Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen.
xxxxii. 9.
I might have learned this by my last exile, that
change of countries cannot change my state.
--Stirling.
Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs
no account --Milton.
2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
As they walked, on their way into the country.
--Mark xvi. 12
(Rev. Ver. ).
God made the covatry, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
Only very great men were in the habit of dividing
the year between town and country. --Macaulay.
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.
All the country in a general voice Cried hate
upon him. --Shak.
4. (Law)
(a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
(b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is
drawn.
5. (Mining.) 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.