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ˈcountry-ˈside
1. A side (e.g. east or west side) of a country, one side of a river-valley, of a hill-range, etc.; hence a district, region, or tract of country having a kind of natural unity; = country 2. Orig. Sc. (and perh. northern Eng.); now a favourite word of descriptive writers.
[1621Cade Serm. 16 A terrour and a plague to the towne and side of a countrey where he dwels.] 1727P. Walker Remark. Pass. 173 (Jam.) Mr. Guthry continued until the 1664, and then was obliged to leave that country-side. 1815Scott Guy M. xxii, It made nae sma' noise in the country-side. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. ii, At the revels and pastimes of the country-side. 1882L. Oliphant Haifa (1887) 7 The most notorious thieves..in the whole country-side. 1885F. Caddy Footsteps J. d' Arc 23 The country-side in these north-western Vosges teems with memories of Jeanne.
2. The inhabitants of a tract of country.
1840Barham Ingol. Leg., Jackd. Rheims 124 He long lived the pride of that country side. 1879Jefferies Wild Life in S.C. 105 All the countryside is sure to be there [at the Fair].
3. attrib.
1863Mrs. Toogood Yorks. Dial., 'Twill mak' a bonnie country-side talk. 1887Spectator 1 Oct. 1303 Without reproof from the priest or rebuke from country-side opinion. |