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r. Swift. Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion Sir W. Scott.

Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs.] Cottomary and woolly pillows. Sir T. Browne.

n rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.

To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.

ceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. Sir T. Browne. Error supports custom, custom countenances error. Milton.

of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature. Sir W. Hamilton.

defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney.

s of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. Sir M. Hale.

An opposite point [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

n weght; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance. Weigts, counterpoising one another. Sir K. Digby.

erview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. Sir W. Hamilton.

the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. "A couple of shepherds." Sir P. Sidney. "A couple of drops" Adduson. "A couple of miles." Dickens. "A couple of weeks." Carlyle. Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. Locke. [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. 2 Sam. xvi. 1.…

the court at door would speak with you. Shak. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. Sir. W. Scott.

ostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton.

A small cover; a lid. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

a cough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge. From crag to crag the signal fiew. Sir W. Scott.

of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. Sir T. More. Cramp bone, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens. -- Cramp ring, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or cur…

Cross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined. "Crass and fumid exhalations." Sir. T. Browne. "Crass ignorance" Cudworth.

rted; spiritless. "His craven heart." Shak. The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott. In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay.

To graze. [Obs.] Sir. L. Davies.