Part 2511

<hw>Court"yard</hw> <tt>(k?rt"y?rd`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A court or inclosure attached to a house.</def>

<h1>Couscous</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"cous`</hw> <tt>(k??s"k??s`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also <altname>lalo</altname>.</def>

<h1>Couscousou</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous`cou*sou"</hw> <tt>(k??s`k??-s??")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A favorite dish in Barbary. See <er>Couscous</er>.</def>

<h1>Cousin</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in</hw> <tt>(k?z"'n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cousin</ets>, LL. <ets>cosinus</ets>, <ets>cusinus</ets>, contr. from L. <ets>consobrinus</ets> the child of a mother's sister, cousin; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>sobrinus</ets> a cousin by the mother's side, a form derived fr. <ets>soror</ets> (for<ets>sosor</ets>) sister. See <er>Sister</er>, and cf. <er>Cozen</er>, <er>Coz</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.</def>

<note>&hand; The children of brothers and sisters are usually denominated <i>first cousins</i>, or <i>cousins-german</i>. In the second generation, they are called <i>second cousins</i>. See <er>Cater-cousin</er>, and <er>Quater-cousin</er>.</note>

<blockquote>Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son, A <b>cousin-german</b> to great Priam's seed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.</def>

<blockquote>My noble lords and <b>cousins</b>, all, good morrow. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cousin</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Allied; akin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Cousinage</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in*age</hw> <tt>(-?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cousinage</ets>, OF., also, <ets>cosinage</ets>. Cf. <er>Cosinage</er>, <er>Cozenage</er>.]</ety> <def>Relationship; kinship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Cousin-german</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in-ger"man</hw> <tt>(-j?r"m<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cousin</ets> + <ets>german</ets> closely akin.]</ety> <def>A first cousin. See Note under <er>Cousin</er>, 1.</def>

<h1>Cousinhood</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in*hood</hw> <tt>(-h??d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.</def>

<h1>Cousinly</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like or becoming a cousin.</def>

<h1>Cousinry</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in*ry</hw> <tt>(k?z"'n-r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.</def>

<h1>Cousinship</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cous"in*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>