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Cousin
·noun Allied; akin. II. Cousin ·noun One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or siste...

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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...

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country
A term synonymous with station. The place whither a ship happens to be ordered. ...

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Cater-cousin
·noun A remote relation. ·see Quater-cousin. ...

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Cousin-german
·noun A first cousin. ·see Note under Cousin, 1. ...

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Quater-cousin
·noun A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred. ...

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Cousin Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 83, to the Thames (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward. Earli...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Country bank
·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city. ...

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

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

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Country-base
·noun ·same·as Prison base. ...

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Country-dance
·noun ·see <<Contradance>>. ...

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

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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. ...

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

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

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Cousin, Anne Ross (Cundell)
(1824-1906) Poetess, only dau. of D.R. Cundell, M.D., Leith, m. 1847 Rev. Wm. Cousin, minister of t...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Cousin Lane Stairs
At the south end of Cousin Lane. In Dowgate Ward (Bacon, 1912). First mention: O.S. 1848-51. Forme...

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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. ...

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

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

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