formerly: (a) an inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [obs.] (b) the whole of the land which constituted the domain. [obs.] (c) a collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.-any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.-any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.-the body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.-a township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.-the court end of london;-- commonly with the.-the metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.-a farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.