depresses cataracts. COUCHFELLOW, koûtsh'fel-lo. s. Bedfellow, companion.

COUCHGRASS, koûtsh'grás. s. A weed. COVE, kove. s. A small creek or bay; a shelter, a cover. COVENANT, küv'è-nint. s. (165) (503). A contract, a stipulation; a compact; a writing containing the terms of agreement. To COVENANT, kûv'è-nánt. v. n.

Το

bargain, to stipulate. COVENANTEE, küv'è-nan-tèè'. s. A party to a covenant, a stipulator, a bargainer. COVENANTER, küv'è-nán-tûr. s.

One

who takes a covenant. A word introduced in the civil wars.

Το To COVER, kúv'ůr. v. a. (165). overspread any thing with something else; to conceal under something laid over; to hide by superficial appearances; to overwhelm, to bury; to shelter, to conceal from harm; to broodon; to copulate with a female; to wear the hat. COVER, kivar. s. (98). Any thing that is laid over another; a concealment, a screen, a veil; seler, defence. COVERING, kåvår-ing. s. Dress, vesture.

outermost of the bed-clothes.

COVERT, kåvirt. s. (98). A shelter, a defence; a thicket, or hiding-place. COVERT, kivirt. a. Sneitered, secret, hidden, insidious.

COVERT-WAY, kåv'irt-wa'. s. A space of round level with the field, three or four fathom broad, ranging quite round the half moons or other works toward the country.

Secretly,

COVERTLY, kåv'ůrt-lẻ. ad. closely. COVERTNESS, kůvårt-nés. s. Secrecy, privacy. COVERTURE, küv'år-tshire. s. Shelter, defence: in law, the state and condition of a married woman.

To COVET, kûv'êt. v. a. (99). To desire inordinately, to desire beyond due bonds; to desire earnestly. To COVET, kåv′ét. v. n. To have a

strong desire. COVETABLE, kåv'êt-i-bl. a. wished for.

To be

COVETOUS, kův'è-tůs. a. Inordinately desirous; inordinately eager of money, avaricious.

In the pronunciation of this word and its compounds, Mr. Sheridan has adopte i a vulgarism, of which one could scarcely have suspected him; but pronouncing covetshus for covetous is not only a vlga ism, but contrary to analogy. All these diphthongs and diphthongal vowels which draw the preceding constants to O aspiration are such as commence with the sound of e; which, from its nearness to the sound of double e, and the nearness of this sound to the commencing sound of y, approaches to the hissing sound of s, z, and soft c, and in the absence of accent coalesces with them. Tand D being formed in the same seat of sound as the s, z, and soft c, when the accent is before them, easily slide into the same sound before similar vowels, but never before any other: for we might with as much propriety pronounce calamitous and necessitous, calamitshus and necessitshus, as covetous, covetshus. (459).

COVETOUSLY, káv'vě-tůs-lè. ad. Avariciously, eagerly.

COVETOUSNESS, kdv'vê-tůs-nês. s. Avarice, eagerness of gain. A hatch, an COVEY, káv’vė. s. (165). old bird with her young ones; a number of birds together.

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tub, bûll ;-dil ;-pound;-thin,THIS.

COUGH, kôf. S. (321). A convulsion of the lungs.

To COUGH, kôf. v. n. To have the
lungs convulsed, to make a noise in en-
deavouring to evacuate the peccant mat-
ter from the lungs.

To COUGH, kôf. v. a. (391). To eject
by a cough.
COUGHER, kôf'für. s. (98).

air, look; confidence of mien, aspect of as. surance; afiectation or ill-will, as it ap pears upon the face; patronage, support. TO COUNTENANCE, koůn'tè-nånse. v. a. To support, to patronise, to make a show of; to encourage.

COUNTENANCER, kôùn'tè-nân-súr.s. One that countenances or supports another. COUNTER, kötn'tůr. s. (98). A false piece of money used as a means of reckoning; the form on which goods are view. ed and money told in a shop.

COUNTER, koun'tůr. ad. Contrary to, in opposition to; the wrong way; contrary ways.

To COUNTERACT, kỏůn-tûr-ákť. v. a. To hinder any thing from its effect by contrary agency.

One that coughs. CovIN, kuvin. S. A fraudulent agreement between two or more persons to the injury of another; a collusion. Ash. COVING, ko'ving. s. A term in building, used of houses that project over the ground-plot; a particular form of ceiling. COULD, kúd. (320). The imperfect preterit of Can.-See the word BEEN. COULTER, kole'tůr. s. (318). The sharp iron of the plough which cuts the earth. COUNCIL, koun'sil. s. (313). An assembly of persons met together in consul-We tation; persons called together to be consulted; the body of privy counsellors. COUNCIL-BOARD, koun'sil-bord.s. Council-table, table where matters of state are deliberated.

COUNSEL, koun'sèl. s. (99). Advice, direction; deliberation; prudence; secrecy, the secrets intrusted in consulting scheme, purpose, design; those that plead a cause, the counsellors.

The difference of Council and Counsel is, in
cursory speaking, almost undistinguishable.
To COUNSEL, köûn'sél. v. a. (99). To
give advice or counsel to any person; to
advise any thing.
COUNSELLABLE, koûn'sêl-â-bl. a. Wil-
ling to receive and follow advice.
COUNSELLOR, kôûn'sêl-lår. s. One that
gives advice; confidant, bosom friend;
one whose province is to deliberate and
advise upon publick affairs; one that is
consulted in a case of law.

COUNSELLORSHIP, koun'sêl-lür-ship. s.
The office or post of privy counsellor.
To COUNT, koủnt. v. a. To number,
to tell; to reckon, to account, to consider
as having a certain character; to impute to,
to charge to.

TO COUNT, koůnt. v. n. (313). To lay a
scheme; to depend on.
COUNT, kount. s. Number; reckoning.
COUNT, kount. s. A title of foreign
nobility, an earl.

COUNTABLE, koůn'tå-bl. a. That which
may be numbered.
COUNTENANCE, kòùn'tè-nânse. s.

The

form of the face, the system of the features,

TO

COUNTERBALANCE, kòùn-tůr-bâl'lânse. v. a. To act against with an opposite weight.

may observe, in words compounded of counter, an evident tendency to that distinction that obtains between the noun and the verb in dissyllables. Thus the verb to counterbalance has the accent on the third syllable, and the noun of the same form on COUNTERBALANCE,koůn'tür-bâl-lânse.s. the first, and so of the rest. (492). To COUNTERBUFF, kỏûn-tůr-bûf'. v. a. Opposite weight. To impel; to strike back. COUNTERBUFF, koůn'tůr-bůf. stroke that produces a recoil. COUNTERCASTER, koun'tůr-kâs-tůr. s. A book-keeper, a caster of accounts, a reckoner. Not used.

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COUNTERCHANGE, koůn'tůr-tshanje. s.
Exchange, reciprocation.
To COUNTERCHANGE, koun-tûr-tshånje'.
v. a. To give and receive.
COUNTERCHARM, koun'tår-tshårm.
That by which a charm is dissolved.
To COUNTER CHARM, koun-tür-tshårm'.
v.a. To destroy the effect of an enchantment.
TO COUNTERCHECK, kôùn-tůr-tshêk'. v.
a. To oppose.

COUNTERCHECK, köùn'tûr-tshêk.'s. Stop,

rebuke.

TO COUNTERDRAW, koůn-tür-dråw'. v. a. To copy a design by means of an oiled paper, whereon the strokes appearing through, are traced with a pencil. COUNTER EVIDENCE, kỏun-tůr év'èdense. s. Testimony by which the deposition of some former witness is oppos. ed.

To COUNTERFEIT, kôůn'tůr-fit. v. a. To 2 B

(559)-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;-mé, mét ;-pine, pin ;

copy with an intent to pass the copy for COUNTEROPENING, kôůn-tůr-ò'pn-ing. s.

an original; to imitate, to resemble. COUNTERFEIT, köùn'tůr-fit. a. Forged, fictitious; deceitful, hypocritical. COUNTERFEIT, köùn'tür-fit. s.

One

who personates another, an impostor; something made in imitation of another; a forgery. COUNTERFEITER, köûn'tür-fit-ůr. s. A forger.

COUNTERFEITLY, kỏùn'tür-fit-lê. ad. Falsely, with forgery. COUNTERFERMENT, koůn-tûr-fèr'mẻnt. s. Ferment opposed t› ferment. COUNTERFORT, köůn'tůr-fört. s. Counterforts are pillars serving to support walls subject to bulge.

COUNTERGAGE, kôùn'tůr-gåje. s. A method used to measure the joints by transferring the breadth of a mortice to the place where the tenon is to be. COUNTERGUARD, koun'tür-gård. s. (92). A small rampart with parapet and ditch. To COUNTERMAND, koun-tûr-månd'. v. a. (79). To order the contrary to what was ordered before; to contradict the orders of another.

COUNTERMAND, kỏùn'tůr-månd. s. Repeal of a former order.

COUNTERPACE, koùn'tůr-påse. s.
An aperture on the contrary side.
trary measure.

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COUNTERPANE, koûn'tůr-påne. s. coverlet for a bed, or any thing else woven in squares.

COUNTERPART, kỏùn'tůr-pårt. s. The correspondent part.

COUNTERPLEA, kỏûn'tůr-plè. s. In law,
a replication.

To COUNTERPLOT, koůn-tůr-plôt'. v. a.
To oppose one machination by another.
COUNTERPLOT, kỏůn'tůr-plôt. s. An ar-
COUNTERPOINT, köûn'tår-point. s. A co-
tifice opposed to an artifice.
verlet woven in squares. A species of mu-
sick.

To COUNTERPOISE, kỏun-tûr-pôèze'. v.
a. To counterbalance, to be equiponderant
to; to produce a contrary action by an
equal weight; to act with equal power
COUNTERPOISE, köùn'tûr-poèze.s. Equi-
against any person or cause.
ponderance, equivalence of weight; the
state of being placed in the opposite scale
of the balance; equipollence, equivalence
of power.

COUNTERPOISON, köûn-túr-pôè'zn. s.
Antidote.

TO COUNTERMARCH, koůn-tûr-mårtsh'. v.n. See COUNTERBALANCE. To march COUNTERPRESSURE, koun-tůr-prêsh'backwards. COUNTERMARCH, köùn'tür-mårtsh. s. COUNTER PROJECT, koůn-tůr-prôd'jêkt. úre. s. Opposite force. Retrocession, march backward; a change of measures; alteration of conduct. s. Correspondent part of a scheme. COUNTERMARK, kỏùn'túr-mårk. s. COUNTERSCARP, kóùn'tůr-skårp. s. That A second or third mark put on a bale of goods; To COUNTERSIGN, koản-tür-sine'. v. a. side of the ditch which is next the camp. the mark of the Goldsmith's Company. COUNTERMINE, kỏùn'tûr-mine. s. A well To sign an order or patent of a superior, or hole sunk into the ground, from which in quality of secretary, to render the thing a gallery or branch runs out under ground, COUNTERTENOR,kòùn-tůr-tên'når.s. more authentick. to seek out the enemy's mine; means of opposition; a stratagem by which any contrivance is defeated.

TO COUNTERMINE, kỏủn-tår-mine'. v. a. To delve a passage into an enemy's mine; to counterwork, to defeat by secret

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One of the mean or middle parts of musick, so called, as it were, opposite to the tenor. COUNTERTIDE, kôdn'tůr-tide. s. trary tide. COUNTERTIME, kôùn'tůr-time. s. fence, opposition. COUNTERTURN, kỏủn’tủr-turn. s. height and full growth of the play, we may call properly the Counterturn, which destroys expectation.

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TO COUNTERVAIL, kồủn-tůr-våle'. v. a. To be equivalent to, to have equal force or value, to act against with equal power. COUNTERVAIL, köûn'tår-våle. s. Equal weight; that which has equal weight orva.

lue.

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tüb, bùll ;-oil;-pound;-thin, THIS.

COUNTERVIEW, kôùn'tůr-vů. s. Oppo-
sition, a posture in which two persons
front each other; contrast.
TO COUNTERWORK, kỏủn-tûr-wůrk'.
To counteract, to hinder by contrary ope-
rations.

.v. a.

COUNTESS, koun'tês. s. The lady of an

earl or count.

COUNTING-HOUSE, kỏûn'ting-house. s.
The room appropriated by traders to their
books and accounts.
COUNTLESS, kỏùnt’lês. a.
ble, without number.

COUNTRY, kủn trẻ. s.

Innumera

A tract of land,

the inhabitants of

a region; rural parts; the place of one's
birth, the native soil;
any region.
COUNTRY, kủn trẻ. a. Rustick, rural;
remote from cities or courts; peculiar to
a region or people; rude, ignorant, un-
taught.
COUNTRYMAN, kûn'trè-mân. s. (88).
One born in the same country; a rustick,
one that inhabits the rural parts; a far-
mer, a husbandman.
COUNTY, koun'tè. s. A shire; that is,
a circuit or portion of the realm, into
which the whole land is divided; a count,
a lord. Obsolete in this last sense.

COUPEE,koo-pee'.s. A motion in dancing.
COUPLE, kúp'pl. s. (314). A chain or

tye that holds dogs together; two, a
brace; a male and his female.-See To
CODLE.

To COUPLE, kúp'pl. v. a. (405). To chain together; to join to one another; to marry, to wed.

To COUPLE, kůp'pl. v. n. To join

embraces.

COUPLE-BEGGAR, kûp'pl-bèg-ûr.s. One that makes it his business to marry beg

gars to each other. COUPLET, kúp'lèt. s.

Two verses, a pair of rhymes; a pair, as of doves. COURAGE, kůr'ridje. s. (90). Bravery,

active fortitude.

COURAGEOUS, kůr-rd′jė-ûs. a. daring, bold.

Brave,

COURAGEOUSLY, kůr-rà'jè-ůs-lè. ad.
Bravely, stoutly, boldly.

COURIER, köô'rèèr. s. (275). A messenger sent in haste.

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This word is perfectly French, and often makes a plain Englishman the object of laughter to the polite world by pronouncing it like Currier, a dresser of leather. COURSE, korse. s. (318). Race, career; passage from place to place; tilt, act of running in the lists; ground on which a race is run; track or line in which a ship sails; sail, means by which the course is performed; order of succession; series of successive and methodical procedure; the elements of an art exhibited and explained, in a methodical series; method of life, train of actions; natural bent, uncontrolled will; catamenia; number of dishes set on at once upon the table; emp. To COURSE, korse. v. a. ty form. To hunt, to pursue; to pursue with dogs that hunt in To COURSE, korse. v. n. view; to put to speed, to force to run. To run, to

rove about.

COURSER, kòr'sůr. s.

A swift horse,

a war horse; one who pursues the sport COURT, korte. s. (318). The place where of coursing hares. the prince resides, the palace; the hall or chamber where justice is administered; open space before a house; a small opening enclosed with houses and paved with broad stones; persons who compose the retinue of a prince; persons who are assembled for the administration of justice; any jurisdiction, military, civil, or ecclesiastical; the art of pleasing, the art of insinuation.

To COURT, korte. v. a. To woo, to

solicit a woman to marriage; to solicit, to seek; to flatter, to endeavour to please. COURT-CHAPLAIN, korte-tshåp'lin. s. One who attends the king to celebrate the holy offices. COURT-DAY, korte-da'. s. Day on which justice is solemnly administered. COURT-FAVOUR, korte-fä'vůr. s. vours or benefits bestowed by princes. COURT-HAND, korte'hånd. s. The hand or manner of writings used in records and judicial proceedings.

COURAGEOUSNESS, kůr-rå'jè-ûs-nês. s. COURT-LADY, korte-là'dè. s.

S. A nimble

Bravery, boldness, spirit, courage. COURANT, kůr-rånt'. COURANTO, kår-rån'tò. S dance; any thing that spreads quick, as a paper of news. To COURB, koỏrb. v. n. To bend, to bow. Obsolete.

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(523). A woman of the town; a prostitute, a strumpet. COURTESY, kür'tè-sé. s. Elegance of manners, civility, complaisance; an act of civility or respect; a tenure not of right, but of the favour of others. COURTESY, kůrt'sé. s. The reverence made by women.

This word, when it signifies an act of reverence, is not only deprived of one ofits syllables by all speakers, but by the vulgar has its last syllable changed into che or tshe, as if written curt-she; this impropriety, however, seems daily to lose ground even among the lower orders of the people, who begin to restore the s to its pure sound. TO COURTESY, kûrt'sẻ. v. n. To perform an act of reverence; to make a reverence in the manner of ladies.

COURTIER, korte'yår. s. (113). One that frequents or attends the courts of princes; one that courts or solicits the favour of another.

COURTLIKE, korte'like. a. Elegant, polite.

COURTLINESS, korte'lè-nês. s. Elegance of manners, complaisance, civility. COURTLY, korte'lé. a. Relating or appertaining to the court, elegant, soft, flattering.

COURTSHIP, korte'ship. s. The act of soliciting favour; the solicitation of a woman to marriage. COUSIN, kůz zn. s. (314) (159). Any one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or a sister; a title given by the king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council.

Cow, koủ. s. (323). The female of

the bull.

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Cor, koẻ. a. Modest, decent; reserved, not accessible.

To Coy, kỏẻ. v. n. (329). To behave

with reserve, to reject familiarity; not to condescend willingly.

COYLY, koè'lé. ad. With reserve. COYNESS, koè'nės. s. Reserve, unwillingness to become familiar.

Coz, kůz. s. A cant or familiar word, contracted from cousin.

To COZEN, kůz'zn. v. a. (159) (314). To cheat, to trick, to defraud. CoZENAGE, kuz'zn-djc. s. (90). Fraud, deceit, trick, cheat.

CoZENER, kůz'zn-ůr. s. (98). A cheater, a defrauder. CRAB, krab. s. A shell fish; a wild apple, the tree that bears a wild apple; a peevish, morose person; a wooden engine with three claws for launching of ships; a sign of the zodiack.

CRABBED, kråb'bêd. a. (366). Peevish, morose; harsh, unpleasing; difficult, perplexing.

CRABBEDLY, kråb'bêd-lè. ad. Peevishly.

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