<B>cousinage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of being cousins; kinship. <BR> <I>Ex. A mixed group of photographs ... reveal affinities and cousinages previously unsuspected (Sunday Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>cousins collectively; family; kinfolk. <BR> <I>Ex. On one page we are back in [his] New York boyhood, a welter of cousinage (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="cousingerman">
<B>cousin-german, </B>noun, pl. <B>cousins-german.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a son or daughter of one's uncle or aunt; first cousin. </DL>
<A NAME="cousinhood">
<B>cousinhood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the relation of a cousin or cousins. <DD><B> 2. </B>cousins or kinsfolk collectively. </DL>
<A NAME="cousininlaw">
<B>cousin-in-law, </B>noun, pl. <B>cousins-in-law.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the cousin of one's husband or wife. <DD><B> 2. </B>the husband or wife of one's cousin. </DL>
<A NAME="cousinjack">
<B>Cousin Jack,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for a Cornishman. </DL>
<A NAME="cousinly">
<B>cousinly, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>like a cousin; like a cousin's. <DD><B> 2. </B>suitable for a cousin. <DD><I>adv. </I> in the manner of a cousin. </DL>
<B>cousinship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the relationship of a cousin or cousins. </DL>
<A NAME="couteau">
<B>couteau, </B>noun, pl. <B>-teaux.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a knife, especially a large knife with two edges, used as a weapon. </DL>
<A NAME="coutequecoute">
<B>coute que coute,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) cost what it may. </DL>
<A NAME="couth">
<B>couth</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> refined; sophisticated; graceful. <BR> <I>Ex. He has a couth and cultured wife (Time).</I> noun <B>couthness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="couth">
<B>couth</B> (2), verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>verb </I> (Obsolete.) a past tense and past participle of <B>can.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>(Obsolete.) known; well-known; familiar. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Scottish.) couthie. </DL>
<A NAME="couthie">
<B>couthie, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) friendly or sociable; kind or pleasant. Also, <B>couthy.</B> </DL>
<B>couture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>dressmaking and fashion designing. <DD><B> 2. </B>dressmakers and fashion designers. </DL>
<A NAME="couturier">
<B>couturier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a man dressmaker or designer of dresses. </DL>
<A NAME="couturiere">
<B>couturiere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman dressmaker or designer of dresses. <BR> <I>Ex. Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris couturiere and mainstay of international fashions (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>couvade, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a practice among some primitive peoples by which, at the birth of a child, the father takes to bed and performs other acts natural to the mother rather than to the father. <BR> <I>Ex. When a man in a primitive culture like the Carib is asked why he practices couvade ... he replies that it has always been done (Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="covalence">
<B>covalence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the total of the pairs of electrons which one atom can share with surrounding atoms. <DD><B> 2. </B>the ability to form a bond in which two atoms share a pair of electrons. <DD><B> 3. </B>the bond thus formed. </DL>
<A NAME="covalency">
<B>covalency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B> =covalence.</DL>
<A NAME="covalent">
<B>covalent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with covalence. adv. <B>covalently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="covariance">
<B>covariance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) the average value of the product of the deviations of two variables from their respective average values. </DL>
<A NAME="covariant">
<B>covariant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics, Statistics.) varying with another quantity in such a way that the relationship between the two quantities remain proportionally the same. </DL>
<A NAME="cove">
<B>cove</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>coved,</B> <B>coving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small bay; mouth of a creek; inlet on the shore. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sheltered place; nook. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a sheltered place among hills or woods. <BR> <I>Ex. The bandits hid in a cove deep in the hills.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(U.S. Dialect.) a gap or pass. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Architecture.) any concave molding or member, often of large dimensions, such as the surface of a vault or a hollow curve between a wall and ceiling; a concavity. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to arch or vault, especially to arch (a ceiling) at its junction with the wall. </DL>
<A NAME="cove">
<B>cove</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a person; fellow. </DL>
<A NAME="coved">
<B>coved, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> forming an arch; arched; curving; concave. <BR> <I>Ex. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs (Henry Swinburne).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="covelline">
<B>covelline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a native sulfide of copper, usually occurring in masses of an indigo-blue color. </DL>
<A NAME="covellite">
<B>covellite, </B>noun. =covelline.</DL>
<A NAME="coven">
<B>coven, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a gathering of witches, especially of a group of thirteen witches. <BR> <I>Ex. It [book] treats of sorcery and midnight covens in a jolly matter-of-fact manner (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any gathering or assembly. </DL>
<A NAME="covenant">
<B>covenant, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a solemn agreement between two or more persons or groups; compact. <BR> <I>Ex. The rival nations signed a covenant to reduce their armaments.</I> (SYN) contract. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>a formal agreement that is legal, especially one under seal; legal contract. <DD><B> b. </B>a particular clause of agreement forming part of the same sealed instrument. <DD><B> c. </B>(in common law) the action taken for recovery of damages when a sealed agreement or contract is broken. <DD><B> 3. </B>a solemn agreement between a church's members, such as one for maintaining its faith. <DD><B> 4. </B>(in the Bible) the solemn promises of God to man as set forth in the Old and New Testament; compact between God and man. <BR> <I>Ex. He hath remembered his covenant for ever (Psalms 105:8).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to agree solemnly (to do certain things). (SYN) stipulate. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to enter into a covenant or formal agreement. </DL>
<A NAME="covenant">
<B>Covenant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of certain bonds of agreement signed by the Scottish Presbyterians for the defense and furtherance of their religion. </DL>
<A NAME="covenanted">
<B>covenanted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> holding a position, situation, or condition, under a covenant or contract. </DL>
<A NAME="covenantee">
<B>covenantee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the person to whom a promise by covenant is made. </DL>
<A NAME="covenanter">
<B>covenanter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes a solemn agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. [The] grandson of the original covenanter ... believed a court should rule on the validity of the covenant (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="covenanter">
<B>Covenanter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who signed and supported either of the Covenants of the Scottish Presbyterians in the 1600's. </DL>
<A NAME="covenantor">
<B>covenantor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person by whom a promise by covenant is made. </DL>
<A NAME="coventgarden">
<B>Covent Garden,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>a famous flower and vegetable market district in London, formerly the garden of a convent. <DD><B> 2. </B>a famous theater in this district, originally built in 1731, now the Royal Opera House. </DL>
<A NAME="coventry">
<B>Coventry, </B>noun.<BR><I>expr. <B>be in Coventry,</B> </I>to be ostracized or ignored. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm in social Coventry through leaving the receiver off (Punch).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>send to Coventry,</B> </I>to refuse to associate with. <BR> <I>Ex. When ... his neighbours learnt what he had been doing, he and his family were threatened and sent to Coventry by many of them (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
