court dresser (kortdres"er)

A flatterer; a courtier. [Rare.] Such arts of giving colours, appearances, and resemblances, by this court - dre er , fancy. Locke . courteous (ker'te-us or kör'tius), a. [Early mod. E. also curteous, curtese, etc.;.; I have slain one of the courteous est knights That ever bestrode a steede. Childe Maurice (Child's Ballads, II. 318). Which fiue poyntes, whether a scholemaster shall work so[o]ner in a childe, by feare full beating, or curtese handling, you that be wise, iudge. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 42. Sir, I was courteous , every phrase well-oil'd. Tennyson, Prince , iii. =Syn. Civil , Urbane , etc. (see polite ), obliging, affable, attentive, respectful. courteously (ker'te-us-li or kōr'tius-li), adv . [ curteisly , cortaysly, cortaisliche, etc.; courteous +-ly2.] In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely. Than seide Gawein that the i dide not hinge curteisely as worth i men ne that wolde he not suffre. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 489. ne . The King courteously requested him [the Duke of Gloucester) to go and make himself ready, for that he must needs ride with him a little Way, to confer of some Busi Baker , Chronicles, p. 148. courteousne (kėr'tē-us-nes or kōr'tius-nes), n . The quality of being courteous; complaisance. Godly menne muste moue and allure all menne with courtiousne e , ientlene e and beneficialne e. to loue and to concorde. J. Udall, Pref. to Mat., v. courtepyt, n. [ME., also court pie , court by , cowrte by (early mod. E. also cote - a - pye , simulating cote2 = coat2 ), prob. kort , short, + pij = LG. pi , pige , a thick cloth: see pea - jacket .] A short cloak of coarse cloth. Ful thredbare was his over est courtepy . Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 290. And ketten [cut] here copes and court pies hem [them] made, Piers Plowman (B), vi. 191. courter (kõr'ter), n. [ courtier .] 1. One who courts, or endeavors to gain favor; a courtier. Queen Elizabeth, the greatest courter of her people. An Answer to Baxter , p. 28. 2. One who woos; a wooer. A courter of wenches. From the Isle of Man a courter came, And a false young man was he. courtesy (kėr'tē-si), n.; pl. courtesies (-siz). [Early mod. E. also courtesie, curtesy, court'sy, curt'sy, curtsy, etc., whence, in the sense of 'a movement of civility, and in some legal senses, the present archaic spelling curtsy or curtesy , in common use along with courtesy ; cortaysye , rarely courtesie , curteisie , cortoisie , etc., F. cour to i sie (Pr. Pg . cortezia = Sp. cortesía , It. cortesia ), cour- tesy, curteis , etc., courteous: see courteous.] 1. Courtline or elegance of manners; polite- ne ; civility; complaisance; especially, polite- ne springing from kindly feeling. And [he] brought with hym grete plente of knyghtes, IMG:content-1486.png:[blocks in formation] The petty traffickers, That curt'sy to them, do them reverence Shak., M. of V., i. 1. Lowly louted the boys, and lowly the maidens all courte- Long fellow (trans.), Children of the Lord's Supper. II.t trans . To treat with courtesy or civility. court int, court i net, n. The prince politely courtesied him with all favours. tain. Wright. Sir R. Williams , Actions of the Low Countries, p. 5. courtezan, courtesan (ker'- or kör'tē-zan), n. [Early mod. E. also courtesane, court is ane , cur- tizan ; courtesan , cortisan (16th century), now court is an , cortezão (ML. cortesanus ), masc., a courtier; F. court is ane = It. cortegiana , cortigiana = Sp. Pg. cortesana = Pg. cortezana , fem., a court lady, a gentlewo- man, hence, orig. in cant use or mock euphe- mism, in It. and F. (now the only sense in F.), Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 469. a prostitute; cor tegg i are (= Sp. Pg. corte- Usefulne comes by labour, wit by ease; Courtesie grows in courts, news in the citie. Get a good stock of these. G. Herbert, The Church Porch. What a fine natural courtesy was his! His nod was pleasure, and his full bow bli . That outward courtesies would fain proclaim Favours that keep within. jar = F. court i ser , obs.), court, pay court to, corte (= Sp. Pg. corte ), court: see court, n.] 11. A courtier. The fox was resembled to the prelates, courtesans, priests, and the rest of the spiritualty. 2. A prostitute. not elegant. I endeavoured to give her [Virtue] as much of the modern le and simple. These answers by silent curtsies from you are too court- B. Jonson, Epicæne, ii. 2. IMG:content-1487.png:[blocks in formation] You must look to be envied, and endure a few court- frumps for it. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 1. court-guide (kōrt'gid'), n. A directory or book gentry. [Eng.] Dutche of Suffolk's Calamity (Child's Ballads, VII. 302). containing the addre es of the nobility and With honourable action, Such as he hath observ'd in noble ladies, With soft low tongue and lowly courtesy. IMG:content-1488.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1489.png:[blocks in formation] courtier (Gower), courtier , a judge, prob. also a er (kōr'tier), n. [ courtier , courteour courtier, ML. * cortarius , curtarius , lit. be courtnallt, n. longing to a court (ef. curtarius , n., the po es- yard, farm, villa, etc.: see court . As an E. sor of a farm or villa), cortis , curtis , a court, word courtier may be regarded as -yer ), ( -yer as in collier , grazier , lawyer , etc.] 1. One who attends or frequents the court of a sov- Tib . You are, lady, by the great Prince Julia, who longs you an often courtier. to greet you with any favours that may worthily make IMG:content-1490.png:[blocks in formation] Good fellowe, I drinke to thee, And to all courtnalls that courteous be. courtoist, a . King and Miller of Mans field (Child's Ballads, VIII. 36). A Middle English form of cour- court-pa a get, n. I've had a lucky hand these fifteen year At such court - pa age , with three dice in a dish. Middle ton, Women Beware Women, ii. 2. Same as courtepy . court piet, n. court-plaster (kört plaster), n. [So called because originally applied by ladies of the court as ornamental patches on the face.] Black, flesh-colored, or transparent silk varnished with a solution of isingla to which benzoin or gly- cerin, etc., is sometimes added, used for cover- ing slight wounds. courtre t, n. court lady. If plain, stale slut, not a courtre . Greene, Verses against the Gentlewomen of Sicilia. IMG:content-1491.png:[blocks in formation] He paid his courtship with the crowd, As far as modest pride allow'd. IMG:content-1492.png:[blocks in formation] Discu ing how their courtship grew,. And how she look'd, and what he said. 3t. Courtly behavior; refinement; elegance of manners, speech, etc., such as is becoming at court. Whiles the young lord of Telemon, her husband, Was packeted to France to study courtship . Ford, Fancies, i. 1. Sweet lady, by your leave. I could wish myself more full of courtship for your fair sake. Beau , and Fl . , King and No King, i. 2. courtshipmentt (kõrt's hip-ment), n. Behavior at court; artificial manners. Girdles her in home spunne bays, Then makes her conversant in layes Of birds, and swaines more innocent That kenne not guile nor court shipment . gether, + sobrinus , fem. sobrina , a cousin by the mother's side, for * sororinus , * sos or in us , soror (for * sos or ), sister, = E. sister , q. v. Cf. cousin2, cozen.] I. n. 1. In general, one collaterally re- lated by blood more remotely than a brother or sister; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman; hence, a term of addre used by a king to a nobleman, particularly to one who is a member of the council, or to a fellow-sovereign. In Eng- lish royal writs and commi ions it is applied to any peer of the degree of an earl-a practice dating from the time of Henry IV., who was related or allied to every earl in the kingdom. And [she] myzte ki e the kynge for cosyn , an she wolde. Piers Plowman (B), ii. 132. Twenty-four of my next cozens Will help to dinge him downe. Old Robin of Port in gale (Child's Ballads, III. 35). Behold, thy cousin Elizabeth ["Elisabeth, thy kinswo- man,"," in the revised version], she hath also conceived a Luke We here receive it A certainty, vouch'd from our cousin Austria. Shak ., All's Well, i. 2. My noble lords and cousins all, good morrow. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 4. Specifically, in modern usage-2. The son or daughter of an uncle or an aunt, or one related by descent in a diverging line from a known common ancestor. The children of brothers and sis- ters are called cousins , cousins german , first cousins, or full cousins ; children of first cousins are called second cousins, etc. Often, however, the term second cousin is loosely applied to the son or daughter of a cousin german , more properly called a first cousin once removed. You are my mother's own sister's son; What nearer cousins then can we be? Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood (Child's Ballads, V. 251). Cousin german [ cousin germain : see cousinl and german1 ], a cousin in the first generation; a first cousin. It might perhaps seem reasonable unto the Church of God, following the general laws concerning the nature of marriage, to ordain in particular that cousin - germans shall not marry. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, iii. 9. Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son, A cousin - german to great Priam's seed. However, this cousinship with the duche came out by chance one day. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, lii. cousiny (kuz'ni orkuz'n-i), a . [ cousiny names, I-'tis my will-commit it to the flames. Crabbe . cousnert, n. An obsolete form of cozener. cou inet (F. pron. kö-se-nā'), n. [F., dim. of cou in, a cushion: see cushion.] In arch ., a member of the Ionic capital between the abacus and the echinus. cou o, n. See kou o . cousu (kö-sū ́), a . [F. ( coudre , sew, consuere , sew together: see consute.] In her ., same as rempli , but admit- ting in some cases of two metals or two colors being carried side by side, contrary to the usual custom: as, a chief argent cousu or. couteau (kö-to'), n.; pl. couteaux (-tōz'). [For- merly coutel ; locally in United States cuttoe ; F. couteau , coltelh , cotelh = Sp. cuchillo = Pg. cutela = It. cultello , coltello , cultellus , dim. of culter , a knife: see colter and cutla .] A knife or dagger; specifically, a long, straight double-edged weapon carried in the middle ages by persons not of the mil i- tary cla , as on journeys, or by foot-soldiers and attendants on a camp. Couteau de Brèche, a variety of the partizan or halberd, a weapon resembling a short, broad sword-blade fixed on a staff. - Couteau de cha e, a hunting-knife, or hunters' knife, especially for breaking or cutting up the quarry. So heer are pardons half a dozen, For ghostely riches they have no cosen. Fu' weel can they ding dool away Wi' comrades couthie . Her former sorrow into suddein wrath, Both coosen pa ions of distroubled spright Converting, forth she beates the dusty path. cousin1 (kuz'n), v. t. [ cousin2 = cozen2 , cheat, ult. the same word.] To call "cousin"; claim kindred with. See cousin1 , n. cousin't, v. An obsolete spelling of cozen2 . cousin a gelt, n. [ME. cousinage; cousin1 + -age. Cf. cosinage.] The relationship of cou- sins; collateral kinship in general. Chaucer. cousinage2t, n. An obsolete spelling of cozen- age2 . cousinert, n. An obsolete spelling of cozener . cousine t (kus'n-es), n. [ Ther-for, curtcise cosynes , for loue of crist in heuene, Kithe nouz thi kindenes & konseyle me the best. cousinhood (kuz'n-hud), n. [ -hood .] 1. Relationship as of cousins. Promotion proceeds not by merit, but by cash and cousinhood. London Daily News , May 11, 1857. 2. Cousins, or persons related by blood, collec- tively. There were times when the cousinhood , as it [the Temple connection] was nicknamed, would of itself have furnished almost all the materials nece ary for the construction of an efficient Cabinet. Macaulay , Sir William Temple. cousinly (kuz'n-li), a. [ couseranite (köʻze-ran-it), п. A mineral oc- curring in square prisms, probably an altered form of the species dipyre of the scapolite group, originally obtained from the district of Couseor becoming to a cousin. No one finds any harm, Tom, In a quiet cousinly walk. IMG:content-1493.png:[blocks in formation] wise movement. (See armet.) In the headpieces of the sixteenth century, after the abandonment of the full panoply of steel, the couvre-nuque was a large plate secured to the lower edge of the helmet behind, or more commonly a series of plates, like the ta ets, moving one upon another and secured to a lining of leather or some other material by rivets.