Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
COUNTENAUNCE, _s._ appearance, show, 10. 34; A 1926; looks, appearance, 3.
613; G 1264; shewing favour, 3. 1022; demeanour, R. 814; pretext, A 4421;
Countenaunces, _pl._ looks, R. 1309; F 284. See CONTENAUNCE.
COUNTESSE, countess, L. 500; E 590.
COUNTING-BORD, _s._ counting-house table, B 1273.
COUNTOUR (1), _s._ arithmetician, 3. 435; (perhaps) auditor, A 359.
COUNTOUR (2), _s._ abacus, counting-board, 3. 436; counting-house, B 1403.
COUNTOUR-DORE, _s._ counting-house door, B 1275.
COUNTOUR-HOUS, _s._ counting-house, B 1267.
COUNTREFETE, _v._ counterfeit, imitate, A 139, B 4511, C 13, H 134; _ger._
to counterfeit, T. ii. 1532; Counterfete, _v._ C 447, F 554; repeat, 3.
1241; Countrefeten, _v._ B 5. p 6. 50; Countrefeted, _pp._ 3. 869, C 51;
Counterfeted, _pp._ L. 1376, B 746, 793.
COUNTREPEISE, _v._ render equivalent, HF. 1750; Countrepeyse, _v._
counterpoise, countervail, T. iii. 1407.
COUNTREPLETE, _v._ counterplead; Countrepleted, _pp._ made the subject of
pleadings and counter-pleadings, argued against, L. 476.
COUNTRETAILLE, _s._ lit. countertally, i.e. correspondence (of sound); _at
the countretaille_, correspondingly, in reply, E 1190. Fr. _contre_,
against, _taille_, a cut, incision.
COUNTREWAITE, _pr. s. subj._ keep watch over, I 1005; Countrewayte, _v._
watch against, B 2509.
COUPABLE, _adj._ culpable, blameworthy, B 1. p 3. 8; B 2731, I 414.
COUPE, _s._ cup, L. 1122. See COPPE.
COURE, _v._; Coured, _pt. s._ cowered, R. 465.
COURS, _s._ course, T. ii. 970; 4. 55, 114; L. 1340; A 8, 1694, B 704,
3186, F 66, 1066; life on earth, G 387; path, A. ii. 13. 5; orbit, A 2454.
COURSER, _s._ horse, T. ii. 1011, v. 85; A 1502, 1513, F 310; Coursere, L.
1114; Cours['e]res, _pl._ coursers, steeds, A 2501; Coursers, L. 1195.
COURT, _s._ court, A 140, 671; D 1589; 1. 158; manor-house, D 2162.
COURTEPY, an upper short coat of a coarse material, R. 220; A 290, D 1382.
COURT-MAN, _s._ courtier, E 1492.
COUTHE, _1 pt. s._ could, R. 513; knew, 3. 800; _pt. s._ knew, R. 753; knew
how, A 390; could, A 1872; _pt. pl._ knew, R. 771; Couth, _pp._ known, B 1.
p 5. 38; T. iv. 61; E 942, I 766; Couthe, _pt. pl._ well-known, A 14.
COUTHE, _adv._ in a known way, manifestly, HF. 757.
COVEITE, _v._ become covetous of, I 336; Covete, _v._ 4. 269; Cov['e]yteth,
_pr. s._ D 1187; Coveiteden, _pt. pl._ coveted, B 2. p 6. 10.
COVEITYSE, _s._ Coveteousness, R. 181; covetousness, A 3884, C 424; bodily
craving, I 818; Coveitise, covetousness, B 1. p 4. 181; B 2312, I 739;
lust, I 336, 337; Covetyse, 9. 32; 15. 18; L. 136.
COVENABLE, _adj._ fit, proper, fitting, suitable, 18. 25; B 3. p 11. 101; B
4. p 6. 171; T. ii. 1137; B 2782, I 80, 317; agreeable, B 4. p 6. 140;
congruous, B 3. p 12. 126.
COVENABLY, _adv._ suitably, fitly, B 4. p 6. 234; B 2423.
COVENAUNT, _s._ covenant, A 600; agreement, R. 864; Covenant, L. 688, 693;
F 1587.
COVENT, _s._ convent, conventual body, B 1827, D 1863, 2130, 2259, G 1007.
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