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Show CHOP Cov The judge took time to deliberate; and the nex court-day he {poke That through the court his courtefy was blown Arbuthnot and Pope CoURT-DRESSER. 7. /. [court and dreffer. One that drefles the court rank ; a flatterer "There are man or perfons o Dryden's Fables You call'd me dog 7. / The mayor in courtefy fhew'd me the caftle Shakefpeare's Richard 111 [court and hand. The fame ftudy, long continued, is as intolerable to them, as the appearing long in the fam clothes or fathion is to a coure-lady Locke of manners full of alts of refpe& Shakelpeare's Coriolanus They are-one while courteous, civil, and obliging; but, within a fmall time after, are fupeicilious, fharp, troublefome, fierce, and exceptious South adv [fro courteons. Refpectfully; civilly; eomplaifantly H though the to b gentleme more worth than their habits bewrayed o muc yet he le &hem courreonfly pafs Wotton Whilft Chrift was upon earth, he was not onl eafy of accefs, he did not only courteonfly recciv all that addrefied themfelves to him, but alfo di not difdain himfelf to travel up and down the country Calamy's Sermons Alcinous, being prevailed upon by the glory o his name, entertained him courteouly Broome Lo URTEOUSNESS. 2. /. [from courteons. Civility5 complaifance COURTESAN )7 /. [cortifana, low LaLo'urTezan. { tin.] A woman of th town ; a proftitute ; a firumpet >Tis a brave night to cool a conrfczan Shakefpeare's King Iear With them there are no ftews, no diffolute houfes no courtefans, nor any thing of that kind ; nay the wonder, with deteftation, at you in Europe, whic permit fuch things Bacon's Neaw Atlantis The Corinthian is a column lafcivioufly decke like a courtezan Watton Charixus, the brother of Sappho, in love wit Rhodope the courtezan, {pent his whole eftate upo her Addifon Co'urTeSY Italian. . f [courtoific, Fr. cortefia 1. Elegance of manners; civility; complaifance Sir, you are very welcome to our houfe It muft appear in other ways than words Therefore I feant this breathing courtefj Shakefpeare's Merchant of Venice Who have feen his eftate, his hofpitality, hi courtefy to ftrangers He wh wa compounde Peacham of all the element of affability and courrefy towards all kind of people brought himfelf to a habit of negle@, and eve of rudenefs, towards the queen Clarendon Courtefy is fooner found in lowly thade With fmoky rafters, than in tap'ftry halls And courts of princes, whence it firft was nam'd Milton Difpraife my work, than praife it froftily Ben yg"fi, Co'urTLY.adj. [from court.] Relati a retaining to the court ; elegant; {oft flattering JIn our own time (excufe fome courtly firain; Some country gitl, fcarce to a coxrt'fy bred Would I much rather than Cornelia wed ; No whiter page than Addifon's remains A tenure, not of right, but by, the fa - vour of others ; as, 70 bold upon courtefy 5. CourTEsY of England. A tenure b which, if a man marry an inheritance that is, 2 woman feifed of land, and getteth a child of her that comes alive int the world, though both the child an his wife die forthwith, yet, if fhe wer in poffeflion, fhall he keep the land durin life hi an is calle tenant pe legem Anglie, or by the courte/y of England Cowell 7o Co'urRTESY. @. z. [from the noun. 1. To perform an a& of reverence: it i now only ufed of women Toby approaches, and courtfies there to me Shake[peare The petty traffickers That court'fy to them, do them reverence Z T lnak Ieverenc a th Shak manne of ladies IfI fhould meet her in my way We hardly court'fy to each other The as if I had been her godmother: the truth on't is; endeavoured to make her look fomething Chriftian-like Congreve's Old Bachelor Prior Co'urTIER. 7. /. [from court. 1. One that frequents or attends the court of princes He hath been a courtier, he fivears If any man doubts that, let him put me to m purgation. I have trod,a meafure; I have flattere alady ; I have been politick with my fiiend, {moot with mine enemy; I have undone three taylors; have had four quarrels, and like to have fough one Shakefpeare's As you like i You are a flattering boy; now, I fee you'll be Shakefpeare's Merry Wives of Windfor courtier You know I am no courtier, nor verfed in frateBacon affairs The principal figure in a pi€ture, is like a kin among his coxrtiers, who ought to dim the luftr Dryden of his attendants 2. One that courts or folicits the favour o another Pope whic ‘can prodyc expreffe {o muc the converfation of gentleman, as Sir John Suckling Dryden on Dramatich Portry Co'urTsHIP, n [ [fromicours. 1. The a& of foliciting favour He paid his éourifhip with the crowd . As far as modeft pride allow'd was not amon Sawift 1 2." The folicitation of a woman to marriage Be merry, and employ your chiefeft thought To courtfbip, and fuch fair oftents of love As fhall conveniently become you there Shakefpeare's Merchant of Vesice In tediou ccurtfl:ip we declare our pain And ere we kindnels find, firft meet difdain, Dryder's Indian Emperor Every man in the time of courtfbip, and'in th firft entrance of marriage, puts on a behaviour lik _ my correfpondent's holiday fuit 3. Civility Addifon's Guard elegance of manners My courtfhip to an univerfity My modefty 1 give to foldiers bare My patience te a gamefter's fhare confanguineus COUSIN. 7. /. [coufin, Fr Lat. Dinpe 1. Any one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or fifter Macbeth unfeam'd him Oh valiant coufin! worthy gentleman! Shakefpeare Tybalt, my coafin! O my brother's child Unhappy fight! alas, the blood is fpill' % Shakefp n. Romeo and Fulie Of my dear kinfm Thou art, great lord, my father's fifter's fon And coufin german to great Priam's feed Shake[peare's Trvilus and Creffida z. A title given by the king to a nobleman, particularly to thofe of the coucil COW 7. /. [in the plural anciently #in or keen, now commonly cows5 cu, Sax koe, Dutch.] The female of the bull the horned animal with cloven feet, kep for her milk and. calves We fee that the horns of oxen and cows, fo the moft part, are larger than the bull's; whigh 1 caufe by abundanc of ‘moifture whic ia th p,ydm:Fflb ;‘ Ther courtier of the people than Richard IIL.; not ou of fear, but wifdoma Suckling To drench the capitol? Shakefp. Antony and Cleop all our princes a greate With the arm'd reft, courtiers of beauteous freedom nothinhg fo courtly writ, o Bacon horns of the bull faileth After the fever is diminiflleg, afl'e; :::‘go?t milk ‘may be neceflary ; yea, a diet of W ifemar's Surgery g alone Then, leaving in the fields his grasing cow He fought himfelf fome hofpitable houfe Wha Made thee, all honour'd, honeft Roman Brutus Co'urTLY. adv. In the manner of courts elegantly haughty, proud, and vain She brought her father's triumphs in her train Dryden's Fuvenal 4 Courtling, I rather thou fhould'#t ‘utterl 3. The reverence made by women The poor creature was as full of cowrtefie 2. /. [from court,] Agou? tier; a retainer to a court for not ftaying for the firft blow; or for not accepting Polyphemus's courtefy, to be the laft tha Bacon {hall bt eaten up polite ; well-bred He bach deferved worthily of his country; an ‘his afcent is not by fuch eafy degrees, as thofe wh have been fupple and courreous to the people Lo'urRTEOUSLY CourTLING Other ftates, affuredly, cannot be juftly accufe If, fupercilious 1 J?c'flxg_hte& pal;;t tga;)yobu éxce¥ iP, is courtlipf or Dighy to Sir Kenelyy Dig A fecond time do fuch a courrefy Shakefpeare's Henry 1V Co'urTEOUS. adj. [courtois, French.] Elegan For heav'n to earth fome of us never fhal He can make obligations, and write court-bard Shakefpeare Covrr-Lap¥. n. [0 [cours and lady.] lady converfant or employed in court complaifance ; civility Sound all the lofty inftruments of war And by that mufick let us all embrace The hand or manner of writing ufed i records and judicial proceedings CourTLINESS. 7. /. [from courtly.] Bl gance of manners; grace of Ini When I was laft at Exeter L' Efirange Camden's Remg; ( dins Shakefpeare's King Lear pleafures, courtfavours, and commiffions; and a laft, when we have fold ourfelves to our lufts, w CourT-HaND Italian Repofe you there, while I to the hard houf Return, and force their fcanted courtefy the bleflings of both worlds fo as the 'Hebrew, or as lear;led as theo Greck fluent < as the Latin, as courtesus as 7 986 he-§ an courtlike as the French, and as amomups n;:ih '}f and, for thefe courtefies T'll lend you thus much money Shakefpeare's Merchant of Venice and refemblances, b Locke grow fick of our bargain Our Englith tongue s, I will no You fpurn'd me fuch a day; another tim Courrt-ravour. z /. Favours or benefits beftowed by princes We part wit gant ; polite z. An a& of civility or refpeét ways of fallacy; fuch arts o giving colours, appearances this court-dreffer, fancy Co'vrTine See CURTAIN Co'URTLIKE. adj. [court and like. So gentle of condition was he known Good Creton entertain'd his godlike gueft |