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A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott.

The state of a communty which permits promiseuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.] Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.

A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.

choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak.

To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. They cocked their hats in each other's faces. Macaulay.

cknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.] -- County commissioners, certain administrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.]

A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States. Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House. Barlett.

A town in the county of Warwick, England. To send to Coventry, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. -- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

(r Etym: [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

f loss of life. Swiftly flies the feathered death. Dryden. He caught his death the last county sessions. Addison.

which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.

; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak.

One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. [R.] Bailey.

xhibit calomel. To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. -- To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.]

ust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- calles also pontee and punty.

, a sorry figure. I made some figure there. Dryden. Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. Blackstone.

other, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent. Cowell.

ordinary size or power. Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.