countant (kountant)

[ For he usurps my state, and first deposed My father in my swathed infancy, For which he shall be countant . Heywood, Works (ed. 1874), V. 167. count-bookt (kount'bük), n. An account-book. Get thee a cap, a count - book , pen and ink, Papers afore thee. B. Jonson, Volpone, v. 1. IMG:content-1430.png:[blocks in formation] If the profe ion of religion were in countenance among men of distinction, it would have a happy effect on socisoci N. Webster, Dict. (ed. 1848). ety. Out of countenance, with the countenance confused or cast down; disconcerted; abashed; not bold or a ured: used with put. You have put me out of countenance. Shak ., L. L. L., v. 2. Thou ought'st to be most asham'd thy self, when thou hast put another out of Countenance . Congreve, Way of the World, i. 9. To keep one's countenance, to preserve a calm, composed, or natural look; refrain from expre ing sorrow, anger, joy, amusement, or other emotion, by changes of countenance. Ev'n kept her count'nance, when the lid removed Disclosed the heart unfortunately loved. =Syn. See face , n. Dryden, Sig. and Guis., 1. 629.