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a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.

A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.

A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe. "Within a little thorp I staid." Fairfax. Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.

Over the whole surface or extent of; as, to ride through the country; to look through an account.

Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. -- n.

A countryman or clown; a boorish person.

direct object or subject; thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see (Matt. xi. 8). Then longen folk to g…

vals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. Shak. Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. Pope.

A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court. Cowell.

The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller.

A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. Fuller.

To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. T. Hughes.

any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities. God made the country, and man made the town. Cowper.

The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.

The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.

ng and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.

One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war ag…

A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress. Dryden.

To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country. [Colloq.]

undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil. A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. De Quincey.