Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state.
Shak.
4. 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.
Court" ten"nis (k?rt" t?n"n?s). See under Tennis.
Court"yard (k?rt"y?rd`), n. A court or inclosure attached to a house.
Cous"cous` (k??s"k??s`), 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.
Cous`cou*sou" (k??s`k??-s??"), n. A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.
Cous"in (kŭz"'n), n. [F. cousin, LL. cosinus, cusinus, contr. from L. consobrinus the child of a mother's sister, cousin; con- + sobrinus a cousin by the mother's side, a form derived fr. soror (forsosor) sister. See Sister, and cf. Cozen, Coz.] 1. One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
&fist; 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.
2. 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.
Cous"in, n. Allied; akin. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cous"in*age (-?j), n. [F. cousinage, OF., also, cosinage. Cf. Cosinage, Cozenage.] Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Cous"in-ger"man (-j?r"man), n. [Cousin + german closely akin.] A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1.
Cous"in*hood (-h??d), n. The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.
Cous"in*ly, a. Like or becoming a cousin.
Cous"in*ry (k?z"'n-r?), 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.
Cous"in*ship, n. The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood. G. Eliot.
Cous"si*net` (k??s"s?-n?t`), n. [F., dim. of coussin cushion. See Cushionet.] (Arch.) (a) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch. (b) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. Gwilt.
Cou*teau" (k??-t?"), n. [F.] A knife; a dagger.
Couth (k??th), imp. & p. p. of Can. [See Can, and cf. Uncouth.] 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.
||Cou`vade" (k&oomac;`v&adot;d"), n. [F., fr. couver. See Covey.] A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days.
Tylor.
Co*va"ri*ant (k?-v?"r?-a]/>nt), n. (Higher Alg.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.
Cove (kōv), n. [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben pigsty, orig., hut, Icel. kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.]
1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks.
Holland.
2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.]
3. (Arch.) (a) A concave molding. (b) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
Cove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coving.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
H. Swinburne.
Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. -- Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.
Cove, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See Covey.] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.]
Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
Holland.
Cove, n. [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.] A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang]
There's a gentry cove here.
Wit's Recreations (1654).
Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink
Be not filched from us.
Mrs. Browning.
{ Co*vel"line (k?-v?l"l?n), Co*vel"lite } (-l?t), n. [After Covelli, the discoverer.] (Min.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.
Cov"e*na*ble (k?v"?-n?-b'l), a. [OF. covenable, F. convenable. See Covenant.] Fit; proper; suitable. [Obs.] "A covenable day." Wyclif (Mark vi. 21).
Cov"e*na*bly (k?v"?-n?-bly), adv. Fitly; suitably. [Obs.] "Well and covenably." Chaucer.
Cov"e*nant (k?v"?-nant), n. [OF. covenant, fr. F. & OF. convenir to agree, L. convenire. See Convene.]
1. A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant.
1 Sam. xviiii. 3.
Let there be covenants drawn between us.
Shak.
If we conclude a peace,
It shall be with such strict and severe covenants
As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby.
Shak.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."
He [Wharton] was born in the days of the Covenant, and was the heir of a covenanted house.
Macaulay.
3. (Theol.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.
I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Gen. xvii. 7.
4. A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.
5. (Law) (a) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement. (b) A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.
Syn. -- Agreement; contract; compact; bargain; arrangement; stipulation. -- Covenant, Contract, Compact, Stipulation. These words all denote a mutual agreement between two parties. Covenant is frequently used in a religious sense; as, the covenant of works or of grace; a church covenant; the Solemn League and Covenant. Contract is the word most used in the business of life. Crabb and Taylor are wrong in saying that a contract must always be in writing. There are oral and implied contracts as well as written ones, and these are equally enforced by law. In legal usage, the word covenant has an important place as connected with contracts. A compact is only a stronger and more solemn contract. The term is chiefly applied to political alliances. Thus, the old Confederation was a compact between the States. Under the present Federal Constitution, no individual State can, without consent of Congress, enter into a compact with any other State or foreign power. A stipulation is one of the articles or provisions of a contract.
Cov"e*nant (k?v"?-n?nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Covenanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Covenanting.] To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct.
L'Estrange.
And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of silver.
Matt. xxvi. 15.
Syn. -- To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.
Cov"e*nant, v. t. To grant or promise by covenant.
My covenant of peace that I covenanted with you.
Wyclif.
Cov`e*nan*tee" (k?v`?-nan-t?"), n. (Law) The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
Cov"e*nant*er (k?v"?-n?nt-?r), n. 1. One who makes a covenant.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant.
Cov"e*nant*ing, a. Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters.
Be they covenanting traitors,
Or the brood of false Argyle?
Aytoun.
Cov"e*nant*or` (-?r`), n. (Law) The party who makes a covenant. Burrill.
Cov"e*nous (k?v"?-n?s), a. See Covinous, and Covin.
Cov"ent (k?v"ent), n. [OF. covent, F. couvent. See Convent.] A convent or monastery. [Obs.] Bale.
Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.
Cov"en*try (k?v"en-tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England.
To send to Coventry, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. -- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.
Cov"er (k?v"?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered (-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Covering.] [OF. covrir, F. couvrir, fr. L. cooperire; co- + operire to cover; probably fr. ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open. Cf. Aperient, Overt, Curfew.] 1. To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.