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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cōurt'-yärd, n. p. 305A court or inclosure round a house.Cous'-cous, n. p. 305A kind of food used by the natives of Africa, made of millet flour, with flesh, and the bark of the Adansonia digitata, or baobab tree;—called also lulo.Cou'sin, n. p. 305One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. The children of brothers and sisters are usually denominated cousins, or…Coüs'in, a. p. 305Allied. [Obs.] Chaucer.Coüs'in-age, n. p. 305Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] How she stode of cosinage To the emperour. Chaucer.Coŭs'in-ġĕr'man, n. p. 305A first cousin; a cousin in the first generation.Coŭs'in-ho͝od, n. p. 305The state or condition of a cousin.Coŭs'in-ly, a. p. 305Like or becoming a cousin.Cous'si-nĕt', n. p. 305(Arch.) (a.) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch. (b.) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which serves to form the…Cou-teau', n. p. 305A hanger.Couth, a. p. 305Could; was able: —knew; understood. [Obs.] Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all things couth, As he had it of God's grace. Gower.Cou'zer-an-ite, n. p. 305(Min.) A crystallized mineral;—so called from Couzeran, in the Pyrenees, where it is found.Cōve, n. p. 305A retired nook; especially, a small inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the sea-shore. Vessels ready for him within secret coves and nooks. Holland. 2. A strip of prairie extending into wood-land…Cōve, v. t. p. 305To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.] Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. Holland. 2. (Arch.) To arch over.…Côv'e-na-ble, a. p. 305Fit; proper; suitable. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Côv'e-na-bly, adv. p. 305Fitly; suitably. [Obs.] Chaucer.Côv'e-nant, n. p. 305A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; stipulation. If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such…Côv'e-nant, v. i. p. 305To enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation. Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct.…Cōv'e-nant, v. t. p. 305To grant or promise by covenant; to stipulate. Hag. ii. 5.Cōv'e-nant-ee', n. p. 305(Law.) The person to whom a covenant is made.Cōv'e-nant-er, n. p. 305One who makes a covenant. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One who subscribed and defended the covenant usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant." See COVENANT.Cŏv'e-nant-ôr, n. p. 305(Law.) The party who makes a covenant. Burrill.Cōv'e-noŭs, a. p. 305See COVIN and COVINOUS.Cōv'ent, n. p. 305A convent or monastery. [Obs.] Bale. Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called as having originally been the garden attached to a large convent or monastery in that portion of the city.Cōv'en-try, n. p. 305(Geog.) A town in the county of Warwick, England. To send to Coventry, to exclude from society; to shut out from all social intercourse for conduct regarded as mean or ungentlemanly. This phrase has…Cōv'en-try-blūe, n. p. 306Blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.Cōv'er, v. t. p. 306To overspread or envelop the surface or the whole body of; to lay or set over; to enwrap; to infold. And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his home. Milton. 2. To brood or sit on. While the…Cōv'er, n. p. 306Any thing which is laid, set, or spread upon, about, or over another; an envelope; a lid. 2. Any thing which vails or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. “A handsome cover for imperfections.”…Cōv'er-chief, n. p. 306A covering for the head. [Obs.] Chaucer.Cŏv'er-ēle, n. p. 306A small cover; a lid. Browne.Cōv'ered, a. p. 306Designed or used for concealment, shelter, &c.; as, a covered passage. Covered way (Fort.), a secure road of communication all round a fort, outside the ditch, having a banquette from which a grazing…Cōv'er-er, n. p. 306One who, or that which, covers.Cōv'er-let, n. p. 306The uppermost cover of a bed or any piece of furniture. “Odored sheets and arras coverlet.” Spenser.Co-vĕrsed’-sīne, n. p. 306(Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle.Cōv'er-shāme, n. p. 306Something used to conceal infamy. Dryden.Cōv'er-slūt, n. p. 306Something to cover or hide sluttishness. Burke.Cōv'ert, a. p. 306Covered over; hid; secret; disguised. Whether of open war or covert guile. Milton. 2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; protected; as, a covert alley or place. 3. (Law.) Under cover, authority, or…Cōv'ert, n. p. 306A place which covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm and from rain. Is. iv. 6. The highwayman has darted from his covert by the way-side. Prescott. 2.…Cōv'ert-bār'on, a. p. 306(Law.) Under the protection of a husband; married. Burvill.Cōv'ert-ly, adv. p. 306Secretly; closely; in private; insidiously. Among the poets, Persius covertly strikes at Nero. Dryden.Cōv'ert-ness, n. p. 306Secrecy; privacy. [R.] Bailey.Cōv'ert-ūre, n. p. 306Covering; shelter; defense. 2. (Law.) The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a…Cŏv'ert-wāy, n. p. 306(Fort.) The same as COVERED WAY. See COVERED.Côv'et, v. t. p. 306To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of;—used in a good sense. Covet earnestly the best gifts. 1 Cor. xii. 31. 2. To wish for inordinately or unlawfully; to lust after. Thou shalt not…Cŏv'et, v. i. p. 306To have or indulge inordinate desire; — with after. Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1 Tim. vi. 10.Cōv'et-a-ble, a. p. 306Capable or worthy of being coveted; desirable.Côv'et-er, n. p. 306One who covets.Côv'et-ing-ly, adv. p. 306With eager desire to possess.Cŏv'et-īse, n. p. 306Avarice. [Obs.] Spenser.Cŏv'et-īve-ness, n. p. 306(Phren.) Excessive desire of accumulating property; acquisitiveness.Cōv'et-ous, a. p. 306Very desirous; eager to obtain;—used in a good sense. “Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue.” Shak. 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; avaricious. “I am not covetous for…Cŏv'et-ous-ly, adv. p. 306With a strong or inordinate desire to obtain and possess; eagerly; avariciously.Cōv'et-ōŭs-ness, n. p. 306Strong desire; eagerness. [Rare.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some…Côv'ey, n. p. 306A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young. Hence, a small flock or number of birds together;—said of game; as, a covey of partridges. Addison. 2. A company; a set.Cōv'in, n. p. 306(Law.) A collusive or deceitful agreement or contrivance between two or more persons to prejudice a third. Cowell.Cōv'ing, n. p. 306(Arch.) (a.) The projection of the upper stories of a house over the stories beneath. (b.) The vertical sides or jambs of a fireplace. Gwill.Cōv'in-oŭs, a. p. 306(Law.) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.Cow, n. p. 306The female of the bovine genus of animals. 2. A kind of chimney cap; a cowl. See COWL.Cow, v. t. p. 306To depress with fear; to sink the spirits or courage; to oppress with habitual timidity and subservience. To vanquish a people already cowed and accustomed to flight. Steele.Cow'ard, n. p. 306A person who lacks courage to meet danger; a timid or pusillanimous man; a poltroon. A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. Dryden. A coward does not always escape with disgrace, but sometimes loses…