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no courtier, nor versed in state affairs. Bacon. This courtier got a frigate, and that a company. Macualay.

Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering. In courtly company or at my beads. Shak.

A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.

A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities. ]

A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng. There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. Spenser. Faithful to whom to thy rebellious crew Milton.

To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng. The whole company crowded about the fire. Addison. Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words. Macaulay.

A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt. Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players Shak.

ove with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhytmically. Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. Wiher. Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with yo…

The chairman of an incorporated company. [Scot.]

The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. Shipley. -- Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is…

ebenture stock the holders are not entitled to demand payment until the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the case of railway debentures, they cannot demand payment of the principal, and the debtor company cannot redeem the stock, except by autho…

earer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. Shak.

h; manifested want; desire to posses; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand. In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and the demand became immense. Macaulay.

om use, as money. They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. R. Cobden.

ing to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.

o eat; to take one's meals. [Obs.] Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.

One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company. A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate. Byron.

One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company. What made directors cheat in South-Sea year Pope.