Part 2500

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Count-wheel</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Count"-wheel`</hw> <tt>(kount"hw?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.</def>

<h1>County</h1> <Xpage=333>

<hw>Coun"ty</hw> <tt>(koun"t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Counties</plw> <tt>(-t<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>comt<?/</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>comitatus</ets>. See <er>Count</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <altname>shire</altname>. See <er>Shire</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Every <b>county</b>, every town, every family, was in agitation. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>A count; an earl or lord.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>County commissioners</col>. <cd>See <er>Commissioner</er>.</cd> -- <col>County corporate</col>, <cd>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. <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <i>Mozley & W</i>.</cd> -- <col>County court</col>, <cd>a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county.</cd> -- <col>County palatine</col>, <cd>a county distingushed by particular privileges; -- so called <i>a palatio</i> (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.</cd> -- <col>County rates</col>, <cd>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.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>County seat</col>, <cd>a county town</cd>. <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>County sessions</col>, <cd>the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>County town</col>, <cd>the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coup</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Coup</hw> <tt>(k??)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr.L. <ets>colaphus</ets> a cuff, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.</def>

<cs><col>Coup de grace</col> <tt>(k<?/<?/" d<i>e</i> gr<?/s")</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety>, <cd>the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke.</cd> -- <col>Coup de main</col> <tt>(k<?/<?/` d<ets>e</ets> m<?/n`)</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a sudden and unexpected movement or attack.</cd> -- <col>Coup de soleil</col> <tt>(k<?/<?/` d s<?/-l<?/l &or; -l<?/"y')</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a sunstroke. See <er>Sunstroke</er>.</cd> -- <col>Coup d'\'82tat</col> <tt>(k<?/<?/" d<?/-t<?/")</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Politics)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Coup d'\'d2il</col> <tt>(k<?/<?/" d<?/l")</tt>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The general effect of a picture.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cou</pable</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Cou<?/pa*ble</hw> <tt>(k??"p?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Culpable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Coup\'82</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Cou`p\'82"</hw> <tt>(k??`p?")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>coup\'82</ets>, p. p. of <ets>couper</ets> to cut. See <er>Coppice</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Couped</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Couped</hw> <tt>(k??pt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>couper</ets> to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See <er>Erased</er>.</def>

<h1>Coupee</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Cou*pee"</hw> <tt>(k??-p?"; F. k??`p?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. coup\'82, n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. <er>Coup\'82</er>, <er>Coopee</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Coupe-gorge</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Coupe`-gorge"</hw> <tt>(k??p`g?rzh")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., cut throat.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Couple</h1> <Xpage=334>