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Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable.

An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [Obs.] Burrill.

A merchant's office; a countinghouse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as prefix Counter-. [Obs.]

To counterplead. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). [Obs.] At the countretaille, in return. Chaucer.

earance and manners of a rustic; rude. As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified. Lloyd.

To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb.

pronoun) 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.

A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. [Eng.] W. Black. Blackmore.

A woman born, 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.

An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.]

ning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. A beggarly account of empty boxes. Shak.