Part 2498

<h1>Countour kn-tr, Countourhouse</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw><hw>Coun*tour"</hw> <tt>(k??n-t??r")</tt>, <hw>Coun*tour"house`</hw> <tt>(-hous`)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Counter</er>.]</ety> <def>A merchant's office; a countinghouse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Countre-</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"tre-</hw> <tt>(koun"ter-)</tt>. <def>Same as prefix <er>Counter-</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Countreplete</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun`tre*plete"</hw> <tt>(-pl?t")</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Countre-</ets> + <ets>plete</ets> to plead.]</ety> <def>To counterplead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Countretaille</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"tre*taille`</hw> <tt>(koun"t?r-t?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>contretaille</ets>; <ets>contre</ets> (L. <ets>contra</ets>) + <ets>taille</ets> cut. See <er>Tally</er>.]</ety> <def>A counter tally; correspondence (in sound).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>At the countretaille</col>, <cd>in return.</cd></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Countrified</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"tri*fied</hw> <tt>(k?n"tr?-f?ld)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.</def>

<blockquote>As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too <b>countrified</b>. <i>Lloyd.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Countrify</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"tri*fy</hw> <tt>(k?n"tr?-f?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic.</def>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Country</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"try</hw> <tt>(k?n"tr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Countries</plw> <tt>(-tr<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>contr<?/e</ets>, LL. <ets>contrata</ets>, fr. L. <ets>contra</ets> over against, on the opposite side. Cf. <er>Counter</er>, <ets>adv</ets>., <er>Contra</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Return unto thy <b>country</b>, and to thy kindred. <i>Gen. xxxxii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of <b>countries</b> cannot change my state. <i>Stirling.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Many a famous realm And <b>country</b>, whereof here needs no account <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.</def>

<blockquote>As they walked, on their way into the <b>country</b>. <i>Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>God made the <b>covatry</b>, and man made the town. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and <b>country</b>. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

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