courap

[Cf. Mahratta khurooz, kharaz; Hind. kharish the itch.] Med.: A kind of skin disease occurring in the East Indies. An eruption comes out on the surface of the body, and affects specially the groin, the face, the breast, and the armpits. *courb, v . i . . [Fr. courber .] since been superseded by batteries of various kinds. [BATTERY, B. III. 4.] côur-ou-côu, s . [An imitation of the plaintive cry of the birds so named.] Ornithology: 1. Sing .: Any bird belonging to the family described under 2. 2. Pl .: The Trogon ide, a family of fi irostral birds. The bill is short, strong, triangular; the tips, and generally the margins, toothed. The wings are short and rounded, the tail often long, tarsi more or le feathery. The couroucous are beautiful birds I. In trans.: To bend, to stoop, to be submi ive. with bright, often metallic, plumage. South Amer "Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, courb and woo for leave to do him good." Shakesp.: Hamlet, iii. 4. II. Trans. To cause to bend or bow. ica is their stronghold, but they are found also more or le in the tropical parts of both worlds. They frequent dense forests, and lay their eggs in hollow trees. [TROGON IDE.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, "Dyomede the derfe drofe to the qwene With a course of his caple." 3. The track or line followed or pa ed over. "(As in a map the voyager his course ) The windings of my way through many years." Cowper : Task , bk. vi. 4. The direction or line of a stream, a road, . "Mak waters to ryn ogayn thair cours." Hampole : Prick of Consc., 4,318. IMG:content-1163.png:[blocks in formation] on top of the cornice; a bonding - course , one in which the stones lie with their length acro the wall; a heading- course , one being all headers; a stretching- course, one consisting of stretchers; a springing- course, one upon which an arch rests; and a string- course, a projecting course in a wall. Rows of slates, tiles, and shingles are also termed courses . The barge - course is one projecting over the gable of a building. ( Knight .) 3. Music : A set of strings of the same tone placed alongside, and struck one, two, or three at a time, according to the strength of sound desired. The which shifts the bank of keys. (Knight.) adjustment in a piano is made by the soft pedal, *6. Tilfing : The charge of two mounted knights in the lists. "But this hot knight was cooled with a fall, which, at the third course , he received of Phalantus."-Sidney. 7. Nautical : (1) That point of the compa toward which a ship is steering; the destination. (1) The menstrual flux, the menses; catamenia. "The stoppage of women's courses, if not suddenly looked Seed time and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course ." Milton: P. L., xi. 900. IMG:content-1164.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1165.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1166.png:[blocks in formation] Arch.: The face of the arch-stones which have their joints radiating to the center. ( Ogilvie .) (4) In course : *(5) By course , be course : The same as of course . "Moche sorowe when thaire kyng was kylt, how Destruc. of Troy, 1,342. IMG:content-1167.png:[blocks in formation] For the difference between course and route , see ROUTE; for that between course and series , see SERIES; for that between course and way , see WAY. *course-a-park, s. An old English country game of some sort; perhaps ki -in-the-ring. "At course -a- park , without ali doubt, He should have first been taken out By all the maids i' th' town." IMG:content-1168.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In the same sense as II. 1. II. Technically : 1. Sports : One who is given to or practices cours ing; one who keeps greyhounds for coursing. we have not in the "A more popular courser ."-Field. cöurs-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [COURSE (1), v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) IMG:content-1169.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1170.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1171.png:[blocks in formation] Westminster Hall and the Court of Requests." -Macaulay: Hist , Eng ., ch. xiv. Obvious compounds: Court-bred, court-dre , court-gate, court-suit. *court-amour, s. A court intrigue. ( Milton .) court-badge, s. A badge or emblem of an office " Curt Lincolne and Berkele, and other courtes also Were a fure ido." Rob. of Glouc., р. 546. 4. A palace; the residence of a sovereign. "The Prince es, who had accompanied him, held their vourt within the fortre ." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xx. 5. In the same sense as B. 1. IMG:content-1172.png:[blocks in formation] ""Twas no Court - badge , great Scriv'ner! fir'd thy brain." Pope : Moral E ays , Epistle iii., 145. court-breeding, s. The quality or condition of "Court-breeding, and his perpetual conversation with flatterers, was but a bad school." - Milton : Eiconoclastes . *court-bubble, s. A contemptuous appellation for a flimsy and hollow courtier, made by the smile and unmade by the frown of a king. "You are no men, but masquers; Shapes, shadows, and the signs of men; court - bubbles , That every breath or breaks, or blows away." IMG:content-1173.png:[blocks in formation] "Our English tongue is as court-like as the French, and as amorous as the Italian."-Camden: Re- mains. *court-man, s. A courtier. "For, brother min, take of me this motif, I have now ben a court -man all my lif." IMG:content-1174.png:[ocr errors] "This court-dre er, fancy."-Locke. court-element, s. Flattery. ( Milton : Eikono- klastes , ch. xvii.) court-fashion, s . That which is in fashion with or favored by the Court. court-favor, s. The favor or benefits bestowed by a sovereign on his subjects. "We part with the ble ings of both worlds for pleas- ures, court - favors , and commi ions, ."-L'Estrange. court-fool, s . A jester formerly kept by sover- eigns in their retinue for their amusement. court-house, s. A house or building containing the room or rooms used by any court. *court-lady, s. A lady in attendance at court. "The same study, long continued, is as intolerable to them, as the appearing long in the same clothes or fashion is to a court-lady."-Locke. court-lands, s. pl . Lands kept in demes no or for the use of the lord and his family. "In the court-yard of the castle, bound with many an iron band, Stands the mighty linden planted by Queen Cuni- gunde's hand." Long fellow : Nuremberg. court, v. t . & i. [COURT, s.] A. Transitive : 2. To endeavor to gain the affections of, to woo. 3. To seek by addre , to solicit. 4. To invite, to allure, to attract. "Down which a well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge." IMG:content-1175.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To seek the affections of any one, to woo. "Ev'n now, when silent scorn is all they gain, A you sand court you, though they court in vain." courted cöurt-ěd, pa. par. or a. [COURT, v.] court-e-ous, *cortais, *cortays, *cortayse, *corteis, *corteys, *court i ous, *curtais, *curtase, *curteis, *curtese, *curteous, *curteys, *kurtes, *curtious, a. [O. Fr. cortois , curteis , from cort, curt a court; Sp. & Port. cortes; Ital. cortese.] 1. Of persons: Polite; having court-like or polished manners; well-bred. "Billop, though courteous , was inflexible."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. xvi. 2. Of things : Characterized by courtesy or polite ne ; polite, kind. "Bystanders whom His Majesty recognized often came in for a courteous word."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. iii. Crabb thus discriminates between courteous, complaisant, and courtly : "Courteousne displays itself in the addre and the manners; complaisance in direct good offices: courteousne is most suitable for strangers; complaisance for friends or the nearest relatives: among well-bred men, and men of rank, it is an invariable rule to addre each other courteously on all occasions whenever they meet, whether acquainted or otherwise Courtly , though derived from the same word as courteous , is in some degree opposed to it in point of sense; it denotes a likene to a court , but not a likene which is favorable: courtly is to courteous as the form to the reality; the courtly consists of the exterior only, the latter of the exterior combined with the spirit; the former therefore seems to convey the idea of insincerity when contrasted with the latter, which must nece arily suppose the con trary: a courtly demeanor, or a courtier -like de mean or, may be suitable on certain occasions; but a courteous demeanor is always desirable. Courtly may likewise be employed in relation to things; but courteous has always respect to persons: we may speak of a courtly style, or courtly grandeur; but we always speak of courteous behavior, courteous language, and the like." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) cöurt-ě-oŭs-lý, *cortaisliche, *cortaisly, *cortaysly, *corteisly, *corteysliche, *corteislie, *courteisely, *curtaysly, adv . [Eng. courteous; -ly.] In a courteous, polite, or kind manner; with politene or courtesy. "Alone the Palmer pa ed it by, Though Selby pre ed him courteously." Scott : Marmion , i. 30. court-ě-ous-ne , *court-I-ous-ne e, s. [Eng. courteous ; -ne .) The quality of being courteous; courtesy, politene . ." “.. they muste moue and allure all menne with courtiousne e, ientlene e and beneficialne e Udall: Matt. v. *courtepy, *court by, *court-pie, s. [Dut.kort short, pije a coarse cloth; Goth. paid a a coat. The word pije is still retained in pea - jacket (q. v.).] A short cloak or jacket, a gabardine. "Ful thredbare was his over est courtepy." Chaucer: C. Т. , 292, cöurt'-er, s . [Eng. court; -er.] [COURTIER.] 1. One who pays court or attention to another; a IMG:content-1176.png:[blocks in formation]