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a painting, or a statue. I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. Denham.

reproach. [Obs.] Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. Hammond.

A curvet. Peacham.

Having the same signification. Cockerham.

is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton.

The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

great prince. [Obs.] Dryden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet.

hich a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. -- Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council meets. -- Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] Barilett. -- Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to…

To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 3.

ense. [Obs.] The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat. Ascham. In countenance, in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." Addison. -- Out of countenance, not bold or as…

d is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature. Sir W. Hamilton.

ens. Shak. Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself. Spenser.

To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a 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.

Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.

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

owers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. -- County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] -- County seat, a…

s a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. Chambers.

by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent course 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.

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.