countess (kountes)

[Origin obscure.] A roofing-slate 20 inches long and 10 inches wide. counting-house (koun'ting-hous), n. A building or office appropriated to the bookkeeping, correspondence, busine transactions, etc., of a mercantile or manufacturing establishment. counting-room (koun'ting-röm), n. A room appropriated to the same purpose as a counting house. countle (kount'les), a. [ countort, countourt, n. counter1, counter2. 1. A contrary of Commons, the act of the Speaker when he counts the number of members present, and, not finding forty, intimates that there is not a quorum. The sitting then stands adjourned. countret, v. An obsolete form of counter3 . countre-f. See counter-. countrify (kun'tri-fi), v . t .; pret. and pp. coun- trified , ppr. countri countrifying. [country + -fy.] To make like the country, as opposed to the city; impart the characteristics of the country or of rural life to; make rustic, as in aspect or I desired that the senate of Rome might appear before me in one ne large chamber, and a modern representative in counterview in another. Swift, Gulliver's Travels, iii. 7. I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on pose to place it in counterview or contrast with that of the other company. Swift. IMG:content-1461.png:[blocks in formation] Man's inhumanity to man Makes countle you sands mourn! Burns , Man was Made to Mourn. Obsolete forms of manners. As being one who had no pride, And was a deal too countrified . Lloyd, Temple of Favour. sense), with suffix -at us (E. -atel), The shipmen deemed that they drew near to some coun try. Acts xxvii. 27. They desire a better country , that is, an heavenly. Heb. xi. 16. Something after death, The und is cover'd country , from whose bourn No traveller returns. Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 1. 2. The territory of a nation; an independent state, or a region once independent, and still distinct in name, population, or institutions, as England, Scotland, and Wales in Great Britain, the several states of the Austrian and German empires, etc. Many countries once distinct have been absorbed in larger territories, and have entirely lost their separate character. And all the countre of Troya is the Turkes owne coun tre by inherytance, and that countre is properly called no we Turkey, and none other. Sir R. Guylford , Pylgrymage, p. 13. They require to be examined concerning the descriptions of those countries of which they would be informed. Bp . Sprat . 3. The rural parts of a region, as opposed to cities or towns. I see them hurry from country to town, and then from the town back again into the country . Spectator . God made the country , and man made the town. Cowper , Task, i. 749. 4. The place of one's nativity or citizenship; one's native soil; the land of one's nationality or allegiance by birth or adoption. A steady patriot of the world alone, And friend of every country save his own. Canning. 5. The inhabitants of a country; the people; the public. Cried hate upon him. All the country wept with a loud voice. 2 Sam. xv. 23. All the country, in a general voice, Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 1. Specifically-6. In law, the public at large, as represented by a jury: as, a trial by the coun try; his plea concluded to the country (that is, it ended by requiring the submi ion of the i ue to a jury).-7t. In law, any place other than a court: as, a deed in the country, as opposed to an alienation by record-that is, in court. Rapalje and Lawrence.-8. In mining, the rock adjacent to the lode; the formation in which any mineral vein or deposit is inclosed. Sometimes called country - rock.-9. Naut., that part of an apartment on board ship used in common by all officers of the same me : as, the wardroom country. - Black country, a designation of those parts of the midland district of England which are in a measure blackened and deprived of verdure by the coal and iron industries. Conclusion to the country. See conclusion. Old country, a name given in the United States and the colonies to Great Britain and Ireland by emigrants from those countries, and also used of other countries in relation to their colonies. - Ward-room country, steerage country ( naut.), the open space in the middle of a ward-room or steerage of a man-of-war not occupied by berths or state-rooms. II. a . 11. Pertaining or peculiar to one's own country; national; native. The fire which they call holy and eternall was caried before vpon siluer Aultars, and the Priestes of their Lawe wente next singinge after their countrey manner. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, iii. She... spake in her country language. 2 Mac. vii. 27. 2. Pertaining or belonging to the country or to the rural parts of a region; being or living in the country; rural; rustic: as, country roads; country customs; a country gentleman; country cousins; a country life; the country party, as opposed to the city party. A little beauty, Such as a cottage breeds, she brought along with her; And yet our country eyes esteem'd it much too. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, v. 2. 3. Characteristic of the country or rural regions; hence, rustic; rude; unpolished: as, country manners. - Country almonds, cause, mal country-base (kun'tri-bās), n. The game of prison-bars or prison-base. country (kun'tri), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also countrey, countrie, countree, count ray, contreye , etc., cuntree , contree , con- trie , F. contrée = Pr. OSp. contrada = It. con- trad a , Olt. contrat a, contrada , country, region, lit. that which is over against or before one, prop. adj. (sc. L. regio , region), country-bred (kun'tri-bred), a. Bred or brought fem. of *contrat us (> E. contrate in a literal up in the country. Lads more like to run The country base , than to commit such slaughter. Shak ., Cymbeline, v. 3. IMG:content-1462.png:[blocks in formation] Shak ., A. and C., v. 2. A simple countryman , that brought her figs. country-rock (kun'tri-rok), n. In mining , the rock in which a mineral lode occurs; the country. See country , 8. The great diversity of character exhibited by different sets of fi ure veins which cut the same country rock seems incompatible with any theory of lateral secretion. Quoted in Sci. Amer . Supp ., No. 446. country-seat (kun'tri-sēt), n. A dwelling in the country; a country mansion. countryshipt (kun'tri-ship), n. [ -ship .] Nationality. Verstegan. country-side (kun tri-sid), n . 1. A section of country; a piece of land; a neighborhood. Like some great landslip, tree by tree, The country - side descended. Tennyson, Amphion. 2. The inhabitants or dwellers of a district or section of country; a neighborhood: as, the whole country - side was aroused by the news. countrywoman (kun'tri-wum"an), n.; pl. coun try women (-wim"en). 11. A female inhabitant or native of a particular country or region.-2. A woman born in the same country with another person.-3. A woman belonging to the country, as opposed to the town.