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A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. B. Jonson.

Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien. So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance. Milton.

At or against the front or face. [R.] Which [darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flier. Sandys.

w outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.

Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.

take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter.

hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.

th and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. Sir W. Hamilton.

A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.

in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.

A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. Gwilt.

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story.

Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macualay.

ardly malignity. Macualay. The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. Burke.

glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.