Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 138
Course (n.) Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.
My lord of York commends the plot and the general course of the action. -- Shak.
By perseverance in the course prescribed. -- Wodsworth.
You hold your course without remorse. -- Tennyson.
Course (n.) A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.
Course (n.) The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
He appointed . . . the courses of the priests -- 2 Chron. viii. 14.
Course (n.) That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.
He [Goldsmith] wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several courses, paid court to venal beauties. -- Macaulay.
Course (n.) (Arch.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. -- Gwilt.
Course (n.) (Naut.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.
Course (n.) pl. (Physiol.) The menses.
In course, In regular succession.
Of course, By consequence; as a matter of course; in regular or natural order.
In the course of, At same time or times during. "In the course of human events." -- T. Jefferson.
Syn: Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress.
Coursed (imp. & p. p.) of Course.
Coursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Course.
Course (v. t.) To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.
We coursed him at the heels. -- Shak.
Course (v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.
Course (v. t.) To run through or over.
The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. -- Pope.
Course (v. i.) To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.
Course (v. i.) To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. -- Shak.
Course (adv.) As might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill" [syn: naturally, of course, course] [ant: unnaturally].
Course (n.) Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course of instruction, class].
Course (n.) A connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available" [syn: course, line].
Course (n.) General line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: course, trend].
Course (n.) A mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place" [syn: course, course of action].
Course (n.) A line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: path, track, course].
Course (n.) A body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course].
Course (n.) Part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal".
Course (n.) (Construction) A layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn: course, row].
Course (n.) Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile."
Course (v.) Move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic".
Course (v.) Move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow, feed, course].
Course (v.) Hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares".
COURSE. () The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
COURSE. () When there are no monuments, (q.v.) the land must be bounded by the courses and distances mentioned in the patent or deed. 4 Wheat. 444; 3 Pet. 96; 3 Murph. 82; 2 Har. & John. 267; 5 Har. & John. 254. When the lines are actually marked, they must be adhered to, though they vary from the course mentioned in the deeds. 2 Overt. 304; 7 Wheat. 7. 1 See 3 Call, 239 7 Mont. 333. Vide Boundary; Line.
Coursed (a.) Hunted; as, a coursed hare.
Coursed (a.) Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.
Courser (n.) One who courses or hunts.
Leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. -- Hanmer.
Courser (n.) A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] -- Pope.
Courser (n.) (Zool.) A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.
Courser (n.) A huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey.
Courser (n.) Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle [syn: charger, courser].
Courser (n.) A dog trained for coursing.
Courser (n.) Swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles.
Coursey (n.) (Naut.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Coursing (n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. -- Bacon
Coursing (n.) Hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent.
Court (n.) An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
The courts of the house of our God. -- Ps. cxxxv. 2.
And round the cool green courts there ran a row Of cloisters. -- Tennyson.
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. -- Macaulay.
Court (n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
Attends the emperor in his royal court. -- Shak.
This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. -- Shak.
Court (n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. -- Shak.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Court (n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.
The princesses held their court within the fortress. -- Macaulay.
Court (n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
No solace could her paramour intreat Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance. -- Spenser.
I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. -- Evelyn.
Court (n.) (Law) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
Court (n.) (Law) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.
Court (n.) (Law) A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
Court (n.) (Law) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment. -- Shak.
Court (n.) The session of a judicial assembly.
Court (n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
Court (n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
Christian court, The English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them.
Court breeding, Education acquired at court.
Court card. Same as Coat card.
Court circular, One or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] -- Edwards.
Court of claims (Law), A court for settling claims against a state or government; specif., a court of the United States, created by act of Congress, and holding its sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes may advise the government as to its liabilities.
Court day, A day on which a court sits to administer justice.
Court dress, The dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign.
Court fool, A buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement.
Court guide, A directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town.
Court hand, The hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. -- Shak.
Court lands (Eng. Law), Lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family.
Court marshal, One who acts as marshal for a court.
Court party, A party attached to the court.
Court rolls, The records of a court. See{Roll"> Court rolls, the records of a court. See {Roll.
Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius.
Court of Arches, Audience, etc. See under Arches, Audience, etc.
Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n.
Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under Common.
Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery.
Court of Inquiry (Mil.), A court appointed to inquire into and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an officer.
Court of St. James, The usual designation of the British Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James, which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and drawing-rooms.
The court of the Lord, The temple at Jerusalem; hence, a church, or Christian house of worship.
General Court, The legislature of a State; -- so called from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as, the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.]
To pay one's court, To seek to gain favor by attentions. "Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to Tissaphernes." -- Jowett.
To put out of court, To refuse further judicial hearing.
Courted (imp. & p. p.) of Court.
Courting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Court.
Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.
By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted. -- Macaulay.
Court (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.
If either of you both love Katharina . . . Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. -- Shak.
Court (v. t.) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.
They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdom. -- Prescott.
Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and solitude. -- De Quincey.
Court (v. t.) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. -- Tennyson.
Court (v. i.) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.
Court (n.) An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court, tribunal, judicature].
Court (n.) A room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom" [syn: court, courtroom].
Court (n.) The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state [syn: court, royal court].
Court (n.) A specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance."
Court (n.) Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947) [syn: Court, Margaret Court].
Court (n.) The family and retinue of a sovereign or prince [syn: court, royal court].
Court (n.) A hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area [syn: motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist court, court].
Court (n.) A tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws [syn: court, lawcourt, court of law, court of justice].
Court (n.) The residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court".
Court (n.) An area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" [syn: court, courtyard].
Court (n.) Respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor" [syn: court, homage].
Court (v.) Make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: woo, court, romance, solicit].
Court (v.) Seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo, court].
Court (v.) Engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years".
Court, () The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh. 3:25), of a private house (2 Sam. 17:18), and of a king's palace (2 Kings 20:4).
Court, () practice. A court is an incorporeal political being, which requires for its existence, the presence of the judges, or a competent number of them, and a clerk or prothonotary, at the time during which, and at the place where it is by law authorized to be held; and the performance of some public act, indicative of a design to perform the functions of a court.
Court, () In another sense, the judges, clerk, or prothonotary, counsellors and ministerial officers, are said to constitute the court.
Court, () According to Lord, Coke, a court is a place where justice is judicially administered. Co. Litt. 58, a.
Court, () The judges, when duly convened, are also called the court. Vide 6 Vin. Ab. 484; Wheat. Dig. 127; Merl. Rep. h.t.; 3 Com. Dig. 300; 8 Id. 386; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Court, () It sometimes happens that the judges composing a court are equally divided on questions discussed before them. It has been decided, that when such is the case on an appeal or writ of error, the judgment or decree is affirmed. 10 Wheat. 66; 11 Id. 59. If it occurs on a motion in arrest of judgment, a judgment is to be entered on the verdict. 2 Dall. Rep. 388. If on a motion for a new trial, the motion is rejected. 6 Wheat. 542. If on a motion to enter judgment on a verdict, the judgment is entered. 6 Binn. 100. In England, if the house of lords be equally divided on a writ of error, the judgment of the court below is affirmed. 1 Arch. Pr. 235. So in Cam. Scacc. 1 Arch. Pr. 240. But in error coram nobis, no judgment can be given if the judges are equally divided, except by consent. 1 Arch. Pr. 246. When the judges are equally divided on the admission of testimony, it cannot be received. But see 3 Yeates, 171. Also, 2 Bin. 173; 3 Bin. 113 4 Bin. 157; 1 Johns. Rep. 118 4 Wash. C. C. Rep. 332, 3. See Division of Opinion.
Court, () Courts are of various kinds. When considered as to their powers, they are of record and not of record; Bac. Ab. Courts, D; when compared. to each other, they are supreme, superior, and inferior, Id.; when examined as to their original jurisdiction, they are civil or criminal; when viewed as to their territorial jurisdiction, they are central or local; when divided as to their object, they are courts of law, courts of equity, courts martial, admiralty courts, and ecclesiastical courts. They are also courts of original jurisdiction, courts of error, and courts of appeal. Vide Open Court.
Court, () Courts of record cannot be deprived of their jurisdiction except by express negative words. 9 Serg. & R. 298; 3 Yeates, 479 2 Burr. 1042 1 Wm. Bl. Rep. 285. And such a court is the court of common pleas in Pennsylvania. 6 Serg. & R. 246.
Court, () Courts of equity are not, in general, courts of record. Their decrees touch the person, not lands. or goods. 3 Caines, 36. Yet, as to personalty, their decrees are equal to a judgment; 2. Madd. Chan. 355; 2 Salk., 507; 1 Ver. 214; 3 Caines, 35; and have preference according to priority. 3 P. Wms. 401 n.; Cas. Temp. Talb. 217; 4 Bro. P. C. 287; 4 Johns. Chan. Cas. 638. They are also conclusive between the parties. 6 Wheat. 109. Assumpsit will lie on a decree of a foreign court of chancery for a sum certain; 1 Campb. Rep. 253, per Lord Kenyon; but not for a sum not ascertained. 3 Caines, 37, (n.) In Pennsylvania, an action at law will lie on a decree of a court of chancery, but the pleas nil debet and nul tiel record cannot be pleaded in such an action. 9 Serg. & R. 258.
Court, () Prize. One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court. Vide Prize Court.
Court, () Instance. One of the branches of the English admiralty is called an instance court. Vide Instance Court.
Court, () Supreme. Supreme court is the name of a court having jurisdiction over all other courts Vide Courts of the United States.
Court-baron (n.) (Law) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.
Courtbred (a.) Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.
Court-craft (n.) The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.
Court-cupboard (n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.]
A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. -- Shak.
Courteous (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.
A patient and courteous bearing. -- Prescott.
His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. -- Fuller.
Courteous (a.) Exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture" [syn: courteous, gracious, nice].
Courteous (a.) Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world" -- Francis Bacon [ant: discourteous].
Courteously (adv.) In a courteous manner.
Courteously (adv.) In a polite manner; "the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'" [syn: politely, courteously] [ant: discourteously, impolitely, rudely].
Courteousness (n.) The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
Courtepy (n.) A short coat of coarse cloth. [Obs.]
Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. -- Chaucer.
Courter (n.) One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. -- Sherwood.
Courtesan (n.) A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Courtesan (n.) A woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour].
Courtesanship (n.) Harlotry.
Courtesies (n. pl. ) of Courtesy.
Courtesy (n.) Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. -- Milton.
Pardon me, Messer Claudio, if once more I use the ancient courtesies of speech. -- Longfellow.
Courtesy (n.) An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you. -- Shak.
Courtesy (n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.
Courtesy title, A title assumed by a person, or popularly conceded to him, to which he has no valid claim; as, the courtesy title of Lord prefixed to the names of the younger sons of noblemen.
Syn: Politeness; urbanity; civility; complaisance; affability; courteousness; elegance; refinement; courtliness; good breeding. See Politeness.
Courtesy (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees. [Written also curtsy and curtsey.]
The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual. -- Golgsmith.
Courtesied (imp. & p. p.) of Courtesy.
Courtesying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Courtesy.
Courtesy (v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.
Courtesy (v. t.) To treat with civility. [Obs.]
Courtesy (n.) A courteous or respectful or considerate act.
Courtesy (n.) A courteous or respectful or considerate remark.
Courtesy (n.) A courteous manner [syn: courtesy, good manners] [ant: discourtesy, rudeness].
Courtesy, or Curtesy, Scotch law. A right which vests in the husband, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce. Courtesy requires, 1st. That there shall have been a living child born of the marriage, who is heir of the wife, or who, if surviving, would have been entitled to succeed. 2d. That the wife shall have succeeded to the subjects in question as heir either of line, or of talzie, or of provision. 1 Bell's Com. 61; 2 Ersk. 9, 53. See Curtesy.
Courthouse (n.) [C] 法院大樓；【美】縣府大樓；（美國南部的）縣城 A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings. [U. S.]
Courthouse (n.) A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.
Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House. -- Barlett.
Courthouse (n.) A government building that houses the offices of a county government.
Courthouse (n.) A building that houses judicial courts.
Courtier (n.) One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.
You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state affairs. -- Bacon.
This courtier got a frigate, and that a company. -- Macaulay.
Courtier (n.) One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.
There was not among all our princes a greater courtier of the people than Richard III. -- Suckling.
Courtier (n.) An attendant at the court of a sovereign.
Courtiery (n.) The manners of a courtier; courtliness. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Court-leet (n.) (Eng. Law) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. -- Blackstone.
Courtlike (a.) After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.
Courtliness (n.) The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.
Courtliness (n.) Elegance suggestive of a royal court.
Courtling (n.) A sycophantic courtier. -- B. Jonson.
Courtly (a.) Relating or belonging to a court.
Courtly (a.) Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
In courtly company or at my beads. -- Shak.
Courtly (a.) Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious. -- Macaulay.
Courtly (adv.) In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
They can produce nothing so courtly writ. -- Dryden
Courtly (a.) Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, formal, stately].
Courts-martial (n. pl. ) of Court-martial.
Court-martial (n.) A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.
Court-martialed (imp. & p. p.) of Court-martial.
Court-martialing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Court-martial.
Court-martial (v. t.) To subject to trial by a court-martial.
Court-plaster (n.) Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.
Courtship (n.) The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. -- Swift.
Courtship (n.) The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.
This method of courtship, [by which] both sides are prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are to follow. -- Goldsmith.
Courtship (n.) Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. [Obs.]
Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state. -- Shak.
Courtship (n.) Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse. [Obs.]
She [the Queen] being composed of courtship and Popery. -- Fuller.
Courtship (n.) A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship" [syn: courtship, wooing, courting, suit].
Court tennis () See under Tennis.
Court tennis (n.) An ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court [syn: royal tennis, real tennis, court tennis].
Courtyard (n.) A court or inclosure attached to a house.
Courtyard (n.) An area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" [syn: court, courtyard].
Couscous (n.) A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.
Couscous (n.) A spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew.
Couscous (n.) A pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina.
Couscousou (n.) A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.
Cousin (n.) One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
Note: The children of brothers and sisters are usually denominated first cousins, or cousins-german. In the second generation, they are called second cousins. See Cater-cousin, and Quater-cousin.
Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son, A cousin-german to great Priam's seed. -- Shak.
Cousin (n.) A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.
My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow. -- Shak.
Cousin (n.) Allied; akin. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Cousin (n.) The child of your aunt or uncle [syn: cousin, first cousin, cousin-german, full cousin].
Cousinage (n.) Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Cousin-german (n.) A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1.
Cousin-german (n.) The child of your aunt or uncle [syn: cousin, first cousin, cousin-german, full cousin].
Cousinhood (n.) The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.
Cousinly (a.) Like or becoming a cousin.
Cousinly (a.) Like or befitting a cousin; "a cousinly kiss" [ant: uncousinly].
Cousinry (n.) A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.
Cousinship (n.) The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood. -- G. Eliot.
Coussinet (n.) (Arch.) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
Coussinet (n.) (Arch.) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. -- Gwilt.
Couteau (n.) [F.] A knife; a dagger.
Couth (imp. & p. p.) Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.]
Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all things couth, As he had it of God's grace. -- Gower.
Couth (a.) (Used facetiously) refined.