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matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. Macaulay.

one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon. Who can count the dust of Jacob Num. xxiii. 10. In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. Macaulay.

A national bank not in a reserve city. [Colloq., U. S.]

, 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 county town. [U.S.] -- County sessions, the general quar…

To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.] A parson who couples all our beggars. Swift.

A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [Engl.]

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in aithority; all the surroundings of a sovereign 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.

One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.

A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.

uise; a cloack. "Under cover of the night." Macualay. A hendsome cover for imperfections. Collier.

A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.

Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.

t burglary. [Slang] -- To crack on, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.]

Crack-brained. [Colloq.]

Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers. The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new craft guilds. J. R. Green.

ial occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. [Colloq.]

practicable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter. [Colloq.]

Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety. [Colloq.]

Creepy. [Colloq.]