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aftion, ami of covin and confent (hall raifc up a tenant 
by wrong againft whom he may recover ; the covin doth 
fo fuffocate the right, that the recovery, although it be 
upon a good title, fliall not bind. Co. Lit. 357. A. is 
tenant for life, remainder in tail to B. and a pracipe is 
brought againft them as joint-tenants, by covin between 
the demandant and A. and,an anfwer procured for B. as 
joint-tenant, and they join the mife, (or iflue,) and after 
make default, whereby final judgment is given ; this fliall 
not defeat the eftate of B. who may bring a writ of dif- 
ceit, and (hall be reflored to his land. Rol. Abr. 621. If 
a man that has a right to certain lands, by covin caufes 
another to ouil the tenant of the land, to the intent to 
recover it from him, and he recovers accordingly againfl: 
him by action tried, yet he fliall not be remitted to his 
ancient right, but is in of the eftate of him who made 
the oufter; and an affile lies againft him. 2 Danv. Abr. 
309. Land is aliened, pending a writ of debt, by covin, 
to avoid the extent thereof for the debt; the land fo 
aliened fliall be extended, when the covin appears upon 
the return of the elegit by the flierifl'. If a man makes 
a deed of gift, &c. of his goods in his life-time by covin’, 
to ouft his creditors of their debts, after his death the 
donee or vendee fliall be charged for them, under the 
ftatutes of frauds. If goods are fold in market overt by 
covin, on purpofe to bar him that hath right, this fliall 
not bar him thereof. 2 Injl. 713. 
CO'VING, f. in building, is when houfes are built 
projecting over the ground-plot, and the turned projec- 
ture formed into an arch. Coving cornice, is one that 
has a large cafemate or hollow in it. 
COULAM', a town of Hindooftan, on the fouthern 
coaft, in the country of Tinevelly.- fifteen miles north-' 
eaft of Cape Comorin. Lat. 8. 10. N. Ion. 77. 20. E. 
Greenwich. 
COULAN', or Coulang, a town of Hindooftan, on 
the coaft of Malabar, in the Travancore country, fifty- 
two miles north-weft of Travancore. A fettlement was 
fir ft made here by the Portuguefe, at which time it was 
governed by a queen, who ruled over a fmall principa¬ 
lity. It had then a navigable river, and an excellent 
harbour, and its buildings were fplendid ; but its com¬ 
merce and wealth declined on the rife of Calicut. It 
was taken from the Portuguefe by the Dutch in 1662 ; 
at which time, likewife, the diftridl was governed by a 
queen. Nieuhoflf was intruded with a commiffion to her; 
and he deferibes her as a woman of majeftic mien, and 
excellent underftanding. Lat. 8. 54. N. Ion. 76. 54. E. 
Greenwich. 
COULAN'GES les VINEUSES, a town of France, 
in the department of the Yonne, and chief place of a 
canton, in the diftridt of Auxerre, celebrated for its vine¬ 
yards : two leagues fouth of Auxerre. 
COULAN'GES sur YONNE, a town of France, in 
the department of the Yonne, and chief place of a can¬ 
ton, in the diftridt of Auxerre : five leagues fouth of 
Auxerre. 
COU'LANS, a town of France, in the department of 
the Sarte : feven miles from Le Mans. 
COULD, [the imperfedt preterite of can ; fee Can.] 
Was able to ; had pow'er to.—And if I had done well, 
and as is fitting the ftory, it is that which I defired ; but 
if fienderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain 
unto. 2 Mac. xv. 38. 
What if he did not all the ill he could? 
Am .I oblig'd by that t’ affift his rapines, 
And to maintain his murders l Dryden. 
Knew : 
Nor need he guide ; the way right well he could, 
Which leads to fandy plains of Gaza ^ld. Fairfax. 
COULEU'VRE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Allier : fwo leagues north-eaft of Cerilly. 
COULIHAU'T, a town of the ifland of Dominica, on 
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the weftern coaft: fixteen miles fouth of Portfmoutlu 
Lat. 15. 30. N. Ion. 61.29. W. Greenwich. 
COUL'NEY, or Foulney, a river of England, which 
runs into the Oufe, in Yorkfliire. 
COULOMBIE'RS LUZIGNAN (Les), a town of 
France, in the department of the Vienne, and chief place 
of a canton, in the diftrict of Luzignan. 
COULOM'BS,- a town of France, in the department of 
the Eure and Loire, near Nogent le Roi. 
COULOMMIE'RS, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Seine and Marne, and feat of a tribunal: ten 
leagues north-eaft of Melun, and eight north-north-weft 
of Provins. 
COULO'N, or Dalai, a large lake of Chinefe Tar¬ 
tary, in the country of the Kalkas. Lat. 49. N. Ion. 134. 
40. E. Ferro. 
COULO'N (Louis), a celebrated French prieft, quit¬ 
ted the fociety of jefuits in 1640. He made it his prin¬ 
cipal employment to write on hiftory and geography. By 
him are, 1. An Hiftorical Treatife of all the Rivers of 
France, 2 vols. 8vo. 1644. 2. Travels of the famous 
Vincent le Blanc to the Eaft and Weft Indies, in Perfia, 
Afia, Africa, and Egypt, from the Year 1367 ; digefted 
by Bergeron, and augmented by Coulon, 1648, 2 vols, 
4to. a curious and ufefulwork. 3. Lexicon Ilomericum ; 
Paris, 1643, 8vo. 4. Several hiftorical performances, 
not in fuch efteem as his geographical productions. Cou¬ 
lon died in 1664. 
COULON'GE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Aifne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrict of 
Chateau Thierry : four league's and a half north-eaft of 
Chateau Thierry. 
COULON'GES les ROYAUX, a town of France, in 
the department of the Two Sevres, and chief place of a 
canton, in the diftriCt of Niort: three leagues and a half 
north-north-weft of Niort. 
COULON'GHE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Orne : feven miles north-eaft of Domfront. 
COULO'NS, a town of France, in the department of 
the Loiret: feven miles fouth-weft of Gien. 
COUL'TER,/. [ culter , Lat.] The fliarp iron of the 
plough, which cuts the earth perpendicular to the fhare. 
—The Ifraelites went down to ftiarpen every man his (hare,' 
and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock. 1 Samuel , 
xiii. 20.—Literature is the grindftone to fliarpen the coul¬ 
ters, to wet their natural faculties. Hammond. 
COULTS'CHA, a town of Afia, in Thibet: fifty miles 
fouth-fouth-eaft of Sarangapour. 
COUMAROU'NA,/ in botany. See Dipteryx. 
COUMOU'R, a poft of Chinefe Tartary. Lat. 49. 38. 
N. Ion. 144. 3. E. Ferro. 
COU'NA, or Coyna, a town of Portugal, in the pro¬ 
vince of Eftramadura : two leagues fouth-fouth-eaft of 
Lifbon. 
COUNCIL,/, \_concilium, Lat.) An aflembly of per- 
fons met together in confultation.—The chief priefts, 
and all the council, fought falfe witnefs. Matt. xxvi. 59. 
The Stygian council thus diflolv’d ; and forth 
In order came the grand infernal peers. Milton. 
ACt of public deliberation : 
The feepter’d heralds call 
To council in the city gates : anon 
Grey-headed men and grave, with warriors mix’d, 
Aflemble, and harangues are heard.' Milton. 
An aflembly of divines to deliberate upon religion,—■ 
Some borrow all their religion from the fathers of the 
Chriftian church, or from their lynods or councils. Watts. 
—Perfons called together to be confultcd on any occa- 
fion, or to give advice.—They being thus aifembled, are 
more properly a council to the king, the great council of the 
kingdom, to advife his majefty in thofe things of weight 
and difficulty, which concern both the king and people-, 
than a courL Bacon. —The body of privy counfellors: 
Without 
