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A Hindoo caravansary.

The art of surveying a region or district.

See Choltry.

The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.

See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry.

That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.

The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.

The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Same as Conchometry.

ove, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. "Little affectations of coquetry." Addison.

Worship paid to the world. Cudworth.

The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount.

noun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. Gen. xxxxii. 9. I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state. Stirling. Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account Milton.…

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

A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.

A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights.

A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.

Same as Prison base.

See Contradance. He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. Macualay.

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.