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Show €ov In fome ‘men there may be found fuch quali ties ‘as are able to counterwail thofe exception which might be taken againtt them, and fuch men' Hooker authority is not likely to be thaken off And therewithal he fiercely athim flew And him with equal valour countervail'd The outwar S Fairy Queen ftreams, ‘which "defcend, muft b of fo much force as to counterwail all that weigh whereby the afcending fide does exceed the other Wilkins's Deedalus We are to compute, that, upon. balancing th account, the profic at laft will hardly counterwaithl inconveniencies that go along withit. L'Effrange £ fort And with important outrage him afl'fnl"d Who, foon prepar'd to ficld, his fwor drew CounTERVAIL, 7. /. [ from ‘the verb. 1. Equal weight; power or value fufficien to obviate any effet or objettion "2. That which has equal weight or valu with fomething elfe ICo' is Surely, the prefent pleafure of a finful aé poor counterwail for the bitternefs of the review which ‘begins where the acion ends, and lafts fo South's Sermoins ever CounTERVIE'W. 7. /. [counter and wiew. 1. Oppofition ; a pofture in which tw - 'perfons front each other earth Within the gates of hell fat fin and death An counterview Milton's Paradife-Lof? 2. Contraft ; a pofition in which two diffi milar things illuftrate each other 1 have drawn fome lines of Linger's charater on purpofe to place it in counterwiezv or contraf Savift with that of the other companys CounTeErw RK. @. a. [counter an awork.] To counteract; to hinder an effe® by contrary operations But heav'n's great view is one, and that th whole That counteraorks each folly and caprice That difappoints th' effet of ev'ry vice Pope ‘Co'unress. n [ [comitiffa, Lat. comtefe French.] The lady of an earl or count I take it, fhe that carries up the train Is that old noble lady, the duchefs of Norfolk =1t is, and all the reft are counteffés Shakefpeare's Henry VIII It is the peculiar happinefs of the counrefs o Abingdon to havebeen fo truly loved by you whil dhe was living; and o gratefully honoured afte {he was dead Dryden Co'uNTinG-HOUSE #. [ [count an houfe.] The room appropriated by trader to their books and accounts Men in trade feldom think of laying out mone upon land, till their profit has brought them i more than their trade ‘can well employ ; and thei idle bags cumbering their counting-boufes, put the _upon emptying them Locke Co'unrress. adj. [from count. merable ; withou teckoned . / [contrée, Fr. contrata Low Latin; fuppofed to be contracte from conterrata. 1. A traét of land ; a region, as diftinguifhed from other regions They ,require' to be examined concerning th defcriptions of thofe countries of which they woul bé intormed Spratt 2. The parts of a region diftant from cities or coutts ; rural parts 3. The place which any man inhabits, o in' which he at prefent refides horfes, fkirrethe country round 4. The place of one' foil Shakefp. Macheth birtlr; the nativ Spratt ments and advantages of our country O fave my country, heav'n fhall be your laft FPope 5. The inhabitants of any region Innu number ; not to b Ay, tear for tear, and loving kifs for kifs ‘Thy brother Marcus tenders on thy lips ‘O were the fum of thefe that 1 fhould pa Countlefs and infinite, yet would I pay them. Shaz But oh, her mind, that orcus which include Legions of mifchief, countlefs multitude ‘Of former curfes Donne By one countlefs fum of woes oppreft Hoary with cares, and ignorant of reft We find the vital fprings relax'd and worn Thus, thro' the round of age, t'o childhood we return Prior I fee, I cried, his woes, a countlefs train feehis fricnds o'erwhelm'd beneath the main Pope's Odyffey Cried hate upon him; all their pray'rs and lov Shakefpeare's Henry IV ‘Were fet on Hereford adj Cannot a country wench know, that, havin received a fhilling from one that owes her three a fhillin alf fro anothe that owe he three, the remaining debts in each of their hand LEocke are equal I never meant any other, than that Mr. Tro thould confine himielf to country dances. Spetaior He comes no nearer to a pofitive, clear idea of pofitive infinite, than the country fellow had of th water which was yet to pafs the channel of th river where he ftood Talk but with country people, or youn Locke people and you fhall find that the notions they apply thi name te, are o odd, that nobody can imagine the were taught by a rational man Locke countr gentleman learnin a boar in his corn n fi [comié L'Efir Er, comitatus, Ja tin. 1. A fhire; that is, a circuit or portio of the realm, into which the whole lan is divided, for the adminiftration o bu Latin in th univerfity, removes thence to his manfion-houfe Locke The low mechanicks of a country town do fomewhat outdo him Locke Come, we'll e'en to our coyntry feat repair The native home of innocence and love Norris wha liet withi fom ¥.very county is governe by yearly officer, calle a fheriff, who put in execution all the cohmands and judgments of the king's courts Of thef counties four are termed county-palatines a tha of Lancafter Chefter Durham, and Ely. A county-palatin is a jurifdiction of {fo high a nature th chief governor of thefe b fpecial charter from the king, fent ou al writ i thei ow name an di all things touching juftice as abfolutel as the prince himfelf, only acknowledging him their fuperior and fovereign But this power has, by a flatute i Henr VIII bridged 1. Ruftick; rural; villatick an Co‘unty tha ‘The king fet on foot a reformation in the orna Cou'NTRY A countrymian tool county I fee them hurry from country to town, apd the from the town back againinto the country, Spect Hang thofe that talk of fear 3. A farmer ; a hufbandman kingdo And doubtlefs in thecountry chufe her feat. Cowley Send out mor All that "have bufinefs to the court, and al ve countrymen coming up to the city, leave thei in the country Graunt juftice; fo that there is no part of th Would 1 a houfe for happinefs erect Wature alone fhould be the architect She 'd build it more convenient than great All the country, in a general voice Mean while, ere thus was finn'd and judg'd o % CO'UNTRY hi time Ther bee muc are likewif a countie corporate, which are certain cities-or an cient boroughs upon which our prince haye thought good to beftow extraordinary liberties Of thefe Londo is one York another, the city of Chefter third, and Canterbury a fourth An to thefe may be added many more; a the county of the town of Kingfton upo Hull, the county of the town of Haverfordweft, and the county of Litchfield County is, in another fignification, ufe for the county-court Cozvell Difcharge your powers unto their feveral counties As we will ours Shake[peare's Henry I He caught his death the laf where he would go to fee juftic widow-woman 2. An earldom coumty feflions done to a poo and her fatherlefs children Addifon's Spectator 3. [Compré.] A count; alord. Now wholl 2. Of an intereft oppofite to that of courts obfolete as, ' the country party 3. Peculiar to a region or people The gallant, young, and noble gentleman The county Paris Shakefpeare's Romeo and Fulict He made Hugh Lupus county palatine of Chefter and gave thatearldom to him and his heirs, to hol She laughing the crue in her country language tyrant to fcorn, fpak 2 Maccabees, viie 27 4+ Rude ; ignorant ; untaught W make a country ma dumb whom we wil not allow to fpeak but by the rules of grammar Dryden's Dufrefnoy the fame ita libere ad gladium, ficut rex tencbat Angliam ad coronam COUPEE a. f. [French. dancing whe on le Dawvies A motion i is a little ben [from country an and {ufpended from the ground, and wit the other a motion is made forwards 1. One born in the fame country, or trac Locke of ground Chambers 7. / Co'uUNTRYMAN man. comes here See, wh My countryman 3 but yet I know him not Shakefpeare's Macbeth Homer, great bard ! fo fate ordain'd, arofe And, bold as were his countrymen in fight Snatch'd their fair a&ions from degrading profe CO'UPLE. . /. [couple, Fr, ecopula, Lat. 1. A chain or tie that holds dogs together Tl keep my ftable-ftand wher Tlodge my wife Addifon on the War 2. A ruftick; one that inhabits the rura ~ parts ( I'll go in couples with her Than when T feel and fee no further truft her S bakejpeare It is in fome fort with friends as it is with dog in couples Prior And fet their battles in eternal light humotr. unde vigou greate wit a& The Britifh foldier the condué of one whom they ‘do not confider 2. Two He wa only as their leader, but as their countryman the thould be of the fame fize an L Effrange a brace taken up by a couple of fhephesds, an by them brought to life again Sidey A fchoolmafter wh fhal teseh my fo an yours, I will provide; yea, thi\ug_‘!"mt chree do cof me a ¢ouple of huandred pounds 3 Aftham S pec |
