Counterview Coun"ter·view` noun 1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.

Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin,
In counterview .
Milton

M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2. A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.

I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview , or contrast with that of the other company.
Swift.

Countervote Coun`ter·vote" (koun`tẽr*vōt") transitive verb To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote. Dr. J. Scott.

Counterwait Coun`ter·wait" (koun`tẽr*wāt") transitive verb To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Counterweigh Coun`ter·weigh" (-wā") transitive verb To weigh against; to counterbalance.

Counterwheel Coun`ter·wheel" (-hwēl") transitive verb (Mil.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.

Counterwork Coun`ter·work" (-wûrk") transitive verb To work in opposition to; to counteract.

That counterworks each folly and caprice.
Pope.

Countess Count"ess noun ; plural Countesses (-...s). [ French comtesse . See Count a nobleman.] The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count .

Countinghouse Count"ing·house` (kount"?ng-hous`), Count"ing*room` (kount"?ng-r??m`) noun [ See Count , v. ] The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

Countless Count"less adjective Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable.

Countor Count"or noun [ From Count , transitive verb (in sense 4).] (O. Eng. Law) An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [ Obsolete] Burrill.

Countour Coun·tour" noun [ See 2d Counter .] A merchant's office; a countinghouse. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Countre- Coun"tre- (koun"ter-). Same as prefix Counter- . [ Obsolete]

Countreplete Coun`tre·plete" transitive verb [ Countre- + plete to plead.] To counterplead. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Countretaille Coun"tre·taille` noun [ French contretaille ; contre (L. contra ) + taille cut. See Tally .] A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). [ Obsolete]

At the countretaille , in return. Chaucer.

Countrified Coun"tri·fied p. adjective Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.

As being one who took no pride,
And was a deal too countrified .
Lloyd.

Countrify Coun"tri·fy transitive verb To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb.

Country Coun"try noun ; plural Countries (-tr...z). [ French contrée , Late Latin contrata , from Latin contra over against, on the opposite side. Confer Counter , adverb , Contra .] 1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

Return unto thy country , and to thy kindred.
Gen. xxxxii. 9.

I might have learned this by my last exile,
that change of countries cannot change my state.
Stirling.

Many a famous realm
And country , whereof here needs no account
Milton.

2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

As they walked, on their way into the country .
Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ).

God made the covatry , and man made the town.
Cowper.

Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country .
Macaulay.

3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country .

All the country in a general voice
Cried hate upon him.
Shak.

4. (Law) (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs.

Conclusion to the country . See under Conclusion . -- To put, or throw, one's self upon the country , to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury.

Country Coun"try adjective 1. Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

2. Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

3. Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language.
2 Macc. vii. 27.

Country bank Coun"try bank (Banking) A national bank not in a reserve city. [ Colloq., U. S.]

Country club Coun"try club A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.

Country cousin Coun"try cousin A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights.

Country seat Coun"try seat` (k?n"tr? s?t`). A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.

Country-base Coun"try-base` noun Same as Prison base .

Country-dance Coun"try-dance` noun [ Prob. an adaptation of contradance .] See Contradance .

He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies.
Macaulay.

Countryman Coun"try·man (kŭn"trĭ-m a n) noun ; plural Countrymen (- m e n). 1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak.

2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.

In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen .
2 Cor. xi. 26.

3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.

A simple countryman that brought her figs.
Shak.

Countryside Coun"try·side` noun A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. [ Eng.] W. Black. Blackmore.

Countrywoman Coun"try·wom`an noun ; plural Countrywomen (-w...m`...n). A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak.

County Coun"ty noun ; plural Counties (-t...z). [ French comt... , from Late Latin comitatus . See Count .] 1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [ Obsolete]

2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire . See Shire .

Every county , every town, every family, was in agitation.
Macaulay.

3. A count; an earl or lord. [ Obsolete] Shak.

County commissioners . See Commissioner . -- County corporate , a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [ Eng.] Mozley & W. -- County court , a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. -- County palatine , a county distinguished by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. -- County rates , rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [ Eng.] -- County seat , a county town . [ U.S.] -- County sessions , the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [ Eng.] -- County town , the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.

Coup Coup noun [ French, from Latin colaphus a cuff, Greek .............] A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.

Coup de grace (k......" d e gr...s") [ French], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke. -- Coup de main (k......` d e m...n`) [ French] (Mil.) , a sudden and unexpected movement or attack. -- Coup de soleil (k......` d s...-l...l or -l..."y') [ French] (Medicine) , a sunstroke. See Sunstroke . -- Coup d'état (k......" d...-t...") [ French] (Politics) , a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy. -- Coup d'œil (kō` dẽl"). [ French] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.

Coup Coup (kō) noun 1. A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal at rouge et noir. [ Cant]

2. Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by custom to entitle the doer to count the deed an act of bravery; hence, any of various other deeds recognized by custom as acts of bravery or honor.

While the coup was primarily, and usually, a blow with something held in the hand, other acts in warfare which involved great danger to him who performed them were also reckoned coups by some tribes.

G. B. Grinnell.

Among the Blackfeet the capture of a shield, bow, gun, war bonnet, war shirt, or medicine pipe was deemed a coup .

G. B. Grinnell.

Coup Coup intransitive verb To make a coup.

Woe to the Sioux if the Northern Cheyennes get a chance to coup !

F. Remington.

Coupable Cou"pa·ble (kō"pȧ*b'l) adjective [ French] Culpable. [ Obsolete]

Coupé Cou`pé" (kō`pa") noun [ French, from coupé , past participle of couper to cut. See Coppice .] 1. The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.

2. A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.

Coupe-gorge Coupe`-gorge" noun [ French, cut throat.] (Mil.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow.

Couped Couped adjective [ French couper to cut.] (Her.) Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased .

Coupee Cou·pee" noun [ French coupé, noun , properly past participle of couper to cut. Confer Coupé , Coopee .] A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. Chambers.

Couple Cou"ple noun [ French couple , from Latin copula a bond, band; co- + apere , aptum , to join. See Art , adjective , and confer Copula .] 1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. [ Obsolete]

It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples ; they should be of the same size and humor .
L'Estrange.

I'll go in couples with her.
Shak.

2. Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. "A couple of shepherds." Sir P. Sidney. "A couple of drops" Addison. "A couple of miles." Dickens. "A couple of weeks." Carlyle.

Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple .
Locke.

[ Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled.
2 Sam. xvi. 1.

3. A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

Such were our couple , man and wife.
Lloyd.

Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league.
Milton.

4. (Architecture) See Couple- close .

5. (Electricity) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple .

6. (Mech.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

» The effect of a couple of forces is to produce a rotation. A couple of rotations is equivalent to a motion of translation.

Couple Cou"ple transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Coupled (k?p"'ld); present participle & verbal noun Coupling (-l?ng).] [ French coupler , from Latin copulare . See Couple , noun , and confer Copulate , Cobble , v. ]

1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . .
And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach.
Shak.

2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [ Colloq.]

A parson who couples all our beggars.
Swift.

Couple Cou"ple intransitive verb To come together as male and female; to copulate. [ Obsolete] Milton. Bacon.

Couple-beggar Cou"ple-beg`gar noun One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift.

Couple-close Cou"ple-close` noun ; plural Couple-closes (-kl..."s...z). 1. (Her.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.

2. (Architecture) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [ Engl.]

Couplement Cou"ple·ment noun [ Confer Old French couplement .] Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [ Obsolete] Shak.

And forth together rode, a goodly couplement .
Spenser.

Coupler Coup"ler noun One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.

Coupler of an organ , a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.

Couplet Coup"let noun [ French couplet , dim. of couple . See Couple , noun ] Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

A sudden couplet rushes on your mind.
Crabbe.

Coupling Coup"ling noun 1. The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.

2. (Machinery) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling , which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling , which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling , which connects the ends of shafts.

Box coupling , Chain coupling . See under Box , Chain. -- Coupling box , a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. -- Coupling pin , a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.

Coupon Cou"pon noun [ French, from couper to cut, cut off. See Coppice .] 1. (Com.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.

2. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.

Coupstick Coup"stick` (kō"stĭk`) noun [ Coup + stick .] A stick or switch used among some American Indians in making or counting a coup.

Coupure Cou·pure" noun [ French, from couper to cut.] (Fort.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.

Courage Cour"age (kŭr"aj; 48) noun [ Middle English corage heart, mind, will, courage, Old French corage , F. courage , from a Late Latin derivative of Latin cor heart. See Heart .] 1. The heart; spirit; temper; disposition. [ Obsolete]

So priketh hem nature in here corages .
Chaucer.

My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh,
and this soft courage makes your followers faint.
Shak.

2. Heart; inclination; desire; will. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

I'd such a courage to do him good.
Shak.

3. That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.

The king-becoming graces . . .
Devotion, patience, courage , fortitude,
I have no relish of them.
Shak.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it.
Addison.

Syn. -- Heroism; bravery; intrepidity; valor; gallantry; daring; firmness; hardihood; boldness; dauntlessness; resolution. See Heroism . -- Courage , Bravery , Fortitude , Intrepidity , Gallantry , Valor . Courage is that firmness of spirit and swell of soul which meets danger without fear. Bravery is daring and impetuous courage, like that of one who has the reward continually in view, and displays his courage in daring acts. Fortitude has often been styled "passive courage," and consist in the habit of encountering danger and enduring pain with a steadfast and unbroken spirit. Valor is courage exhibited in war, and can not be applied to single combats; it is never used figuratively. Intrepidity is firm, unshaken courage. Gallantry is adventurous courage, which courts danger with a high and cheerful spirit. A man may show courage , fortitude , or intrepidity in the common pursuits of life, as well as in war. Valor , bravery , and gallantry are displayed in the contest of arms. Valor belongs only to battle; bravery may be shown in single combat; gallantry may be manifested either in attack or defense; but in the latter case, the defense is usually turned into an attack.

Courage Cour"age transitive verb To inspire with courage. [ Obsolete]

Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him.
Tyndale.

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