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• Country

  ·adv The rock through which a vein runs. II. Country ·adv Rural regions, as opposed to a city or to...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Country bank

  ·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Country club

  ·add. ·- A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to o...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Country cousin

  ·add. ·- A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Country seat

  ·- A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Country-base

  ·noun ·same·as Prison base. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Country-dance

  ·noun ·see <<Contradance>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• North country

  A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• country harry

  A waggoner. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• country put

  An ignorant country fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• summer country

  n. In New Zealand (South Island), country which can be used in summer only; mountainland in Otago a...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• winter country

  in New Zealand (South Island),land so far unaffected by snow that stock is wintered on it. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• old country

  A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• east-country

  A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• maritime country

  A country which has its shores washed by the sea. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• old country

  A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Never, Never Country

  or Never, Never Land See quotations. Mr. Cooper's explanation (1857 quotation) isnot generally acce...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• east-country ships

  The same as easterlings. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• west-country parson

  A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Samaria, Country Of

  Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary