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COtTllTER-POTENT,

eORlre-polmeé,

beraldry,

rec–

kooed a Cur as well as vair and ermine, bu! compoled

of iueh pieces as repreCent !he tops of crulehe1l, called

in Freneh

polmm,

and in old Eogli/h

pmnlJ.

CocHTEa-PRoor, in rolling-preCs prioting, a priot taken

off from anotber fre/h prioted; wbich by being pa/fed

through the preCs, gim lhe figure of tm: former, but

jo'erted. To eouoter'prove, is a1Co to paCs a defigo

in black lead, O¡ red eoolk, through tbe prefs,

~f!er

having moiUeoed with a Cpunge botb that aud tbe paper

which Ihe eouoter-proof is to be taken.

COU~TER-ItUARTERED,

eonlre-ecartel¿,

in beraldry,

deootes the efcutcheon, after being quanered, tohave

each quarter agaio divided iOlo IWO.

COUNTU-SALIE NT, is' \IIhen tillO beans are borne io

coat leaping froln each other direétly the ·oontrary

\IIay.

CaOHTER-SCARP, io fortificatio!\> is properly the exte·

rior talus or Oop of the ditch; bUI il is oflen takeo for

tbe comed \IIay and the glacis. In this CenCe lile fay,

tbe eoemy have lodged Ihemfelves

the couoter·

Cearp.

Angle of /he

COUNTER'SCARP, is that made by the two

fides of the couDter-fearp meetíog befare Ihe middle

of the curtin.

COUHTH-S IGNING, the figning the writing of a Cupe.

rior in qualily of fecrelary. Thus chaners are figoed

by the king, and couoler-figned by a Cecretary of nale

Or lord chancellor.

COUNTU-SWALLOW'TAIL, io fortificarion, ao out·

worE in form of a fiogle teoaille, wider at the

gorg~

thao the bead.

COUNTER'TENOR, caUed by the Frencb

ha.l·eonlre,

ooe of the middle pans of mufic oppofite

tbe tenor.

See TENOR.

CO UNTER-TIME, io the menage, is the defeoce or refin–

ance

a horfe that interrupts his cadence, aod Ibe

meafure of

Iús

menage, occafioned either by abad

hOJCeman, or by the maliee of the horCe.

COUNTER is alCo the oameof aeountiog-board io aIbop,

and of a piece of metal with a Ihmp

it, uCed in

playing at cards.

Co u

a horfo.

that pan of a horCe's forehand

which' lies belwten the Iboulders and under the neck.

COUN~ERS

jhip,

are two.

The hollowarch·

iog from the gallcry to the lower patt>Of thé llraight

piece of the nero, is called tbe uppercoopter. ,. The

lower couoter is betweeo the traoCom aod the lower

pan of the gallery.

CO UNTEa is alCo the name

two priCoOl in-thet:ity of

London,

viz.

the Pouhry and Wood/lreet.

COUNTING. See ACCOUHTING.

COUNTY, io geography, originally fogoi6ed ¡be terri·

tory of a eouol or ead, but now it,is IlCed

the fame

fenCe with/hire. See SHIRE.

C~UNTV' COURT,

a court of jullice, beld

'cvery

mooth

eaeh COUnty, by the /heriff or his depuly.

COUPED, io heraldry, is uCed to exprefs the he¡,d, or

aoy limb, gf an

anim~l,

cut off from tbe .runk,

fmooth; diningui/hiog it frOnl that which

caUed

e·

Y.OL,

Il.

No.

4~.

ra{fed, that is, foreibly toro off,' aod tberefore il rag·

ged

.nd

uoeven.

COUPlD il alCoufed 10 figoify fueh cro{fes, ban, beltds,

~lievrons,

&c,

as do nOI tOUPl the fides of,the efeot.

theons, but are, as it were, cot ofHrom mem .'

COUPER, the Dame of two IOwns of Scotljllld, the ooe

fitualed aboot twelve miles nortb·eaU

of.

Perlh,

the /hire of Angus, W. loog.

3°,

aod,N.lat:

56°.3°' ;

and the omer io the county of Fjfe, about

ItD

lbiles

weU of St Aodrews: W.long.

2° 40',

and N.lat.

569

20'.

COUPLE·CLOSS, io her.tldry, the fourth ·pan,óf a

ehe.roo, never borne hut in pai", except there be

ebcoron betweeo them, faith GuiUim, though Bloom

. gi'es aD ionance to lhe cootrary.

COUfLET,

dififiooof

hymn, ode, Cong,.&.o. where–

in an equal number, or equal meafure

veM'is foood

io each pan; which divifioos,

odes',

'are<,

ca!Jed

llrophes.

COURBARIL, in ,bolaoy. See HVMBN ...

.l.

COURIER,

me/fenger fem pon, or exprefs,

tOo

carry

¿iCpatehes.

COURLAND, a dutchy Gtuated betl!'eeo

QLo·aód.:¡61r

of E. loog. aod between

56°

30',

aod

f1 P

30;,N.

lat o

is bouoded by tbe river Dwina, whicb

dil~des

jt from Livonia,

the oorth; by Lilhuania,

the

eall; by

S~mogitia,

tbe fouth; aod b.y tbe. HaltÍe

fea on the wen; being

miles loog, and

broad_

COURSING. amoog [portCmeo, is of three forts,

vi%".

at tbe deer, at the hare, and at the

,&Ix.

Tbefe

eoarfings are wilb greyhounds

for the deer there:are

two fom of eourfings, the ooe with tbe paddock"the

other either io the foren or purlieu. See PAD'

DOCK,

&c.

lo eourfiog the hare, the bell way is 'to 6ad

01lC

fit–

ting, and wheo fhe is 6rn

nart.ed

, !o'gi,e her·ground.

or law, whieh

generally twel.e·Cecne yards.

h,In

eourfiog a fox, you are to naod doCe,"aod. an·a

clw

, w~nd.

COURT, in

law feofe,

the.pla~

where

jlldgetrdiRri.

.bute junice, or exerciCe jorifditlioo: alCOothe,a/l'eml:í1;

of judges, jury,

&c.

iD that place_

Coum'aredi.ided into fuperior and inferiOl!I.

1Ifld,

in–

to courta of recgrd. aDd haCe eourll: again" coum,QÍJ!

either Cuch as are held io the king's oame, ,as alJ;tbe

ordinary courlS; or where tbe precepls are_ ilrQQQ,íJ¡

!he name of Ibe judge,

3!1

tbe admiral', court.

The Capenor COUrll are tboCe of .the kiog's-beoch,

Ihe eommoo-pleas, the exchequer, .and the COUrt of

ehancerr. See KING's·BENCH, CONMoH·nU$,

EXCHEItUER, aod CHANCERY"

A court'of record is that which has a power,to bol¡l

plea, according to Ihe eaune of ·the

eomll1d1¡J~w&'

leal, perfooal, and milll: allions

,wbere

dQbt.,llI'

daOtage is forty fhillings, ór above,,,

the 'rCGIIII of

King's·Bench,

(;c.

COURT'¡

admira").

~ee

AI>M IULTY.

CO pRT

efarcha.

See AacHsI.

COURT.URON,

eoun that every lord

Jllanq~,has

within .bis own preciltéls. This

coo~ OlJl&~,held

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