| Country |
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. |
adv. |
| Country |
Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. |
adv. |
| Country |
The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country. |
adv. |
| Country |
A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. |
adv. |
| Country |
The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. |
adv. |
| Country |
The rock through which a vein runs. |
adv. |
| Country |
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city. |
a. |
| Country |
Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners. |
a. |
| Country |
Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. |
a. |
| Country-base |
Same as Prison base. |
n. |
| Country seat |
A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. |
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| Dance |
To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. |
v. i. |
| Dance |
To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. |
v. i. |
| Dance |
To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. |
v. t. |
| Dance |
The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. |
v. i. |
| Dance |
A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. |
v. i. |