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ralian aborigines celebrate tribal events of importance. Symbolic dances are given by the young men of the tribe, while the women act as musicians.

rrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. Shak.

, etc., is requisite to secure benefitt. One day shall crown the alliance on 't so please you, Here at my house, and at my proper cost. Shak. At less cost of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion. Prescott.

. Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.

; formal; close; cold. [Obs.] "A costive brain." Prior. "Costive of laughter." B. Jonson. You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, but without being costive. Lord Chesterfield.

her, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side. [Archaic] A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.

who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.

ree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with. [Colloq.] A quarrel will end in one of you being turned off, in which case it will not be easy to cotton with another. Swift. Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion Sir W. Scott.

To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. Shak.

e to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.

The face; the features. In countenance somewhat doth resemble you. Shak.

wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter. This is counter, you false Danish dogs! Shak.

A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.

having qualities lacking in another; an opposite. O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. Dryden.

ple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.

er; disposition. [Obs.] So priketh hem nature in here corages. Chaucer. My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes your followers faint. Shak.

general course of the action. Shak. By perseverance in the course prescribed. Wodsworth. You hold your course without remorse. Tennyson.

gn in his regal state. My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. Shak. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. Sir. W. Scott.

civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness. My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you. Shak.

One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court. You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state affairs. Bacon. This courtier got a frigate, and that a company. Macualay.