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politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving.

of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. The valley of the shadow of death. Ps. xxiii. 4. Sweet interchange Of hill and valle…

alue, either real or apparent; to enhance in value. [Obs.] Some value themselves to their country by jealousies of the crown. Sir W. Temple.

ary oft their love and hate. Waller. We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies. Dryden.

A region or tract of land; esp., the open field; grass country. [South Africa]

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. "A vernacular disease." Harvey. His skill the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue. Fuller. Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted. Pope.…

The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.

The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.

propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats. A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers. Jer. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country. Vicontiel rents. See Vicontiels. -- Vicontiel writs, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.

A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance. Dryden. Cowper.

A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city. Village cart, a kind of two-wheeled pleasure carriage without a top.

to set free; to deliver. [Obs.] I am confident he deserves much more That vindicates his country from a tyrant Than he that saves a citizen. Massinger.

. Shak. I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country. Massinger.

; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.

in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country. I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. J. Fletcher. So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds. Milton. All th…

Rom. vi. 23. Wages fund (Polit. Econ.), the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is unconditionally destined to be paid out in wages. It was formerly held, by Mill and other political economists, that the average rate of wages in any country at any time depended upon the relation o…

The country rock bounding a vein laterally. Raymond.

tes, hence the name is often used for the money market and the financial interests of the country.

his heart. Ps. lv. 21. Civil war, a war between different sections or parties of the same country or nation. -- Holy war. See under Holy. -- Man of war. (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Public war, a war between independent sovereign states. -- War cry, a cry or signal used in war; as, the Indian war cry. -- War…