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& 559. Fite 73, f&r 77, fall 83, fit 81— me 93, m£t 95—pine 105, pin 107—ni 102, m&ve 1G-1,

or manner of writing used in records and ju-dicial proceedings. , ,

COURT-LADY, kArte-la'de, s. A lady con-

versant in court. , 2

COURTEOUS, kur'tslie-us, a. 314. Elegantof manners, well bred^.

COURTEOUSLY, kur'tshe-us-Ie, ad. Re-spectfully, civilly, compiaisuntlv.COURTEOUSNESS, kur'tsh&-us-nes, s.Civility, complaisance.

COURTESAN , 1,2.1 \ , ( s . 523. A

COURTEZAN, J fcur - te - z ^i, { woman of

the town ; a prostitute, a strumpet.COURTESY, kur'te-se, s. Elegance of man-ners, civility, complaisance ; an act of civilityor respect; a tenure, not of right, but of thefavour of others.

COURTESY, kurtse, s. The reverencemade by women.

fcj* This word, when it signifies an act of reverence,is not only deprived of one of its syllables by allspeakers, but by the vulgar has its last syllable changedinto ceh or tshe, as if written curt-she ; this impro-priety, however, seems tlaily to lose ground evenamong the lower orders of the people, who begin torestore the s to its pure sound.

To COURTESY, kurt'se, i\ n. To performan act of reverence ; to make a reverence inthe manner of ladies,

COURTIER, korte'yur, s. 113. One thatfrequents or attends the courts of princes; onethat courts or solicits the favour of another.

COURTLIKE, kArte'like, a. Elegant, polite.

COURTLINESS, k/>rt'l4-nes, s. Eleganceof manners, complaisance, civility.

COURTLY, kArti'lt, a. Relating or apper-taining to the court, elegant, soft, flattering.

COURTSHIP, kArte'shlp, s. The act of so-liciting favour ; the solicitation of a womanto marriage.

COUSIN, kuz'zn, s. 314, 159. Any one col-laterally related more remotely than a brotheror a sister ; a title given by the king to a no-bleman, particularly to those of the council.

COW, kou, s. 323. The female of the bull.

To COW, kou, v. a. To depress with fear.

COW-HERD, kou'herd, s. One whose oc-cupation is to tend cows.

COW-HOUSE, kou'house, s. The house inwhich kine are kept.

COW-LEECH, kdu'ljtsh, s. One who pro-fesses to cure distempered cows.

COW-WEED, ko.Vwede, $. A species ofchervil.

COW-WHEAT, kouhwete, s. A plant.

COWARD, koiVurd, s. 88, 323. A poltroon,a wretch whose predominant passion is fear ;it is sometimes used in the manner of an ad-jective. , , 2 7

COWARDICE, kbu'ur-dis, s. 142. Fear ,habitual timidity , want of ? coursige.

COWARDLINESS, kbu'urd-le-nes, s. Ti-

midity, cowardice.

COWARDLY, kou urd-lc, «. Fearful, timo-rous, pusillanimous; mean, befitting a coward.

COWARDLY, kou'urd-le, «d. In the man-ner of a coward.

To COWER, kou'ur, t>. n. 223. To sink bybending the knees, to stoop, to shrink.

COWISH, kou'isli, a. Timorous, fearful.Not used.

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COWKEEPER, kbu'ke-pur, s. One whosebusiness is to keep cows.

COWL, k5ul, s. 323. A monk’s hood; avessel in which water is carried on a pole be-tween two.

COWL-STAFF, koul'stdf, s. The staff onwhich a vessel is supported between two men.

COWSLIP , kAu'slip, s. Cowslip is alsocalled pagil, and is a species of primrose.

COXCOMB, kdks'kome, s. The top of thehead ; the comb resembling that of a cock,which licensed fools wore formerly in theircaps ; a flower ; a fop, a superficial prelender.

COXCOMBRY, k&ks'com-re, 5. Foppish-ness .—Lady Mary W. Montague,

COXCOMICAL,ktiks-k<>m'ik-;ll,a.Foppish,

conceited.

COY, koe, rt. Modest, decent; reserved,not accessible.

To COY, koe, r. n. 329. To behave with re-serve, to reject familiarity ; not to condescendwillingly.

COYLY, koe'le, ad. With reserve.

COYNESS, koines, s. Reserve, unwilling-ness to become familiar.

COZ, kuz, s. A cant or familiar word, con-tracted from cousin.

To COZEN, kSz'zn, v. a. 159,314. To cheat,to trick, to defraud.

COZENAGE, kuz'zn-ije, $. 90. Fraud, de-,ceit, trick, cheat.

COZENER, kuz'zn-ur, s. 98. A cheater, adefrauder.

CRAB , kr&b, s. A shell fish ; a wild apple,the tree that bears a wild apple; a peevish,morose person; a wooden engine with threeclaws for launching of ships; a sign of the

CRABBED, kr&b'bid, a. 366. Peevish,morose; harsh,unpleasing; difficult,perplexing.

CRABBKDLY, krab'bed-le, ad. Peevishly.

CRABBEDNESS, kr£b'b£d-n£s, s. Sournessof taste ; sourness of countenance, asperityof manners; difficulty.

CRABKR, krk'bur, s. The water-rat.

CRABS-EYES, krilbs'ize, s. Small whitishbodies found in the common crawfish, resem-bling the eyes of a crab.

CRACK, krilk, s. A sudden disruption;chink, fissure, narrow breach ; the sound ofany body bursting or falling ; any sudden and(juick sound; any breach, injury, or diminu-tion, a flaw ; craziness of intellect; a mancrazed ; a whore ; a boast; a boaster. Theselast are low and vulgar uses of the word.

To CRACK, krdk, v. a. To break intochinks; to break, to split; to do any thing withquickness or smartness ; to break or destroyany thing ; to craze, to weaken the intellect.

To CRACK, krdk, t\ n. To burst, to openin chinks ; to fall to ruin ; to utter a loud andsudden sound ; to boast, with Of.

CRACK-BRAINED, knlk-brand', a . 359.

Crazy, without right reason.

CRACK-HEMP, krak'hemp, s. A wretch

fated to tlie gallows- A low word.

CRACKER, krilk'ur, s. A noisy boastingfollow; a quantity of gunpowder confined soas to burst with gicat noise.

To CRACKLE, krdkTd.v. n. 405. To makeslight cracks, to make small and frequent*Mlrp sounds.