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3,369 words match “SAME”

COUNTERPART n.
anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile. In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. Sir M. Hale.
COUNTERTRIPPING a.
Same as Countertrippant.
COUNTESS n.
British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
COUNTRE- n.
Same as prefix Counter-. [Obs.]
COUNTRY-BASE n.
Same as Prison base.
COUNTRYMAN n.
One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26.
COUNTRYWOMAN n.
orn, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak.
COUNTY n.
called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. -- County rates, rates levied upon the county…
COUPLE n. 2 definitions
bs.] It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size and humor. L'Estrange. I'll go in couples with her. Shak.
COURSE n. 3 definitions
THe ground or path traversed; track; way. The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket. Pennant.
COURT n.
ate, or any one of them. -- Court breeding, education acquired at court. -- Court card. Same as Coat card. -- Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer speci…
COVARIANT n.
nd the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.
COWRIE n.
Same as Kauri.
COWSLIP n.
erican cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West (Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order (Primulaceæ) with the English cowslip. -- French cowslip (Bot.), bear's-ear (Primula Auricula).
COWWEED n.
Same as Cow parsley.
COXCOMB n.
al plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.
COYSTREL n.
Same as Coistril.
CRACKER n.
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears Shak.
CRAP SHOOTING n.
Same as Craps.
CRAPULA; CRAPULE n.
Same as Crapulence.
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