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Corrodible. Bailey.

The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey.

A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide.

rrived when it was thought that the mask and the cothurn might be assumed with effect. Motley.

A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

rn a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. His left hand countered provokingly. C. Kingsley.

officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] Mozley & W. -- County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. -- County palatine, a county distingushed by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powe…

e to Ilium's well known shore. Dennham. Westward the course of empire takes its way. Berkeley.

A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. The courts the house of our God. Ps. cxxxv. 2. And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf cloisters. Tennyson. Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. Macualay.

Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace cover him round. Cowley.

; protected; as, a covert nook. Wordsworth. Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. Bacon.

Same as Cow parsley.

Crimson. [Obs.] A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley.

An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. Bailey.

f the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]

The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit. Bailey.

Frequency. [Obs.] Bailey.

Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.

Twilight. Bailey.