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the country (mass) | the country
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the country (encz) | the country,venkov |
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national parks and access to the countryside act (encz) | National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act,National Parks and
Access to the Countryside Act [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
national parks and access to the countryside act (czen) | National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act,National Parks and
Access to the Countryside Act[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Conclusion to the country (gcide) | Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See
Conclude.]
1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.
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A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of
the contest. --Prescott.
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2. Final decision; determination; result.
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And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak.
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3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
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4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the
necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two
related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.
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He granted him both the major and minor, but denied
him the conclusion. --Addison.
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5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]
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Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion. --Shak.
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6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be
drawn. [Obs.]
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We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and
inoculating. --Bacon.
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7. (Law)
(a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal
ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc.
(b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a
particular position. --Wharton.
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Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a
pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country,"
i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W.
In conclusion.
(a) Finally.
(b) In short.
To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.
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Like the famous ape,
To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak.
Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end;
decision. See Inference.
[1913 Webster]Country \Coun"try\ (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. Countries (-tr?z). [F.
contr['e]e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the
opposite side. Cf. Counter, adv., Contra.]
1. 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.
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Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen.
xxxxii. 9.
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I might have learned this by my last exile,
that change of countries cannot change my state.
--Stirling.
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Many a famous realm
And country, whereof here needs no account --Milton.
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2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
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As they walked, on their way into the country.
--Mark xvi. 12
(Rev. Ver. ).
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God made the covatry, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
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Only very great men were in the habit of dividing
the year between town and country. --Macaulay.
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3. 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.
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All the country in a general voice
Cried hate upon him. --Shak.
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4. (Law)
(a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
(b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is
drawn.
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5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs.
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Conclusion to the country. See under Conclusion.
To put one's self upon the country, or {To throw one's self
upon the country}, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand
trial before a jury.
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Down the country (gcide) | Down \Down\, prep. [From Down, adv.]
1. In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower
place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down
a hill; down a well.
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2. Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as,
to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
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Down the country, toward the sea, or toward the part where
rivers discharge their waters into the ocean.
Down the sound, in the direction of the ebbing tide; toward
the sea.
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To go across the country (gcide) | Across \A*cross"\ (#; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en
croix. See Cross, n.]
From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction
opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a
river. --Dryden.
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To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally.
--Freeman.
To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a
region without following the roads.
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