Part 2510

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Courtly</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"ly</hw> <tt>(-l?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Court</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating or belonging to a court.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.</def>

<blockquote>In <b>courtly</b> company or at my beads. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.</def>

<i>Macualay.</i>

<h1>Courtly</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.</def>

<blockquote>They can produce nothing so <b>courtly</b> writ. <i>Dryden</i></blockquote>

<h1>Court-martial</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court`-mar"tial</hw> <tt>(k?rt`m?r"sh<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Courts-martial</plw> <tt>(k<?/rts`-)</tt>.</plu> <def>A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.</def>

<h1>Court-martial</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court`-mar"tial</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Court-martialed</er> <tt>(-sh<it>a</it>ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Court-martialing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To subject to trial by a court-martial.</def>

<h1>Court-plaster</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"-plas`ter</hw> <tt>(k?rt"pl?s`t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.</def>

<h1>Courtship</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court"ship</hw> <tt>(k?rt"sh?p)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.</def>

<blockquote>This method of <b>courtship</b>, [by which] both sides are prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are to follow. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Trim gallants, full of <b>courtship</b> and of state. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She [the Queen] being composed of <b>courtship</b> and Popery. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Court tennis</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Court" ten"nis</hw> <tt>(k?rt" t?n"n?s)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Tennis</er>.</def>

<h1>Courtyard</h1> <Xpage=335>