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keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. Chambers.

To inspire with courage. [Obs.] Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him. Tyndale.

Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance. A light 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.

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

A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.

A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]

A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

Children would be freer from disease if they were not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers. Locke. Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame things. Shak.

Crimson. [Obs.] A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley.

An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.

ion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mamoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.

The act or motion of crawling;

nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

believe on slight evidence; easly imposed upon; unsuspecting. Landor. Eve, our credulous mother. Milton.