Word Meanings - COMMARK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The frontier of a country; confines. Shelton.

Related words: (words related to COMMARK)

• FRONTIERSMAN
  A man living on the frontier.
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• FRONTIERED
  Placed on the frontiers.
• COUNTRY SEAT
  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
• FRONTIER
  An outwork. Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak. (more info) 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country;
• COUNTRY CLUB
  A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
• COUNTRYSIDE
  A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore.
• COUNTRY BANK
  A national bank not in a reserve city.
• COUNTRYMAN
  1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak. 2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26. 3. One who
• COUNTRYWOMAN
  A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak.
• COUNTRY-BASE
  See BASE
• COUNTRY COUSIN
  A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights.
• COUNTRY
  The rock through which a vein runs. Conclusion to the country. See under Conclusion. -- To put, or throw, one's self upon the country, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury. (more info) contrata, fr. L. contra over against,
• UPCOUNTRY
  In an upcountry direction; as, to live upcountry.