Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
To throw one's self upon the country

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.

    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:

    1. One's constituents.

    2. 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)

    1. A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

    2. 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 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.