County seat, County town

The chief town of a county; the seat of justice. Coup, ( koo .) [Fr., a blow.) A French term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptne and force, as: COUP DE GRACE, ( koo - da - gräs ',) a master-stroke: the last, or finishing stroke. -COUP DE MAIN, ( koo -da-mang.) (Mil.) An attack, onslaught, or enterprise performed by sudden and vigorous action. - COUP D'ÉTAT, ( koo - da tah ' .) A sudden stroke of state-craft or policy; a violent and arbitrary political measure. - COUP D'ŒIL, ( koo - dal '.) A rapid glance of the eye taking in all at one view. ( Mil . ) A rapid conception of the weakne and advantages of certain positions or arrangements of troops. COUP DE SOLEIL, ( koo - da -so- lal '.) ( Med .) A stroke of the sun; a sunstroke. COUP DE THEATRE, a sudden and striking change in the action of the scene. Coupé, ( koo -px',) n. [Fr.] The front compartment of a diligence or French stage-coach. - In England, a railroad-car set apart for a private party. A kind of close four-wheeled carriage, resembling a brougham , (q. v.) Couped, ( koopt ,) a. [Fr. coupé , cut.] ( Her .) Applied to the head, or any limb of an animal cut off from the trunk, smoothly. It is distinguished from erased , i. e. forcibly torn off, and therefore ragged and uneven. A distinction is also made between couped and couped close, the latter signifying that the head or limb is cut off close, leaving no part of the neck or trunk attached to it. When cro es, bars, bends, and the like, are cut so as not to touch the sides of the escutcheon, they are also said to be couped.