She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language.
2 Macc. vii. 27.
Coun"try-base` (-b?s`), n. Same as Prison base.
Coun"try-dance` (-d?ns`), n. [Prob. an adaptation of contradance.] See Contradance.
He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies.
Macaulay.
Coun"try*man (kŭn"tr&ibreve;-man), n.; pl. Countrymen (- men). 1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak.
2. 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.
3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.
A simple countryman that brought her figs.
Shak.
Coun"try seat` (k?n"tr? s?t`). A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
Coun"try*side` (-s?d`), n. A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. [Eng.] W. Black. Blackmore.
Coun"try*wom`an (-w??m`an), n.; pl. Countrywomen (-w&?;m`&?;n). 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.
Count"-wheel` (kount"hw?l`), n. The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
Coun"ty (koun"t?), n.; pl. Counties (-t&?;z). [F. comt&?;, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.] 1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.]
2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.
Every county, every town, every family, was in agitation.
Macaulay.