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Cous"in*ship, n. The
relationship of cousins; state of being cousins;
cousinhood. G. Eliot.

Cous"si*net` (k??s"s?-n?t`), n.
[F., dim. of coussin cushion. See Cushionet.]
(Arch.) (a) A stone placed on the
impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
(b) That part of the Ionic capital between
the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
Gwilt.

Cou*teau" (k??-t?"), n. [F.] A
knife; a dagger.

Couth (k??th), imp. & p. p. of
Can. [See Can, and cf. Uncouth.]
Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.]

Above all other one Daniel

He loveth, for he couth well

Divine, that none other couth;

To him were all things couth,

As he had it of God's grace.

Gower.

||Cou`vade" (k&oomac;`v&adot;d"),
n. [F., fr. couver. See Covey.]
A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman
gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if
ill.

The world-wide custom of the couvade, where
at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many
cases being put to bed for days.


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