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word: Clear₄
definition:
Clear

Clear
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cleared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clearing.]
1.
To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.

He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north.
Dryden.

2.
To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.

3.
To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.

Many knotty points there are
Which all discuss, but few can clear.
Prior.

4.
To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.

Our common prints would clear up their understandings.
Addison

5.
To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.

Clear your mind of cant.
Dr. Johnson.

A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter.
Addison.

6.
To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.

I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality.
Dryden.

How! wouldst thou clear rebellion?
Addison.

7.
To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.

8.
To gain without deduction; to net.

The profit which she cleared on the cargo.
Macaulay.

To clear a ship at the customhouse, to exhibit the documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such papers as the law requires. -- To clear a ship for action, or To clear for action (Naut.), to remove incumbrances from the decks, and prepare for an engagement. -- To clear the land (Naut.), to gain such a distance from shore as to have sea room, and be out of danger from the land. -- To clear hawse (Naut.), to disentangle the cables when twisted. -- To clear up, to explain; to dispel, as doubts, cares or fears.


word: Clear₅
definition:
Clear

Clear
(klēr)
v. i.
1.
To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- of the weather; -- often followed by up, off, or away.

So foul a sky clears not without a storm.
Shak.

Advise him to stay till the weather clears up.
Swift.

2.
To become free from turbidity; -- of solutions or suspensions of liquids; as, the salt has not completely dissolved until the suspension clears up; when refrigerated, the juice may become cloudy, but when warmed to room temperature, it clears up again.

3.
To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
[Obs.]

He that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to his customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality.
Bacon.

3.
(Banking)
To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.

4.
To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.

To clear out, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.]


word: Clearance
definition:
Clearance

Clear"ance
(klēr"ans)
n.
1.
The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

2.
A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.

Every ship was subject to seizure for want of stamped clearances.
Durke

3.
Clear or net profit.
Trollope.

4.
(Mach.)
The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages.

Clearance space (Steam engine), the space inclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke.


word: Clearcole
definition:
Clearcole

Clear"cole`
(?)
n.
[F. claire colle clear glue; clair clear (f. claire) + colle glue, Gr. _;.]
A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding.


word: Clearcole₂
definition:
Clearcole

Clear"cole`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clearcoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clearcoling (?).]
To coat or paint with clearcole.


word: Clear-cut
definition:
Clear-cut

Clear"-cut`
(?)
a.
1.
Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.

She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face.
Tennyson.

2.
Concisely and distinctly expressed.

3.
Distinct and unambiguous; unquestionable; as, a clear-cut advantage.


word: Clear-cut₂
definition:
Clear-cut

Clear"-cut`
v. t.
To cut (a region of forest) clear of all trees.  It is a method used for efficiently logging a portion of forest, but often has undesirable effects on the environment.


word: Clearedness
definition:
Clearedness

Clear"ed*ness
(?)
n.
The quality of being cleared.

Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience.
T. Fuller.


word: Clearer
definition:
Clearer

Clear"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, clears.

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding.
Addison.

2.
(Naut.)
A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.


word: clear-eyed
definition:
clear-eyed

clear-eyed
adj.
Acutely perceptive or discerning.

Syn. -- clear-sighted; perceptive; percipient; perspicacious; clear-headed.


word: Clear-headed
definition:
Clear-headed

Clear"-head`ed
(klēr"hĕd`ĕd)
a.
Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
clear-headed
Macaulay.


word: Clearing
definition:
Clearing

Clear"ing
n.
1.
The act or process of making clear.

The better clearing of this point.
South.

2.
A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.

A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake.
J. Burroughs.

3.
A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.

&hand_; In England, a similar method has been adopted by railroads for adjusting their accounts with each other.

4.
The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.

Clearing house, the establishment where the business of clearing is carried on. See above, 3.


word: Clear-seeing
definition:
Clear-seeing

Clear"-see`ing
(klēr"sē`ĭng)
a.
Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.


word: Clear-sighted
definition:
Clear-sighted

Clear"-sight`ed
(klēr"sīt`ĕd)
a.
1.
Seeing with clearness; acutely perceptive, discerning; as, clear-sighted reason.

Syn. -- clear-eyed, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, clear-headed.

2.
having sharp clear vision.


word: Clearstarch
definition:
Clearstarch

Clear"starch`
(klēr"stärcht`)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clearstarched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clearstraching.]
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.


word: Clerestory
definition:
Clerestory

Clearstory

{ Clear"sto`ry (klēr"st&omacr`r&ybreve_;), Clere"sto`ry, }
n.
(Arch.)
The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.


word: Clearwing
definition:
Clearwing

Clear"wing`
(klēr"wĭng`)
n.
(Zool.)
A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Ægeriadæ, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.


word: Cleat
definition:
Cleat

Cleat
(klēt)
n.
[OE. clete wedge; cf. D. kloot ball, Ger. kloss, klotz, lump. clod, MHG. kl&omacrz lump, ball, wedge, OHG. chl&omacrz ball, round mass.]

1.
(Carp.)
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

2.
(Naut.)
A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.


word: Cleavage
definition:
Cleavage

Cleav"age
(?)
n.
1.
The act of cleaving or splitting.

2.
(Crystallog.)
The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.

3.
(Geol.)
Division into laminæ, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.

Basal cleavage, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. -- Cell cleavage (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See Segmentation. -- Cubic cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube. -- Diagonal cleavage, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane. -- Egg clavage. (Biol.) See Segmentation. -- Lateral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. -- Octahedral cleavage, Dodecahedral cleavage, or Rhombohedral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron. -- Prismatic cleavage, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.


word: Cleave
definition:
Cleave

Cleave
(klēv)
v. i.
[imp. Cleaved (klēvd), Clave (klāv, Obs.); p. p. Cleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.]
[OE. cleovien, clivien, cliven, AS. cleofian, clifian; akin to OS. klib&omacrn, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. klæbe, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. klīfa to climb. Cf. Climb.]
1.
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

My bones cleave to my skin.
Ps. cii. 5.

The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee.
Deut. xxviii. 60.

Sophistry cleaves close to and protects
Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects.
Cowper.

2.
To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.
Gen. ii. 24.

Cleave unto the Lord your God.
Josh. xxiii. 8.

3.
To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
[Poetic.]

New honors come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold
But with the aid of use.
Shak.


word: Cleave₂
definition:
Cleave

Cleave
(klēv)
v. t.
[imp. Cleft (klĕft), Clave (klāv, Obs.), Clove (kl&omacrv, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (klēvd) or Cloven (kl&omacr"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.]
[OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cleófan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. kljūfa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. klöve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.]
1.
To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
Shak.

2.
To part or open naturally; to divide.

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws.
Deut. xiv. 6.


word: Cleave₃
definition:
Cleave

Cleave
v. i.
To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst.
Zech. xiv. 4.


word: Cleavelandite
definition:
Cleavelandite

Cleave"land*ite
(?)
n.
[From Professor Parker Cleaveland.]
(Min.)
A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.


word: Cleaver
definition:
Cleaver

Cleav"er
(?)
n.
One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.


word: Cleavers
definition:
Cleavers

Cleav"ers
(?)
n.
[From Cleave to stick.]
(Bot.)
A species of Galium (Galium Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.


word: Cleche
definition:
Cleche

Clé`ché"
(?)
a.
[F. cléché.]
(Her.)
Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.


word: Cleek
definition:
Cleek

Cleek
(klēk)
n.
1.
A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron-headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft.

2.
Act of cleeking; a clutch.
[Scot.]


word: Cleek₂
definition:
Cleek

Cleek
v. t.
[pret. Claught (?); pret. & p. p. Cleeked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking.]
[ME. cleken, clechen, to seize, clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.]
[Scot & Dial. Eng.]
1.
To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.

2.
To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.

3.
To hook or link (together); hence, to marry.
Scott.


word: Clef
definition:
Clef

Clef
(klĕf; 277)
n.
[F. clef key, a key in music, fr. L. clavis key. See Clavicle.]
(Mus.)
A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

&hand_; The clefs are three in number, called the C, F, and G clefs, and are probably corruptions or modifications of these letters. They indicate that the letters of absolute pitch belonging to the lines upon which they are placed, are respectively C, F, and G. The F or bass clef, and the G or treble clef, are fixed in their positions upon the staff. The C clef may have three positions. It may be placed upon the first or lower line of the staff, in which case it is called soprano clef, upon the third line, in which case it called alto clef, or upon the fourth line, in which case tenor clef. It rarely or never is placed upon the second line, except in ancient music. See other forms of C clef under C, 2.

Alto clef, Bass clef. See under Alto, Bass.


word: Cleft₂
definition:
Cleft

Cleft
a.
1.
Divided; split; partly divided or split.

2.
(Bot.)
Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.


word: Cleft₃
definition:
Cleft

Cleft
n.
[OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. klöft, G. kluft. See Cleave to split and cf. 2d Clift, 1st Clough.]
1.
A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
Is. ii. 21.

2.
A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

3.
(Far.)
A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.


word: Cleftgraft
definition:
Cleftgraft

Cleft"graft`
(?)
v. t.
To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
Mortimer.


word: Cleg
definition:
Cleg

Cleg
(?)
n.
[Northern Eng. & Scot. gleg: cf. Gael. crethleag.]
(Zool.)
A small breeze or horsefly.
[North of Eng. & Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: cleistocarp
definition:
cleistocarp

cleistocarp
n.
the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially  Aspergillaceae and Eurysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called also cleistothecium.

Syn. -- cleistothecium.


word: Cleistogamous
definition:
Cleistogamous

Cleistogamic

{ Cleis`to*gam"ic (?), Cleis*tog"a*mous (?) }
a.
[Gr. _; closed (fr. _; to shut) + ga`mos marriage.]
(Bot.)
Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.
Darwin.


word: cleistothecium
definition:
cleistothecium

cleistothecium
n.
the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Eurysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called also cleistocarp.

Syn. -- cleistocarp.


word: Clem
definition:
Clem

Clem
(klĕm)
v. t. & i.
[Cf. clam to clog, or G. klemmen to pinch, Icel. klömbra, E. clamp.]
To starve; to famish.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Clematis
definition:
Clematis

Clem"a*tis
(klĕm"ȧ*tĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. klhmati`s brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. klh^ma twig, shoot, fr. kla^n to break off.]
(Bot.)
A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.


word: Clemency
definition:
Clemency

Clem"en*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Clemencies (#).
[L. clementia, fr. clemens mild, calm.]
1.
Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects.
Stowe.

They had applied for the royal clemency.
Macaulay.

2.
Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.


word: Clement
definition:
Clement

Clem"ent
(?)
a.
[L. clemens; -entis; cf. F. cl_;ment.]
Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.
Shak.


word: Clementine
definition:
Clementine

Clem"ent*ine
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.


word: Cleopatra's needle
definition:
Cleopatra's needle

Cle`o*pa"tra's nee"dle
(?)
[So named after Cleopatra, queen of Egypt.]
Either of two obelisks which were moved in ancient times from Heliopolis to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.
&hand_; Some writers consider that only the obelisk now in Central Park is properly called Cleopatra's needle.


word: Clepe
definition:
Clepe

Clepe
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cleped (?) or (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf. Ycleped.]
[AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call.]
To call, or name.
[Obs.]

That other son was cleped Cambalo.
Chaucer.


word: Clepe₂
definition:
Clepe

Clepe
v. i.
To make appeal; to cry out.
[Obs.]

Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high
Cleping for vengeance of this treachery.
Mir. for Mag.


word: Clepsine
definition:
Clepsine

Clep"si*ne
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.


word: Clepsydra
definition:
Clepsydra

Clep"sy*dra
(?; 277)
n.
[L. from Gr. _;; _; to steal, conceal + _; water.]
A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Clergical
definition:
Clergical

Cler"gi*cal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Clergy
definition:
Clergy

Cler"gy
(?)
n.
[OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergié, F. clergé, fr. LL. clericatus office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See Clerk.]

1.
The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church.
Hooker.

2.
Learning; also, a learned profession.
[Obs.]

Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other cleargy.
Guy of Warwick.

Put their second sons to learn some clergy.
State Papers (1515).

3.
The privilege or benefit of clergy.

If convicted of a clergyable felony, he is entitled equally to his clergy after as before conviction.
Blackstone.

Benefit of clergy (Eng., Law), the exemption of the persons of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read, such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or clerks. This privilege was abridged and modified by various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of George IV. (1827). -- Regular clergy, Secular clergy See Regular, n., and Secular, a.


word: Clergyable
definition:
Clergyable

Cler"gy*a*ble
(?)
a.
Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony.
Blackstone.


word: Clergyman
definition:
Clergyman

Cler"gy*man
(?)
n.
pl. Clergymen (#).
An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.


word: Clerical
definition:
Clerical

Cler"ic*al
(?)
a.
[LL. clericalis. See Clerk.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
clerical
Burke.

2.
Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
Clerical
E. Everett.

3.
characteristic of the work performed by a clerk, secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a clerk.
Clerical

A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing.


word: Clericalism
definition:
Clericalism

Cler"ic*al*ism
(?)
n.
An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.


word: Cleridae
definition:
Cleridae

Cleridae
n.
a natural family of beetles that prey on other insects.

Syn. -- family Cleridae.


word: clerihew
definition:
clerihew

clerihew
n.
a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person.


word: Clerisy
definition:
Clerisy

Cler"i*sy
(?)
n.
[LL. clericia. See Clergy.]
1.
The literati, or well educated class.

2.
The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.


word: Clerk
definition:
Clerk

Clerk
(klẽrk; in Eng. klärk; 277)
n.
[Either OF. clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. klhriko`s belonging to the clergy, fr. klh^ros lot, allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii. 2. Cf. Clergy.]
1.
A clergyman or ecclesiastic.
[Obs.]

All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ.
Ayliffe.

2.
A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters.
[Obs.]
clerk
Blackstone.

He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe.
Burke.

3.
A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it.
[Eng.]
Hook.

And like unlettered clerk still cry “Amen”.
Shak.

4.
One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.

The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.
Strype.

&hand_; In some cases, clerk is synonymous with secretary. A clerk is always an officer subordinate to a higher officer, board, corporation, or person; whereas a secretary may be either a subordinate or the head of an office or department.

5.
An assistant in a shop or store.
[U. S.]


word: Clerk-ale
definition:
Clerk-ale

Clerk"-ale`
(? in Eng. _;)
n.
A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk.
[Eng.]
T. Warton.


word: Cleromancy
definition:
Cleromancy

Cler"o*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; lot + -mancy; cf. F. cléromancie.]
A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.


word: Clever
definition:
Clever

Clev"er
(?)
a.
[Origin uncertain. Cf. OE. cliver eager, AS. clyfer (in comp.) cloven; or clifer a claw, perh. connected with E. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of E. clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing (with the mind).]
1.
Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds.
Macaulay.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
C. Kingsley.

2.
Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
Byron.

3.
Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.

'T would sound more clever
To me and to my heirs forever.
Swift.

4.
Well-shaped; handsome.
clever
Arbuthnot.

5.
Good-natured; obliging.
[U. S.]


word: Clevis
definition:
Clevis

Clev"is
(?)
n.
[Cf. Cleave to adhere, Clavel.]
A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.


word: Clue
definition:
Clue

Clew

{ Clew (klū), Clue, }
n.
[OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS. cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen, OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, knäuel, and perch. to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor. Perch. akin to E. claw. √26. Cf. Knawel.]
1.
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

Untwisting his deceitful clew.
Spenser.

2.
That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.

The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands.
Macaulay.

3.
(Naut.)
(a.)
A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
(b.)
A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
(c.)
A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.

Clew garnet (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards. -- Clew line (Naut.), a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard. -- Clew-line block (Naut.), The block through which a clew line reeves. See Illust. of Block.


word: Clew
definition:
Clew

Clew
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clewed p. pr. & vb. n. Clewing.]
[Cf. D. kluwenen. See Clew, n.]
1.
To direct; to guide, as by a thread.
[Obs.]

Direct and clew me out the way to happiness.
Beau. & Fl.

2.
(Naut.)
To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard.

To clew down (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines. -- To clew up (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.


word: Cliche
definition:
Cliche

Cli`ché"
(?)
n.
[F. cliché, from clicher to stereotype.]
1.
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

2.
a trite or obvious remark.

Syn. -- platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide.

Cliché casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.


word: cliched
definition:
cliched

cliched
adj.
repeated regularly without thought or originality.

Syn. -- ready-made, routine, stock(prenominal).


word: Click
definition:
Click

Click
(klĭk)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Clicked (klĭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.]
[Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.]
To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
Goldsmith.


word: Click₂
definition:
Click

Click
v. t.
1.
To move with the sound of a click.

She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
Thackeray.

2.
To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.

[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
Ben Jonson.

When merry milkmaids click the latch.
Tennyson.


word: Click₃
definition:
Click

Click
n.
1.
A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.

2.
A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.


word: Click₅
definition:
Click

Click
n.
[Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch.]
1.
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

2.
The latch of a door.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Clicker
definition:
Clicker

Click"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.
[Low, Eng.]

2.
(Print.)
One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.


word: Clicket
definition:
Clicket

Click"et
(?)
n.
[OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click.]
1.
The knocker of a door.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
A latch key.
[Eng.]
Chaucer.


word: clickety-click
definition:
clickety-click

clickety-clack

clickety-clack, clickety-click
n.
a fast and rhythmic clicking sound, as of “click-clack”; as, the clickety-clack of the typewriters.

Syn. -- clickety-clack.


word: Clidastes
definition:
Clidastes

Cli*das"tes
(?)
n.
[NL., prob. from Gr. klei`s key.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Client
definition:
Client

Cli"ent
(?)
n.
[L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. _; to hear, Skr. çry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See Loud.]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

2.
A dependent; one under the protection of another.

I do think they are your friends and clients,
And fearful to disturb you.
B. Jonson.

3.
(Law)
One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.


word: Cliental
definition:
Cliental

Cli*en"tal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a client.

A dependent and cliental relation.
Burke.

I sat down in the cliental chair.
Dickens.


word: Cliented
definition:
Cliented

Cli"ent*ed
(?)
a.
Supplied with clients.
[R.]

The least cliented pettifiggers.
R. Carew.


word: Clientele
definition:
Clientele

Cli`en*tele"
(? or ?)
n.
[L. clientela: cf. F. clientèle.]
1.
The condition or position of a client; clientship
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

2.
The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

3.
The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.


word: Clientship
definition:
Clientship

Cli"ent*ship
(?)
n.
Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.
Dryden.


word: Cliff
definition:
Cliff

Cliff
(klĭf)
n.
[AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See Climb.]
A high, steep rock; a precipice.

Cliff swallow (Zool.), a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow.


word: cliffbrake
definition:
cliffbrake

cliffbrake
n.
any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions.

Syn. -- cliff brake, rock brake.


word: cliffhanger
definition:
cliffhanger

cliffhanger
n.
a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end.

2.
an episode of a drama that ends in suspense.


word: clifflike
definition:
clifflike

clifflike
adj.
characterized by cliffs; -- of a shore or shoreline; -- contrasted with beachy.
precipitous, steep

Syn. -- cliffy.


word: Cliff limestone
definition:
Cliff limestone

Cliff" lime"stone`
(?)
(Geol.)
A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.


word: Clift
definition:
Clift

Clift
(?)
n.
[See 1st Cliff, n.]
A cliff.
[Obs.]

That gainst the craggy clifts did loudly roar.
Spenser.


word: Clift₂
definition:
Clift

Clift
n.
[See Cleft, n.]
1.
A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
[Obs.]

2.
The fork of the legs; the crotch.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Clifted
definition:
Clifted

Clift"ed
a.
[From Clift a cleft.]
Broken; fissured.

Climb the Ande_; clifted side.
Grainger.


word: Climacter
definition:
Climacter

Cli*mac"ter
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, prop., round of a ladder, fr. _; ladder: cf. F. climactère. See Climax.]
See Climacteric, n.


word: Climacteric
definition:
Climacteric

Cli*mac"ter*ic
(? or ?; 277)
a.
[L. climactericus, Gr. _;. See Climacter.]
Relating to a climacteric; critical.


word: Climacteric₂
definition:
Climacteric

Cli*mac"ter*ic
n.
1.
A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.

2.
Any critical period.

It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world.
Southey.


word: climb-down
definition:
climb-down

climb-down
n.
1.
a retraction of a previously held position.

Syn. -- withdrawal, backdown.

Grand  climacteric or Great climacteric, the sixty-third year of human life.

I should hardly yield my rigid fibers to be regenerated by them; nor begin, in my grand climacteric, to squall in their new accents, or to stammer, in my second cradle, the elemental sounds of their barbarous metaphysics.
Burke.


word: Climactic
definition:
Climactic

Cli*mac"tic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.
A fourth kind of parallelism . . . is still sufficiently marked to be noticed by the side of those described by Lowth, viz., climactic parallelism (sometimes called “ascending rhythm”).
S. R. Driver.


word: Climatarchic
definition:
Climatarchic

Cli`ma*tar"chic
(?)
a.
[Climate + Gr. _; to rule.]
Presiding over, or regulating, climates.


word: Climate
definition:
Climate

Cli"mate
(?)
n.
[F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. _;, _;, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. _; to slope, incline, akin to E. lean, v. i. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Clime.]
1.
(Anc. Geog.)
One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

2.
The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.


word: Climatize
definition:
Climatize

Cli"ma*tize
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Climatized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Climatizing.]
To acclimate or become acclimated.


word: Climatology
definition:
Climatology

Cli`ma*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Climate + -logy: cf. F. climatologie.]
The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes.
Brande & C.


word: Climax
definition:
Climax

Cli"max
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _; ladder, staircase, fr. _; to make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.]
1.
Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Glanvill.

2.
(Rhet.)
A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.

“Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope” -- a happy climax.
J. D. Forbes.

3.
The highest point; the greatest degree.

We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.
I. Taylor.

To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.]


word: Climb
definition:
Climb

Climb
(klīm)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Climbed (klīmd), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (kl&obreve_;m); p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.]
[AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klīfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]
1.
To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

2.
To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.

Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.
Dryden.

3.
(Bot.)
To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.


word: Climb₂
definition:
Climb

Climb
v. t.
To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.


word: Climber
definition:
Climber

Climb"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, climbs
(a)
(Bot.)
A plant that climbs.
(b)
(Zool.)
A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.


word: Climber₂
definition:
Climber

Climb"er
v. i.
[From Climb; cf. Clamber.]
To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.
[Obs.]
Tusser.


word: Climbing
definition:
Climbing

Climb"ing
p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.

Climbing fern. See under Fern. -- Climbing perch. (Zool.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.


word: Clime
definition:
Clime

Clime
(?)
n.
[L. clima. See Climate.]
A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.

Turn we to sutvey,
Where rougher climes a nobler race display.
Goldsmith.


word: Clinanthium
definition:
Clinanthium

Cli*nan"thi*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; bed + _; flower.]
(Bot.)
The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.


word: Clinch
definition:
Clinch

Clinch
(klĭnch; 224)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.]
[OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]
1.
To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
Clinch
Dryden.

2.
To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
Swift.

3.
To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

4.
To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
South.


word: Clinch₃
definition:
Clinch

Clinch
(klĭnch)
n.
1.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

2.
A pun.
Pope.

3.
(Naut.)
A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.


word: Clincher
definition:
Clincher

Clinch"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
Pope.

2.
That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.


word: Cling
definition:
Cling

Cling
(klĭng)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Clung (klŭng), Clong (kl&obreve_;ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinging.]
[AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. Clump.]
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.

And what hath life for thee
That thou shouldst cling to it thus?
Mrs. Hemans.


word: Cling₂
definition:
Cling

Cling
v. t.
1.
To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
[Obs.]

I clung legs as close to his side as I could.
Swift.

2.
To make to dry up or wither.
[Obs.]

If thou speak'st false,
Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive,
Till famine cling thee.
Shak.


word: Cling₃
definition:
Cling

Cling
n.
Adherence; attachment; devotion.
[R.]

A more tenacious cling to worldly respects.
Milton.


word: clingfish
definition:
clingfish

clingfish
n.
very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.


word: Clingstone
definition:
Clingstone

Cling"stone`
(?)
a.
Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches.
n. A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.


word: Clinic
definition:
Clinic

Clin"ic
(?)
n.
[See Clinical.]
1.
One confined to the bed by sickness.

2.
(Eccl.)
One who receives baptism on a sick bed.
[Obs.]
Hook.

3.
(Med.)
a medical facility, often connected with a school or hospital, which treats primarily outpatients.

4.
(Med.)
A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.

5.
a lesson or series of lessons taught to persons not expert in some activity, in which the errors of the students are pointed out, and remedial actions are suggested.

6.
(sports)
a performance so excellent as to be considered a model for emulation.
[fig.]


word: Clinic₂
definition:
Clinic

Clinical

{ Clin"ic*al (klĭn"ĭk*al), Clin"ic (klĭn"ĭk) }
a.
[Gr. kliniko`s, fr. kli`nh bed, fr. kli`nein to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.

2.
Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject.

Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. -- Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics. -- Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. -- Clinical medicine, Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject.


word: clinid
definition:
clinid

clin"id
(klĭn"ĭd)
a.
of or pertaining to the Clinidae, a family of fish of temperate and tropical seas.


word: Clinidae
definition:
Clinidae

Clinidae
n.
a natural family of viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas.

Syn. -- family Clinidae.


word: Clink
definition:
Clink

Clink
(klĭ&nsmacr_;k)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clinked (klĭ&nsmacr_;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinking.]
[OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.]
To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

And let me the canakin clink.
Shak.


word: Clink₂
definition:
Clink

Clink
(klĭ&nsmacr_;k)
v. i.
1.
To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound.
clinking
Tennyson.

2.
To rhyme. [Humorous].
Cowper.


word: Clink₃
definition:
Clink

Clink
n.
A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.
Clink
Shak.


word: Clink₄
definition:
Clink

Clink
(klĭ&nsmacr_;k)
n.
A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England.
[Colloq.]
clink
Kipling.


word: Clinker
definition:
Clinker

Clink"er
(klĭ&nsmacr_;k"ẽr)
n.
[From clink; cf. D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone.]
1.
A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.

2.
Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.

3.
A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.

4.
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.


word: Clinker-built
definition:
Clinker-built

Clink"er-built
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.


word: Clinkstone
definition:
Clinkstone

Clink"stone`
(?; 110)
n.
[Clink + stone; -- from its sonorousness.]
(Min.)
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.


word: Clinodiagonal
definition:
Clinodiagonal

Cli`no*di*ag"o*nal
(?)
n.
[Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. diagonal.]
(Crystallog.)
That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization.
a. Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinodiagonal.


word: Clinographic
definition:
Clinographic

Cli"no*graph"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. kli`nein to incline + -graph.]
Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.


word: Clinoid
definition:
Clinoid

Cli"noid
(?)
a.
[Gr. kli`nh bed + -oid.]
(Anat.)
Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.


word: Clinometer
definition:
Clinometer

Cli*nom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. kli`nein to incline + -meter.]
(Geol.)
An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.
Dana.


word: Clinometric
definition:
Clinometric

Clin`o*met"ric
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer.

2.
Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems.


word: Clinometry
definition:
Clinometry

Cli*nom"e*try
(?)
n.
(geol.)
That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.


word: Clinopinacoid
definition:
Clinopinacoid

Cli`no*pin"a*coid
(?)
n.
[Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. pinacoid.]
(Crystallog.)
The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.


word: Clinorhombic
definition:
Clinorhombic

Cli`no*rhom"bic
(?)
a.
[Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. rhombic: cf. F. clinorhombique.]
(Crystallog.)
Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic.


word: Clinostat
definition:
Clinostat

Cli"no*stat
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; to incline + _; to make to stand.]
(Bot.)
An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by  clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated.


word: Clinquant
definition:
Clinquant

Clin"quant
(?)
a.
[F.]
Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Clinton
definition:
Clinton

Clin"ton
1.
William Jefferson Clinton, b. 1946.  The 42d president of the United States, from 1993-.  Also known as Bill Clinton.
[Prop.]

2.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, b. 1947.  Attorney and wife of Bill Clinton, the 42d president of the United States.
[Prop.]


word: clintonia
definition:
clintonia

clintonia
n.
any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries.

Syn. -- Clinton's lily.


word: Clio
definition:
Clio

Cli"o
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; the proclaimer, fr. _; to call, tell of, make famous.]
(Class. Myth.)
The Muse who presided over history.


word: Clione
definition:
Clione

Cli*o"ne
(?)
n.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.


word: Clip
definition:
Clip

Clip
(klĭp)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clipped (klĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.]
[OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl&ymacr_;pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]
1.
To embrace, hence; to encompass.

O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about,
Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.
Shak.

2.
To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

Sentenced to have his ears clipped.
Macaulay.

3.
To curtail; to cut short.

All my reports go with the modest truth;
No more nor clipped, but so.
Shak.

In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.
Swift.


word: Clip₂
definition:
Clip

Clip
(klĭp)
v. i.
To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.
Dryden.


word: Clip₃
definition:
Clip

Clip
n.
1.
An embrace.
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
A cutting; a shearing.

3.
The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

4.
A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

5.
An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
Knight.

6.
(Far.)
A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak.
Youatt.

7.
A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
[Colloq. U. S.]

8.
(Mach.)
A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.

9.
(Angling)
A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

10.
A rapid gait.
clip
Kipling.


word: clip-on
definition:
clip-on

clip-on
adj.
having a clip as the means of attachment; as, clip-on earrings; a clip-on bow tie.


word: clipped
definition:
clipped

clipped
adj.
1.
trimmed with clippers; as, a clipped hedge.

2.
(music)
staccato; -- contrasted with legato.

Syn. -- short.

3.
effectively concise.

Syn. -- brief, crisp, curt, laconic, short, terse, to the point(predicate).


word: Clipper
definition:
Clipper

Clip"per
(klĭp"pẽr)
n.
1.
One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins.

The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket.
Locke.

2.
A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.

3.
(Naut.)
A vessel with a sharp bow, built with a fast hull and tall sails, rigged for fast sailing, and used in trade where the cargo capacity was less important than the speed; -- called also clipper ship.
Clip"per-built` (_;), a.

&hand_; The name was first borne by “Baltimore clippers” famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States.

4.
(Electronics)
a circuit that limits the amplitude of a waveform.

Syn. -- limiter.

Yankee Clipper, (a) a clipper ship built in the United States.  See clipper{3}. (b) Joe DiMaggio; -- a nickname for the player who was a prominent member of the New York Yankees baseball team in the 1940's.


word: clippers
definition:
clippers

clippers
n.
1.
a type of shears for cutting grass or shrubbery; as, hedge clippers.

Syn. -- clipper, hedge clippers.

2.
a cutting device for cutting hair or finger nails; as, nail clippers.

Syn. -- clipper.


word: Clipping
definition:
Clipping

Clip"ping
(?)
n.
1.
The act of embracing.
[Obs.]

2.
The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.
This practise was common when precious metals such as silver or gold were used in commonly circulated major coins, such as the dime, quarter, and higher denominations; scoundrels would remove small slivers of precious metal from the edges of many coins, eventually accumulating enough precious metal to be worth a significant sum, while passing on the clipped coins at their nominal values.  After most governments discontinued coinage in silver and gold in the late 1900's, the practice became obsolete.  The serrations, or milling, at the edges of coins was introduced to defeat the practice by making the result of clipping evident.  Many coins continued to be made with milled edges even after the practice of clipping was rendered pointless by use of non-precious metals in coinage.

clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money.
Locke.

3.
That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.

4.
(Football)
The act of hitting a player from behind, for the purpose of blocking.  It is illegal in football because it can lead to injury to the blocked player, who cannot anticipate the action.  A penalty of 10 yards or more may be assessed against the team of the offending player.


word: Clique
definition:
Clique

Clique
(klēk)
n.
[F., fr. OF. cliquer to click.  See Click, v. i.]
A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.


word: Clique₂
definition:
Clique

Clique
v. i.
To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.


word: cliquish
definition:
cliquish

cli"quish
(klē"kĭsh)
a.
Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.
Cli"*quish*ness, n.


word: clitellus
definition:
clitellus

cli*tel"lus
(klĭ*tĕl"lŭs)
n.
[NL., prob. fr. L. clitellae a packsadle.]
(Zool.)
A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.


word: Clitocybe
definition:
Clitocybe

Clitocybe
prop. n.
a genus of white-spored agarics with flat or funnel-shaped cap and elastic stem.

Syn. -- genus Clitocybe.


word: Clitoria
definition:
Clitoria

Clitoria
n.
a genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers.

Syn. -- genus Clitoria.


word: Clitoris
definition:
Clitoris

Cli"to*ris
(klī"to̝*rĭs or  klĭt"o̝*rĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. kleitori`s, fr. klei`ein to shut up.  It is concealed by the labia pudendi.]
(Anat.)
A small organ at the upper part of the vulva in females, homologous to the penis in the male.


word: clitter
definition:
clitter

clitter
v. i.
to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers.

Syn. -- stridulate.


word: Clivity
definition:
Clivity

Cliv"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Clivities (#).
[L. clivus hill.]
Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.
[R.]


word: Cloaca
definition:
Cloaca

Clo"a"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Cloacæ (#).
[L.]
1.
A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

2.
A privy.

3.
(Anat.)
The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.


word: Cloak
definition:
Cloak

Cloak
(kl&omacrk; 110)
n.
[Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]
1.
A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

2.
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
South.

Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.


word: Cloak₂
definition:
Cloak

Cloak
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cloaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.]
To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.

Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter.
Spenser.


word: Cloaking
definition:
Cloaking

Cloak"ing
n.
1.
The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.

To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings.
Strype.

2.
The material of which of which cloaks are made.


word: Cloakroom
definition:
Cloakroom

Cloak"room`
(?)
n.
A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.


word: clobber
definition:
clobber

clobber
n.
personal possessions; -- an informal term; as, did you take all your clobber?.

Syn. -- stuff.


word: Cloche
definition:
Cloche

Cloche
(?)
n.
[F., prop., bell.]
(Aëronautics)
An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.


word: cloche
definition:
cloche

cloche
n.
1.
a woman's close-fitting helmetlike hat.

2.
a low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold.


word: Clock
definition:
Clock

Clock
(kl&obreve_;k)
n.
[AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf. Cloak.]
1.
A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions; in ordinary mechanical clocks for domestic or office use the time is indicated on a typically circular face or dial plate containing two hands, pointing to numbers engraved on the periphery of the face, thus showing the hours and minutes. The works of a mechanical clock are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. In electrical or electronic clocks, the time may be indicated, as on a mechanical clock, by hands, but may also be indicated by direct digital readout, with the hours and minutes in normal Arabic numerals.  The readout using hands is often called analog to distinguish it from the digital readout.  Some clocks also indicate the seconds. Clocks are not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.  Specialized clocks, such as atomic clocks, may be constructed on different principles, and may have a very high precision for use in scientific observations.

2.
A watch, esp. one that strikes.
[Obs.]
Walton.

3.
The striking of a clock.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

4.
A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
Swift.

&hand_; The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the clock, etc.

Alarm clock. See under Alarm. -- Astronomical clock. (a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy, for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for regulating timepieces. (b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon, position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time, etc. -- Electric clock. (a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or electro-magnetism. (b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording apparatus. -- Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the divisions of the ship's watches. -- Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep sidereal time.


word: clocking
definition:
clocking

clocking
n.
the time taken to traverse a measured course; as, it was a world record clocking.


word: Clocklike
definition:
Clocklike

Clock"like`
(kl&obreve_;k"līk`)
a.
Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.

Their services are clocklike, to be set
Backward and forward at their lord's command.
B. Jonson.


word: clocks
definition:
clocks

clocks
n.
1.
European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico (Erodium cicutarium), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for forage.

Syn. -- redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium.


word: clockwise₂
definition:
clockwise

clock"wise`
(?)
a. & adv.
in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative.  Also said of the direction of a spiral, in which case the term right-handed is more common.  Opposite of counterclockwise, and left-handed.

Syn. -- right-handed, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory.


word: Clockwork
definition:
Clockwork

Clock"work`
(-wûrk`)
n.
The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.


word: Clod
definition:
Clod

Clod
(kl&obreve_;d)
n.
[OE. clodde, latter form of clot. See Clot.]
1.
A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.
Clods
Carew.
Clods
Milton.
Clods
E. Fairfax.

The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod.
Bacon.

2.
The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.

The clod
Where once their sultan's horse has trod.
Swift.

3.
That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.

This cold clod of clay which we carry about with us.
T. Burnet.

4.
A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt
Dryden.

5.
A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.


word: Clod₂
definition:
Clod

Clod
(kl&obreve_;d)
v. i.
To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.

Clodded in lumps of clay.
G. Fletcher.


word: Clod₃
definition:
Clod

Clod
v. t.
1.
To pelt with clods.
Jonson.

2.
To throw violently; to hurl.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Clodpoll
definition:
Clodpoll

Clod"poll`
(?)
n.
[Clod + poll head.]
A stupid fellow; a dolt.
[Written also clodpole.]
Shak.


word: Cloff
definition:
Cloff

Cloff
(kl&obreve_;f; 115)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
[Written also clough.]
McCulloch.


word: Clog
definition:
Clog

Clog
(kl&obreve_;g)
n.
[OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. clay.]
1.
That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression.
Burke.

2.
A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
And quits his clog.
Hudibras.

A clog of lead was round my feet.
Tennyson.

3.
A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.

In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
Harvey.

Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. -- Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog dancer.


word: Clog₂
definition:
Clog

Clog
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clogged (kl&obreve_;gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clogging.]
1.
To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
Dryden.

2.
To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

3.
To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

The commodities are clogged with impositions.
Addison.

You 'll rue the time
That clogs me with this answer.
Shak.


word: Clog₃
definition:
Clog

Clog
v. i.
1.
To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog.
S. Sharp.

2.
To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together.
Evelyn.


word: clogged
definition:
clogged

clogged
adj.
1.
obstructed so as to prevent or hinder flow of a fluid; -- of conduits; as, clogged pipes; clogged arteries.

Syn. -- choked.

2.
filled beyond capacity (with people or vehicles), so as to retard movement; as, The store aisles were clogged with shoppers on the day before Christmas.; The clogged highways made me miss my appointment..

Syn. -- choked.


word: Cloisonne
definition:
Cloisonne

Cloi`son*né
(?)
a.
[F., partitioned, fr. cloison a partition.]
Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.
S. Wells Williams.


word: Cloister
definition:
Cloister

Clois"ter
(?)
n.
[OF. cloistre, F. cloître, L. claustrum, pl. claustra, bar, bolt, bounds, fr. claudere, clausum, to close. See Close, v. t., and cf. Claustral.]

1.
An inclosed place.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
pl.
the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloister's pale.
Milton.

3.
A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

Fitter for a cloister than a crown.
Daniel.

Cloister garth (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.


word: Cloister₂
definition:
Cloister

Clois"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cloistered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cloistering.]
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery.
Sharp.


word: Cloistered
definition:
Cloistered

Clois"tered
(?)
a.
1.
Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.
Cloistered
Hudibras.

In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
Shenstone.

2.
Furnished with cloisters.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Cloisterer
definition:
Cloisterer

Clois"ter*er
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. cloistier.]
One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.


word: Cloistral
definition:
Cloistral

Clois"tral
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.
[Written also cloisteral.]

Best become a cloistral exercise.
Daniel.


word: Clomben
definition:
Clomben

Clomb

{ Clomb (?), Clomb"en (?), }
imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed).
[Obs.]

The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene.
Chaucer.


word: clone
definition:
clone

clone
(kl&omacrn)
n.
1.
(Biol.)
a group of organisms derived from a single individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; -- used mostly of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast.

Syn. -- clon.

2.
(Biol.)
an individual organism containing a genetic complement identical to that of another organism, produced by using the genetic material from the second animal in a non-sexual reproduction process.

3.
something virtually identical to another object.


word: clone₂
definition:
clone

clone
v. t.
1.
(Biol.)
to make a clone from; to make identical copies of an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction.

2.
(Microbiol.)
to grow colonies of a microorganism by spreading a suspension of the microorganism onto a solid growth medium (such as in a Petri dish), at a concentration such that individual colonies will grow from single cells sufficiently well separated from other colonies so that pure cultures derived from a single organism can be isolated.

3.
(Biochem.)
to make large quantities of a segment of DNA by inserting it, using biochemical techniques, into the DNA of a microorganism, and growing that microorganism in large numbers; as, to clone the gene for growth hormone.


word: Clonic
definition:
Clonic

Clon"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. klo`nos a violent, confused motion; cf. F. clonique.]
(Med.)
Having an irregular, convulsive motion.
Dunglison.

Clonic spasm. (Med.) See under Spasm.


word: Clonus
definition:
Clonus

Clo"nus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. klo`nos violent, confused motion.]
(Med.)
A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies.


word: Cloom
definition:
Cloom

Cloom
(?)
v. t.
[A variant of clam to clog.]
To close with glutinous matter.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.


word: Cloop
definition:
Cloop

Cloop
(?)
n.
[An onomatopœia.]
The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
cloop
Thackeray.


word: Cloot
definition:
Cloot

Cloot
(?)
n.
[Cf. G. dial. kleuzen to split.]
(Scot. & Dial. Eng.)
1.
One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also, the whole hoof.

2.
The Devil; Clootie; -- usually in the pl.
Burns.


word: Clorox
definition:
Clorox

Clorox
n.
[a trademark of the Clorox Co.]
a commercial bleaching agent, consisting of a 5.25% aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl).  Other similar solutions of sodium hypochlorite are sometimes referred to as clorox.
[trademark]

Syn. -- bleach.


word: Close
definition:
Close

Close
(kl&omacrz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Closed (kl&omacrzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.]
[From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.]
1.
To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

2.
To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.

3.
To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.

One frugal supper did our studies close.
Dryden.

4.
To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

The depth closed me round about.
Jonah ii. 5.

But now thou dost thyself immure and close
In some one corner of a feeble heart.
Herbert.

A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.


word: Close₂
definition:
Close

Close
v. i.
1.
To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
Byron.

2.
To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.

3.
To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.

They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest.
Prescott.

To close on or To close upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. “Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage.” Sir W. Temple. -- To close with. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. -- To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.


word: Close₃
definition:
Close

Close
(?)
n.
1.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
[Obs.]

The doors of plank were; their close exquisite.
Chapman.

2.
Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.

 His long and troubled life was drawing to a close.
Macaulay.

3.
A grapple in wrestling.
Bacon.

4.
(Mus.)
(a)
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
(b)
A double bar marking the end.

At every close she made, the attending throng
Replied, and bore the burden of the song.
Dryden.


word: Close₄
definition:
Close

Close
(? or ?)
n.
[OF. & F. clos an inclosure, fr. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]
1.
An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.

Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons.
Macaulay.

2.
A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within.
[Eng.]
Halliwell

3.
(Law)
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed.
Bouvier.


word: Close₅
definition:
Close

Close
(kl&omacrs)
a.
[Compar. Closer (kl&omacr"sẽr); superl. Closest.]
[Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]
1.
Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.

From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
Dryden.

2.
Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters.
close
Dickens.

3.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.

If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal.
Bacon.

4.
Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.

5.
Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
close
1 Chron. xii. 1

“Her close intent.”
Spenser.

6.
Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent.
closer
Shak.

7.
Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.

The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal.
Locke.

8.
Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning.
close
Dryden.

9.
Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.

Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
Mortimer.

The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay.
G. Eliot.

10.
Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.

11.
Intimate; familiar; confidential.

League with you I seek
And mutual amity, so strait, so close,
That I with you must dwell, or you with me.
Milton.

12.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
close
Prescott.

13.
Difficult to obtain; as, money is close.
Bartlett.

14.
Parsimonious; stingy.
close
Hawthorne.

15.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation.
Locke.

16.
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.

17.
(Phon.)
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.

Close borough. See under Borough. -- Close breeding. See under Breeding. -- Close communion, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. -- Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. -- Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization. -- Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. -- Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. -- Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. -- Close to the wind (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel.


word: Close₆
definition:
Close

Close
(kl&omacrs)
adv.
1.
In a close manner.

2.
Secretly; darkly.
[Obs.]

A wondrous vision which did close imply
The course of all her fortune and posterity.
Spenser.


word: Close-bodied
definition:
Close-bodied

Close"-bod`ied
(?)
a.
Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
Ayliffe.


word: closed
definition:
closed

closed
adj.
1.
having an opening obstructed.
blind
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen, closed.
open

2.
(Math.)
of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
open

3.
Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially of doors.
fastened, latched
Also See: closed.
open

Syn. -- shut, unopen.

4.
having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used of mouth or eyes.  Opposite of open.
he sat quietly with closed eyes
blinking, winking
compressed, tight
squinched, squinting

Syn. -- shut.

5.
requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a closed shop.
[prenominal]

6.
closed with shutters.

7.
hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.

8.
not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.

9.
unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude.
a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas

10.
surrounded by walls.
a closed porch

Syn. -- closed in(predicate).

11.
made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map.

Syn. -- folded.

12.
closed or fastened with or as if with buttons.
buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)

13.
not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or business establishment.
the airport is closed because of the weather
the many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted

Syn. -- shut down.


word: closed-chain
definition:
closed-chain

closed-chain
adj.
(Chem.)
having atoms linked by bonds which form a ring.

Syn. -- closed-ring.


word: closedown
definition:
closedown

close"down`
n.
termination of operations; a shutdown.

Syn. -- closure, closing, shutdown.


word: Close-fights
definition:
Close-fights

Close"-fights`
(?)
n. pl.
(Naut.)
Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.
[Obs.]


word: close-grained
definition:
close-grained

close-grained
adj.
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.

Syn. -- fine-grained.


word: close-hauled
definition:
close-hauled

Closehauled

Close"hauled`, close-hauled
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible; -- said of a sailing vessel.


word: closely-knit
definition:
closely-knit

close-knit

close-knit closely-knit
adj.
bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family.


word: Closely
definition:
Closely

Close"ly
adv.
1.
In a close manner.

2.
Secretly; privately.
[Obs.]

That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe
Her dainty couch with tears which
closely she did weepe.
Spenser.


word: closely-held
definition:
closely-held

closely-held
adj.
owned by a relatively few shareholders; -- of business organizations; as, a closely-held corporation.


word: Closeness
definition:
Closeness

Close"ness
n.
The state of being close.

Half stifled by the closeness of the room.
Swift.

We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius.
Bacon.

An affectation of closeness and covetousness.
Addison.


word: Closer
definition:
Closer

Clos"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

2.
A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.

3.
(Masonry)
The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course.
Gwilt.


word: Close-stool
definition:
Close-stool

Close"-stool`
(?)
n.
A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.


word: Closet
definition:
Closet

Clos"et
(?)
n.
[OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. See Close an inclosure.]
1.
A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine.
Goldsmith.

When thou prayest, enter into thy closet.
Matt. vi. 6.

2.
A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.
Dryden.

Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall.


word: Closet₂
definition:
Closet

Clos"et
v. t.
[imp. & p. p.Closeted p. pr. & vb. n. Closeting.]
1.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
[R.]

Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.
Cowper.

2.
To make into a closet for a secret interview.

He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
Bancroft.

He had been closeted with De Quadra.
Froude.


word: closeup
definition:
closeup

close"up
(kl&omacrs"ŭp)
n.
a photograph or other recorded image taken at close range, or using a telephoto lens so as to appear to have been taken at close range; -- used especially of images of faces in which the face fills all or most of the photograph.


word: Closh
definition:
Closh

Closh
(kl&obreve_;sh)
n.
[CF. F. clocher to limp, halt.]
A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis.
Crabb.


word: closing
definition:
closing

closing
adj.
final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks.  Opposite of opening.
year-end


word: closing₂
definition:
closing

closing
n.
1.
the act of closing something.

Syn. -- shutting.

2.
the last section of a communication.

Syn. -- conclusion, close, ending.

3.
termination of operations.

Syn. -- closure, closedown, shutdown.

4.
a concluding action.

Syn. -- completion, culmination, windup, mop up.

5.
(Commerce)
the final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; -- called also real estate closing.


word: clostridium
definition:
clostridium

clostridium
n.
clostridia
1.
spindle-shaped bacterial cell esp. one swollen at the center by an endospore.

Syn. -- clostridia.

2.
[capitalized]
a genus of anaerobic, spore-forming motile bacteria of the family Bacillaceae, including several pathogenic species, such as the causative agents of gas gangrene (Clostridium perfringens), botulism (Clostridium botulinum), and tetanus (Clostridium tetani).


word: Closure
definition:
Closure

Clo"sure
(kl&omacr"zh&uuptack_;r; 135)
n.
[Of. closure, L. clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
1.
The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

2.
That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever.
Pope.

3.
That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.

O thou bloody prison . . . 
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the Second here was hacked to death.
Shak.

4.
A conclusion; an end.
[Obs.]
Shak.

5.
(Parliamentary Practice)
A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.

6.
(Math.)
the property of being mathematically closed under some operation; -- said of sets.

7.
(Math.)
the intersection of all closed sets containing the given set.

8.
(Psychol.)
achievement of a sense of completeness and release from tension due to uncertainty; as, the closure afforded by the funeral of a loved one; also, the sense of completion thus achieved.


word: Clot
definition:
Clot

Clot
(kl&obreve_;t)
n.
[OE. clot, clodde, clod; akin to D. kloot ball, G. kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Dan. klods, Sw. klot bowl, globe, klots block; cf. AS. clāte bur. Cf. Clod, n., Clutter to clot.]
A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.
Clots
Addison.

Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.
Bacon.

&hand_; Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.


word: Clot₂
definition:
Clot

Clot
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Clotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clotting.]
To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a clot or clod.


word: Clot₃
definition:
Clot

Clot
v. t.
To form into, or cover with, clots; to cause to coagulate; to make into a slimy mass.


word: Clotbur
definition:
Clotbur

Clot"bur`
(kl&obreve_;t"bûr`)
n.
[Cf. Clote.]
1.
The burdock.
[Prov. Engl.]
Prior.

2.
Same as Cocklebur.


word: Clote
definition:
Clote

Clote
(kl&omacrt)
n.
[AS. clāte: cf. G. klette.]
The common burdock; the clotbur.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Cloth
definition:
Cloth

Cloth
(kl&obreve_;th; 115)
n.
pl. Cloths (kl&obreve_;&thlig_;z; 115), except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes (kl&omacrthz or kl&omacrz).
[OE. clath cloth, AS. clāþ cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. klæði, Dan. klæde, cloth, Sw. kläde, G. kleid garment, dress.]
1.
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.

2.
The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.

I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread.
Quarles.

3.
The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.

Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth?
Macaulay.

The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom.
I. Taylor.

Body cloth. See under Body. -- Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. -- Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. -- Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.


word: cloth-bound
definition:
cloth-bound

cloth-bound
adj.
having rigid front and back covers, covered with cloth; -- of books.  Contrasted to softcover.


word: Clothe
definition:
Clothe

Clothe
(kl&omacr&thlig_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clothed (kl&omacr&thlig_;d) or Clad (klăd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.]
[OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. clāðian, cl&aemacr_;ðan. See Cloth.]
1.
To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
Shak.

2.
To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Prov. xxiii. 21.

The naked every day he clad,
When he put on his clothes.
Goldsmith.

3.
Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.

Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
Watts.

His sides are clothed with waving wood.
J. Dyer.

Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb.
Milton.


word: clothed
definition:
clothed

clothed
adj.
1.
wearing clothing.
adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked out(predicate)
appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed
arrayed, panoplied
breeched, pantalooned, trousered
bundled-up
caparisoned
cassocked
costumed
decent
dight
dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up
gowned
habited
heavy-coated
overdressed
petticoated
red-coated, lobster-backed
surpliced
togged  dressed esp in smart clothes)
turned out
underdressed
uniformed
vestmented
Also See: adorned, decorated.
unclothed

2.
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows

Syn. -- cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.


word: Clothes
definition:
Clothes

Clothes
(kl&omacr&thlig_;z or  kl&omacrz; 277)
n. pl.
[From Cloth.]
1.
Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.

She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes.
Shak.

If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
Mark. v. 28.

2.
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

She turned each way her frighted head,
Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
Prior.

Body clothes. See under Body. -- Clothes moth (Zool.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larvæ eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.


word: Clotheshorse
definition:
Clotheshorse

Clothes"horse`
(kl&omacrz"hôrs`)
n.
1.
A frame to hang clothes on.

2.
a person who is conspicuous for dressing fashionably, especially one who spends much time or money to acquire clothing.


word: Clothespin
definition:
Clothespin

Clothes"pin`
(? or ?)
n.
A forked piece of wood or plastic, or a small device with a spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.


word: Clothier
definition:
Clothier

Cloth"ier
(?)
n.
1.
One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.
Hayward.

2.
One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.


word: Clothing
definition:
Clothing

Cloth"ing
(?)
n.
1.
Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

From others he shall stand in need of nothing,
Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing.
Milton.

As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth.
Ps. xxxv. 13

2.
The art of process of making cloth.
[R.]

Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing.
Ray.

3.
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
Knight.

4.
(Mach.)
See Card clothing, under 3d Card.


word: Clotted
definition:
Clotted

Clot"ted
(?)
a.
Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul.
clotted
J. Philips.

When lust . . . 
Lets in defilement to the inward parts,
The soul grows clotted by contagion.
Milton.


word: Clotter
definition:
Clotter

Clot"ter
(?)
v. i.
[From Clot.]
To concrete into lumps; to clot.
[Obs.]
Clottered
Chapman.


word: Cloud
definition:
Cloud

Cloud
(kloud)
n.
[Prob. fr. AS. clūd a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.]
1.
A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

I do set my bow in the cloud.
Gen. ix. 13.

&hand_; A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind.

2.
A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor.
cloud
Ezek. viii. 11.

3.
A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

4.
That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.

5.
A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection.
cloud
Heb. xii. 1.

6.
A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.

Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. -- To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. -- In the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.


word: Cloud₂
definition:
Cloud

Cloud
(kloud)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouding.]
1.
To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.

2.
To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.

One day too late, I fear me, noble lord,
Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth.
Shak.

Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
Milton.

Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice.
M. Arnold.

3.
To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.

I would not be a stander-by to hear
My sovereign mistress clouded so, without
My present vengeance taken.
Shak.

4.
To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.

And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.
Pope.


word: Cloud₃
definition:
Cloud

Cloud
v. i.
To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.

Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud.
Shak.


word: Cloudage
definition:
Cloudage

Cloud"age
(?)
n.
Mass of clouds; cloudiness.
[R.]

A scudding cloudage of shapes.
Coleridge.


word: Cloudberry
definition:
Cloudberry

Cloud"ber`ry
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamæmerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.


word: Cloud-built
definition:
Cloud-built

Cloud"-built
(?)
a.
Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.
Cowper.

So vanished my cloud-built palace.
Goldsmith.


word: Cloud-burst
definition:
Cloud-burst

Cloud"-burst`
(?)
n.
A sudden copious rainfall, as if the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.


word: Cloud-capped
definition:
Cloud-capped

Cloud"-capped`
(?)
a.
Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.


word: Cloud-compeller
definition:
Cloud-compeller

Cloud"-com*pel`ler
(?)
n.
Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
[Poetic.]
Pope.


word: cloud-cuckoo-land
definition:
cloud-cuckoo-land

cloud-cuckoo-land
n.
an imaginary place where fantasy and illusion predominate; it is a place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality.


word: Clouding
definition:
Clouding

Cloud"ing
n.
1.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

2.
A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
Knight.


word: Cloudlet
definition:
Cloudlet

Cloud"let
(?)
n.
A little cloud.
R. Browning.

Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping.
Coleridge.


word: cloud-nine
definition:
cloud-nine

cloud nine

cloud" nine", cloud"-nine"
n.
a state of extreme or perfect happiness; used especially in the phrase on cloud nine.

Syn. -- bliss, blissfulness, seventh-heaven.


word: Cloudy
definition:
Cloudy

Cloud"y
(kloud"ŭ)
a.
[Compar. Cloudier (_;); superl. Cloudiest.]
[From Cloud, n.]
1.
Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

2.
Consisting of a cloud or clouds.

As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended.
Ex. xxxiii. 9

3.
Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful.
cloudy
Shak.

4.
Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.

Cloudy and confused notions of things.
Watts.

5.
Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster.
cloudy
Boyle.

6.
Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.


word: Clough
definition:
Clough

Clough
(?)
n.
[OE. clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS. (assumed) cl&omacrh, akin to G. klinge ravine.]
1.
A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
Nares.

2.
A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
Knight.


word: Clout
definition:
Clout

Clout
(klout)
n.
[AS. clūt a little cloth, piece of metal; cf. Sw. klut, Icel. klūtr a kerchief, or W. clwt a clout, Gael. clud.]
1.
A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

His garments, nought but many ragged clouts,
With thorns together pinned and patched was.
Spenser.

A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood.
Shak.

2.
A swadding cloth.

3.
A piece; a fragment.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

4.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

A'must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the clout.
Shak.

5.
An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

6.
A blow with the hand.
[Low]

Clout nail, a kind of wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head; -- used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.


word: Clout₂
definition:
Clout

Clout
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouting.]
[OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n.]
1.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet.
Josh. ix. 5.

Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers.
Latimer.

2.
To join or patch clumsily.

If fond Bavius vent his clouted song.
P. Fletcher

3.
To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

4.
To give a blow to; to strike.
[Low]

The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it.
Howell.

5.
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

Clouted cream, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. A. Philips.

&hand_; “Clouted brogues” in Shakespeare and “clouted shoon” in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.


word: Clouterly
definition:
Clouterly

Clout"er*ly
(?)
a.
[From Clout, n.]
Clumsy; awkward.
[Obs.]

Rough-hewn, cloutery verses.
E. Phillips.


word: Clove
definition:
Clove

Clove
(?)
imp.
of Cleave.
Cleft.
Spenser.

Clove hitch (Naut.) See under Hitch. -- Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight.


word: Clove₂
definition:
Clove

Clove
n.
[D. kloof. See Cleave, v. t.]
A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.


word: Clove₃
definition:
Clove

Clove
n.
[OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.]
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin. -- Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.


word: Clove₄
definition:
Clove

Clove
n.
[AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cleófan to split, E. cleave.]
1.
(Bot.)
One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves.
Lindley.

2.
A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Cloven
definition:
Cloven

Clo"ven
(kl&omacr"v'n)
p. p. & a.
from Cleave, v. t.

To show the cloven foot or To show the cloven hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.


word: Cloven-hoofed
definition:
Cloven-hoofed

Cloven-footed

{ Clo"ven-foot`ed (?), Clo"ven-hoofed` (?) }
a.
Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.


word: Clover
definition:
Clover

Clo"ver
(kl&omacr"vẽr)
n.
[OE. claver, clover, AS. cl&aemacr_;fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. klöfver.]
(Bot.)
A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white, Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense.

Clover weevil (Zool.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. -- Clover worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. -- In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] -- Sweet clover. See Meliot.


word: Clovered
definition:
Clovered

Clo"vered
(?)
a.
Covered with growing clover.

Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale.
Thomson.


word: cloverleaf
definition:
cloverleaf

cloverleaf
n.
a highway interchange between two roads in which the connecting road pattern resembles a four-leaf clover, and which allows moving from one road to another without left-hand turns.  One road passes over the other, and the exit from one highway and entrance into the second highway proceeds from the right-hand lane in all directions.


word: cloveroot
definition:
cloveroot

cloveroot
n.
a hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.

Syn. -- herb bennet, wood avens, Geum urbanum.


word: clowder
definition:
clowder

clowder
n.
[from clodder, dial. variant of clotter, to clot, huddle together.  RHUD]
a group of cats.


word: Clowe-gilofre
definition:
Clowe-gilofre

Clowe"-gi*lof`re
(?)
n.
[See 3d Clove, and Gillyflower.]
Spice clove.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Clown
definition:
Clown

Clown
(kloun)
n.
[Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. klönne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.]
1.
A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.

The clown, the child of nature, without guile.
Cowper.

3.
The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.

The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere.
Shak.


word: Clown₂
definition:
Clown

Clown
v. i.
To act as a clown; -- with it.
[Obs.]

Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed.
B. Jonson.


word: clowning
definition:
clowning

clowning
n.
1.
acting like a clown or buffoon.

Syn. -- buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank.

2.
a comic incident or series of incidents.

Syn. -- drollery, comedy, funniness.


word: Clownish
definition:
Clownish

Clown"ish
a.
Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward.
Clownish
Spenser.
Clownish
Prior.


word: Clownishness
definition:
Clownishness

Clown"ish*ness
n.
The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.

That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness.
Locke.


word: Cloy
definition:
Cloy

Cloy
(kloi)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n. Cloying.]
[OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove.]
1.
To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.
[Obs.]

The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones.
Speed.

2.
To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit.

[Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Shak.

He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying.
Dryden.

3.
To penetrate or pierce; to wound.

Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed.
Spenser.

He never shod horse but he cloyed him.
Bacon.

4.
To spike, as a cannon.
[Obs.]
Johnson.

5.
To stroke with a claw.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Club
definition:
Club

Club
(klŭb)
n.
[Cf. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf&omacrir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.]
1.
A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded with the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs;
Rome and her rats are at the point of battle.
Shak.

2.
[Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.]
Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

3.
An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.

They talked
At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics.
Tennyson.

He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club.
Macaulay.

4.
A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

They laid down the club.
L'Estrange.

We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club.
Pepys.

Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. -

Club root (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. -- Club topsail (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short “club” or “jack yard” to increase its spread.


word: Club₂
definition:
Club

Club
(klŭb)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clubbed (klŭbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clubbing.]
1.
To beat with a club.

2.
(Mil.)
To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column.
Farrow.

3.
To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.

4.
To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.

To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.


word: Club₃
definition:
Club

Club
(?)
v. i.
1.
To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream
Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream.
Dryden.

2.
To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.

The owl, the raven, and the bat,
Clubbed for a feather to his hat.
Swift.

3.
(Naut.)
To drift in a current with an anchor out.


word: Clubbable
definition:
Clubbable

Club"ba*ble
(?)
a.
Suitable for membership in a club; sociable.
[Humorous.]
[Also spelled clubable.]
G. W. Curtis.


word: clubmoss
definition:
clubmoss

club moss

club" moss`, clubmoss
n.
(Bot.)
a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles, much used in winter decoration. The best known species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder.

Syn. -- club moss, lycopod.


word: Clubbish
definition:
Clubbish

Club"bish
(?)
a.
1.
Rude; clownish.
[Obs.]

2.
Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.


word: Clubfist
definition:
Clubfist

Club"fist`
(?)
n.
1.
A large, heavy fist.

2.
A coarse, brutal fellow.
[Obs.]
Mir. for Mag.


word: Clubfoot
definition:
Clubfoot

Club"foot
(?)
n.
[Club + foot.]
(Med.)
A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.


word: Clubhand
definition:
Clubhand

Club"hand`
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.


word: Clubhaul
definition:
Clubhaul

Club"haul`
(?)
v. t.
(Naut.)
To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.


word: Club-rush
definition:
Club-rush

Club"-rush`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.


word: Cluck
definition:
Cluck

Cluck
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Clucked (?); p pr. & vb. n. Clucking.]
[AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.]
To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
Ray.


word: Cluck₂
definition:
Cluck

Cluck
v. t.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.

She, poor hen, fond of no second brood,
Has clucked three to the wars.
Shak.


word: Clue₂
definition:
Clue

Clue
(klū)
n.
[See Clew, n.]
A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.

You have wound a goodly clue.
Shak.

This clue once found unravels all the rest.
Pope.

Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge.
Locke.


word: clueless
definition:
clueless

clueless
adj.
1.
not providing any clue.

2.
completely uninformed or unaware; hopelessly ignorant; utterly bewildered.


word: Clumber
definition:
Clumber

Clum"ber
(klŭm"bẽr)
n.
[Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle.]
(Zool.)
A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.


word: Clump
definition:
Clump

Clump
(klŭmp)
n.
[Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club.]
1.
An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

2.
A cluster; a group; a thicket.

A clump of shrubby trees.
Hawthorne.

3.
The compressed clay of coal strata.
Brande & C.


word: Clumper
definition:
Clumper

Clump"er
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. G. klümpern to clod. See Clump, n.]
To form into clumps or masses.
[Obs.]

Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds.
Dr. H. More.


word: Clumps
definition:
Clumps

Clumps
(?)
n.
A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two “clumps” or groups, the “clump” which guesses the word winning the game.


word: Clumsiness
definition:
Clumsiness

Clum"si*ness
n.
The quality of being clumsy.

The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance.
Collier.


word: Clumsy
definition:
Clumsy

Clum"sy
(?)
a.
[Compar. Clumsier (?); superl. Clumsiest.]
[OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st Clam, and 1st Clamp.]
1.
Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
[Obs.]

2.
Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.

But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed,
Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed.
Dryden.


word: Clunch
definition:
Clunch

Clunch
(?)
n.
[Perh. fr. clinch to make fast]
1.
(Mining)
Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.

2.
One of the hard beds of the lower chalk.
Dana.


word: Clung₂
definition:
Clung

Clung
a.
[Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See Cling, v. i.]
Wasted away; shrunken.
[Obs.]


word: Cluniac
definition:
Cluniac

Clu"ni*ac
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a.


word: clupeid
definition:
clupeid

clupeid
n.
any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of the family Clupeidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of northern seas.  The group includes the herrings, menhaden, sardines, and shad.

Syn. -- herring, clupeid fish.


word: Clupeidae
definition:
Clupeidae

Clupeidae
n.
a natural family of teleostean marine fishes which includes the herrings, shad, sardines, menhaden, and others.

Syn. -- family Clupeidae.


word: Clupeoid
definition:
Clupeoid

Clu"pe*oid
(?)
a.
[L.clupea a kind of fish, NL., generic name of the herring + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Herring family.


word: clusia
definition:
clusia

clusia
n.
an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers.


word: Clusiaceae
definition:
Clusiaceae

Clusiaceae
n.
a widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber.

Syn. -- Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort family.


word: Cluster
definition:
Cluster

Clus"ter
(klŭs"tẽr)
n.
[AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)]
1.
A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes,
Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
Spenser.

2.
A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
Cluster
Motley.

3.
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

As bees . . . 
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters.
Milton.

We loved him; but, like beasts
And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,
Who did hoot him out o' the city.
Shak.


word: Cluster₂
definition:
Cluster

Clus"ter
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Clustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.]
To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.

His sunny hair
Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's.
Tennyson.

The princes of the country clustering together.
Foxe.


word: Cluster₃
definition:
Cluster

Clus"ter
v. t.
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.

Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . 
The foxglove cluster dappled bells.
Tennyson.

Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.
Thomson.

Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.


word: clustered
definition:
clustered

clustered
adj.
1.
growing close together but not in dense mats; -- of plants.

2.
occurring close together in bunches or clusters.

Syn. -- bunched, bunchy.

3.
clustered together but not coherent.

Syn. -- agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, aggregate.


word: Clustery
definition:
Clustery

Clus"ter*y
(?)
a.
[From Cluster, n.]
Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
Johnson.


word: Clutch
definition:
Clutch

Clutch
(klŭch; 224)
n.
[OE. cloche, cloke, claw, Scot. clook, cleuck, also OE. cleche claw, clechen, cleken, to seize; cf. AS. gelæccan (where ge- is a prefix) to seize. Cf. Latch a catch.]
1.
A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
clutch
Cowper.

An expiring clutch at popularity.
Carlyle.

But Age, with his stealing steps,
Hath clawed me in his clutch.
Shak.

2.
pl.
The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.

I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

3.
(Mach.)
A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

4.
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

5.
(Zool.)
The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

Bayonet clutch (Mach.), a clutch in which connection is made by means of bayonets attached to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.


word: Clutch₂
definition:
Clutch

Clutch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Clutched (klŭcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Clutching.]
[OE. clucchen. See Clutch, n.]
1.
To seize, clasp, or grip with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.

A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp.
Collier.

Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ?
Come, let me clutch thee.
Shak.

2.
To close tightly; to clinch.

Not that I have the power to clutch my hand.
Shak.


word: Clutch₃
definition:
Clutch

Clutch
v. i.
1.
To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

2.
to become too tense or frightened to perform properly; used sometimes with up; as, he clutched up on the exam.


word: clutches
definition:
clutches

clutches
n.
1.
the act of grasping.

Syn. -- clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold.

2.
control; power; -- used in the phrase in one's clutches.  Same as clutch{2}.


word: clutch hitter
definition:
clutch hitter

clutch hitter
n.
(Baseball)
a batter who hits safely more frequently when men are on base or the team is behind in the score.

Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market.
Bankroft.


word: Clutter
definition:
Clutter

Clut"ter
(?)
n.
[Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.]
1.
A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.

He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits.
L'Estrange.

2.
Clatter; confused noise.
Swift.


word: Clutter₂
definition:
Clutter

Clut"ter
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cluttered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cluttering.]
To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.


word: Clutter₃
definition:
Clutter

Clut"ter
v. i.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.

It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there.
Tennyson.


word: Clydesdale
definition:
Clydesdale

Clydes"dale
(?)
n.
One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay.


word: Clydesdale terrier
definition:
Clydesdale terrier

Clydesdale terrier
One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears.


word: Clypeastroid
definition:
Clypeastroid

Clyp`e*as"troid
(?)
a.
[NL. Clypeaster (L. clupeus shield + aster star) + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.


word: Clypeate
definition:
Clypeate

Clyp"e*ate
(?)
a.
[L. clupeatus, p. p. of clupeare to arm with a shield, fr. clupeus, clipeus shield.]
1.
(Bot.)
Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

2.
(Zool.)
Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell.


word: Clypeus
definition:
Clypeus

Clyp"e*us
(?)
n.
pl. Clypei (#).
[L., a shield.]
(Zool.)
The frontal plate of the head of an insect.


word: Clysmian
definition:
Clysmian

Clys"mi*an
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; a place washed by the waves, fr. _;. See Clyster.]
Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes.
Smart.


word: Clyster
definition:
Clyster

Clys"ter
(?)
n.
[L., fr. G. _;. fr. _; to wash off or out; akin to Goth. hlūtrs pure, G. lauter: cf. F. clystère]
(Med.)
A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema.

Clyster pipe, a tube or pipe used for injections.


word: Clytie knot
definition:
Clytie knot

Cly"tie knot
(?)
In hair dressing, a loose, low coil at the back of the head, like the knot on the head of the bust of Clytie by G. F. Watts.


word: Cnemial
definition:
Cnemial

Cne"mi*al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; the tibia.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the shin bone.

Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.


word: Cnicus
definition:
Cnicus

Cnicus
n.
a genus of plants having only one species, the blessed thistle.

Syn. -- genus Cnicus.


word: Cnida
definition:
Cnida

Cni"da
(nī"dȧ)
n.
pl. Cnidæ (nī"dē).
[NL., fr. Gr. kni`dh nettle, sea nettle.]
(Zool.)
One of the peculiar stinging cells found in Cœlenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.


word: Cnidaria
definition:
Cnidaria

Cni*da"ri*a
(nĭ*dā"rĭ*ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL. See Cnida.]
(Zool.)
A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Cœlenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.


word: Cnidoblast
definition:
Cnidoblast

Cni"do*blast
(?)
n.
[Cnida + -blast.]
(Zool.)
One of the cells which, in the Cœlenterata, develop into cnidæ.


word: Cnidocil
definition:
Cnidocil

Cni"do*cil
(?)
n.
[Cnida + cilium eyelash.]
(Zool.)
The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.


word: CNS
definition:
CNS

CNS
n.
acronym for central nervous system the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

Syn. -- central nervous system.


word: Co
definition:
Co

Co
n.
the chemical formula for cobalt, a ferromagnetic metal of atomic number 27.

Syn. -- cobalt, atomic number 27.


word: Co-
definition:
Co-

Co-
(ko̝-)
A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.


word: CO2
definition:
CO2

CO2
(sē"o̝*tō`)
n.
the chemical formula for carbon dioxide, a heavy odorless gas (CO2) formed during respiration and by the combustion or decomposition of organic substances; it is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.  The formula itself, pronounced out, is often used instead of the full name, especially with reference to fire extinguishers using this gas for fire suppression; as, a CO2 extinguisher.

Syn. -- carbon dioxide, carbonic acid gas.


word: CO2 extinguisher
definition:
CO2 extinguisher

CO2 extinguisher
(sē"o̝*tō` ĕks*tĭ&nsmacr_;"gwĭsh*ẽr)
a device for suppressing fire, consisting of a steel cylinder containing compressed carbon dioxide, which may be released by pressing on a handle.  The release of the gas is usually accomplished through a hose attached to a funnel-shaped vent which is directed at the base of the fire, and when released, part of the carbon dioxide is chilled sufficiently to solidify into a powder.  The large quantity of inert carbon dioxide released on top of a small fire is usually sufficient to exinguish the flame by excluding oxygen, and the cooling effect also helps drive the temperature of the combustible material below that required to support compustion.  It is used in situations where putting water on the fire might cause undesirable damage.


word: Coacervate
definition:
Coacervate

Co`a*cer"vate
(?)
a.
[L. coacervatus, p. p. of coacervare to heap up; co- + acervare. See Acervate.]
Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Coach
definition:
Coach

Coach
(k&omacrch; 224)
n.
[F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. _;, akin to Skr. çankha. Cf. Conch, Cockboat, Cockle.]
1.
A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.

&hand_; Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more.

2.
A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination.
[Colloq.]

Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach.
G. Eliot.

3.
(Naut.)
A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
[Written also couch.]
[Obs.]

The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach.
Pepys.

4.
(Railroad)
A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.

5.
One who coaches;
specif.
(sports)
a trainer; one who assists in training individual athletes or the members of a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions in sports; as, a third base coach.


word: Coach₂
definition:
Coach

Coach
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coached (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coaching.]
1.
To convey in a coach.
Pope.

2.
To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
[Colloq.]

I coached him before he got his scholarship.
G. Eliot.


word: Coach₃
definition:
Coach

Coach
v. i.
To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with
it
[Colloq.]
Coaching
E. Waterhouse.


word: Coachdog
definition:
Coachdog

Coach"dog`
(?; 115)
(Zool.)
One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.


word: Coacher
definition:
Coacher

Coach"er
(?)
n.
1.
A coachman.
[Obs.]

2.
A coach horse.

3.
One who coaches;
specif.
(Baseball)
one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base to direct a base runner; also called a coach; as, third base coach.


word: Coachfellow
definition:
Coachfellow

Coach"fel`low
(?)
n.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade.
Shak.


word: Coachman
definition:
Coachman

Coach"man
(?)
n.
pl. Coachmen (#).
1.
A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.

2.
(Zool.)
A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.


word: Coachwhip snake
definition:
Coachwhip snake

Coach"whip` snake"
(?)
(Zool.)
A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).

&hand_; Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.


word: Coact
definition:
Coact

Co*act"
(?)
v. t.
[L. coactare, intens. fr. cogere, coactum, to force. See Cogent.]
To force; to compel; to drive.
[Obs.]

The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted.
Foxe.


word: Coact₂
definition:
Coact

Co*act"
v. i.
[Pref. co- + act, v. i.]
To act together; to work in concert; to unite.
[Obs.]

But if I tell you how these two did coact.
Shak.


word: Coaction
definition:
Coaction

Co*ac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coactio.]
Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.
Sojth.


word: Coactive
definition:
Coactive

Co*ac"tive
(?)
a.
[In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact.]
1.
Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Any coactive power or the civil kind.
Bp. Warburton.

2.
Acting in concurrence; united in action.

With what's unreal thou coactive art.
Shak.


word: Coadjutor
definition:
Coadjutor

Co`ad*ju"tor
(?)
n.
[L. See Co-, and Aid.]
1.
One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.

Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor.
Sheridan.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.


word: Coadjutrix
definition:
Coadjutrix

Coadjutress

{ Co`ad*ju"tress (?), Co`ad*ju"trix (?), }
n.
A female coadjutor or assistant.
Holland. Smollett.


word: Coadunate
definition:
Coadunate

Co*ad"u*nate
(?; 135)
a.
[L. coadunatus, p. p. of coadunare to unite. See Adunation.]
(Bot.)
United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.


word: Coadunation
definition:
Coadunation

Co*ad`u*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coadunatio.]
Union, as in one body or mass; unity.
Jer. Taylor.

The coadunation of all the civilized provinces.
Coleridge.


word: Coadunition
definition:
Coadunition

Co*ad`u*ni"tion
(?)
n.
[Pref. co- + pref. ad- + unition.]
Coadunation.
[R.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Coagment
definition:
Coagment

Co`ag*ment"
(?)
v. t.
[L. coagmentare, fr. coagmentum a joining together, fr. cogere. See Cogent.]
To join together.
[Obs.]
Glanvill.


word: Coagmentation
definition:
Coagmentation

Co*ag`men*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coagmentatio.]
The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Coagulability
definition:
Coagulability

Co*ag`u*la*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.
Ure.


word: Coagulate
definition:
Coagulate

Co*ag"u*late
(?)
a.
[L. coagulatus, p. p. of coagulare to coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere, coactum, to drive together, coagulate. See Cogent.]
Coagulated.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Coagulate₂
definition:
Coagulate

Co*ag"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coagulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coagulating (?).]
To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.


word: Coagulated
definition:
Coagulated

Co*ag"u*la`ted
(?)
a.
Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.

Coagulated proteid (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies formed in the coagulation of a albuminous substance by heat, acids, or other agents.


word: Coagulation
definition:
Coagulation

Co*ag`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coagulatio.]
1.
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat.  Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.

2.
The substance or body formed by coagulation.


word: Coagulative
definition:
Coagulative

Co*ag"u*la*tive
(?)
a.
Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent.
Boyle.


word: Coagulatory
definition:
Coagulatory

Co*ag"u*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects.
Boyle.


word: Coagulum
definition:
Coagulum

Co*ag"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. Coagula (#).
[L. See Coagulate, a.]
The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.


word: Coaita
definition:
Coaita

Co*ai"ta
(ko̝*äĭ"tȧ)
n.
(Zool.)
The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. Ateles paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Coak₂
definition:
Coak

Coak
n.
1.
(Carp.)
A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.
[Also spelt coag.]

2.
A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.


word: Coak₃
definition:
Coak

Coak
v. t.
(Carp.)
To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.
Totten.


word: Coal
definition:
Coal

Coal
(k&omacrl)
n.
[AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. Kiln, Collier.]
1.
A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.

2.
(Min.)
A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.

&hand_; This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc.

&hand_; In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal.

Age of coal plants. See Age of Acrogens, under Acrogen. -- Anthracite or Glance coal. See Anthracite. -- Bituminous coal. See under Bituminous. -- Blind coal.  See under Blind. -- Brown coal or Brown Lignite. See Lignite. -- Caking coal, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. -- Cannel coal, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See Cannel coal. -- Coal bed (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. -- Coal breaker, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. -- Coal field (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called coal basins. See Basin. -- Coal gas, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. -- Coal heaver, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. -- Coal measures. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. -- Coal oil, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. -- Coal plant (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. -- Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary. -- To haul over the coals, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] -- Wood coal. See Lignite.


word: Coal₂
definition:
Coal

Coal
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coaling.]
1.
To burn to charcoal; to char.
[R.]

Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
Bacon.

2.
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
Camden.

3.
To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.


word: Coalesce
definition:
Coalesce

Co`a*lesce"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Coalesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coalescing.]
[L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.]
1.
To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

2.
To unite in one body or product; to   combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.

The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations.
Campbell.

Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose.
De Quincey.


word: coalesced
definition:
coalesced

coalesced
adj.
1.
joined together into a whole.

Syn. -- amalgamate, amalgamated, consolidated, fused.


word: Coalescence
definition:
Coalescence

Co`a*les"cence
(?)
n.
The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.


word: Coalescent
definition:
Coalescent

Co`a*les"cent
(?)
a.
[L. coalescens, p. pr.]
Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.


word: Coalfish
definition:
Coalfish

Coal"fish`
(?)
n.
[Named from the dark color of the back.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock.
(b)
The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.
(c)
The cobia.


word: Coalite
definition:
Coalite

Co"a*lite
(?)
v. i.
[L. coalitus, p. p. of coalescere. See Coalesce.]
To unite or coalesce.
[Obs.]

Let them continue to coalite.
Bolingbroke.


word: Coalite₂
definition:
Coalite

Co"a*lite
v. t.
To cause to unite or coalesce.
[Obs.]

Time has by degrees blended . . . and coalited the conquered with the conquerors.
Burke.


word: Coalition
definition:
Coalition

Co`a*li"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See Coalesce.]
1.
The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.
Bentley.

2.
A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.

A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg.
J. Randolph.

The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery.
Macaulay.


word: Coalitionist
definition:
Coalitionist

Co`a*li"tion*ist
n.
One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.


word: Coal-meter
definition:
Coal-meter

Coal"-me`ter
(?)
n.
A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.
Simmonds.


word: Coalsack
definition:
Coalsack

Coal"sack`
(?)
n.
[Coal + 2d sack.]
(Astron.)
Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud.


word: Coal tar
definition:
Coal tar

Coal" tar`
(?)
A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.

&hand_; Among its important ingredients are benzene, aniline, phenol, naphtalene, anthracene, etc., which are respectively typical of many dye stuffs, as the aniline dyes, the phthaleïns, indigo, alizarin, and many flavoring extracts whose artificial production is a matter of great commercial importance.


word: Coal works
definition:
Coal works

Coal" works
(?)
A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.


word: Coaly
definition:
Coaly

Coal"y
(?)
a.
[From Coal, n.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.


word: Coamings
definition:
Coamings

Coam"ings
(?)
n. pl.
[Cf. Comb a crest.]
(Naut.)
Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.
[Written also combings.]


word: Coaptation
definition:
Coaptation

Co`ap*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coaptatio, fr. coaptare to fit together; co- + aptare. See Aptate.]
The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.


word: Coarctate
definition:
Coarctate

Coarct

{ Co*arct" (?), Co*arc"tate (?) }
v. t.
[See Coarctate, a.]
1.
To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
To restrain; to confine.
[Obs.]
Ayliffe.


word: Coarctate₂
definition:
Coarctate

Co*arc"tate
(?)
a.
[L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus, p. p. See Arctation.]
(Zool.)
Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Coarctate pupa (Zool.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.


word: Coarctation
definition:
Coarctation

Co`arc*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coarctatio.]
1.
Confinement to a narrow space.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
Pressure; that which presses.
[Obs.]
Ray.

3.
(Med.)
A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.


word: Coarse
definition:
Coarse

Coarse
(k&omacrrs)
a.
[Compar. Coarser (k&omacrrs"ẽr); superl. Coarsest.]
[As this word was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. g., “Though the threads be course.” Gascoigne. See Course.]

1.
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

2.
Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

I feel
Of what coarse metal ye are molded.
Shak.

To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions.
Dryden.


word: Coarse-grained
definition:
Coarse-grained

Coarse"-grained`
(k&omacrrs"grānd`)
a.
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.


word: Coarsely
definition:
Coarsely

Coarse"ly
(k&omacrrs"l&ybreve_;)
adv.
In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.


word: Coarsen
definition:
Coarsen

Coars"en
(k&omacrrs"'n)
v. t.
To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.
[R.]
Graham.


word: coarsened
definition:
coarsened

coarsened
adj.
made coarse or crude by lack of skill; -- sometimes used to mean inferior.


word: Coarseness
definition:
Coarseness

Coarse"ness
(k&omacrrs"nĕs)
n.
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.
coarseness
Dr. H. More.

Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.
L'Estrange.

A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.
Burke.


word: Coarticulation
definition:
Coarticulation

Co`ar*tic`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
(Anat.)
The union or articulation of bones to form a joint.


word: Coast
definition:
Coast

Coast
(k&omacrst)
n.
[OF. coste, F. côte, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. Accost, v. t., Cutlet.]
1.
The side of a thing.
[Obs.]
Sir I. Newton.

2.
The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.
[Obs.]

From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be.
Deut. xi. 24.

3.
The seashore, or land near it.

He sees in English ships the Holland coast.
Dryden.

We the Arabian coast do know
At distance, when the species blow.
Waller.

The coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. “Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus.” Sir P. Sidney. -- Coast guard. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] -- Coast rat (Zool.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole. -- Coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.]


word: Coast₂
definition:
Coast

Coast
(k&omacrst)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Coasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coasting.]
[OE. costien, costeien, costen, OF. costier, costoier, F. côtoyer, fr. Of. coste coast, F. côte. See Coast, n.]
1.
To draw or keep near; to approach.
[Obs.]

Anon she hears them chant it lustily,
And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.
Shak.

2.
To sail by or near the shore.

The ancients coasted only in their navigation.
Arbuthnot.

3.
To sail from port to port in the same country.

4.
[Cf. OF. coste, F. côte, hill, hillside.]
To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Coast₃
definition:
Coast

Coast
v. t.
1.
To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
[Obs.]
Hakluyt.

2.
To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.

Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.
Sir T. Browne.

3.
To conduct along a coast or river bank.
[Obs.]

The Indians . . . coasted me along the river.
Hakluyt.


word: Coast and Geodetic Survey
definition:
Coast and Geodetic Survey

Coast and Geodetic Survey
A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.


word: Coaster
definition:
Coaster

Coast"er
(?)
n.
1.
A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

2.
One who sails near the shore.


word: Coasting
definition:
Coasting

Coast"ing
(?)
a.
Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages. -- Coasting vessel, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.


word: Coasting₂
definition:
Coasting

Coast"ing
n.
1.
A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

2.
Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Coastways
definition:
Coastways

Coastwise

{ Coast"wise` (-wīz`), Coast"ways` (?), }
adv.
By way of, or along, the coast; following a coastline; as, coastwise winds contributed to the storm.


word: Coat
definition:
Coat

Coat
(k&omacrt; 110)
n.
[OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf. Cot a hut.]
1.
An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

Let each
His adamantine coat gird well.
Milton.

2.
A petticoat.
[Obs.]
coats
Locke.

3.
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
Swift.

She was sought by spirits of richest coat.
Shak.

4.
An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.

Fruit of all kinds, in coat
Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
Milton.

5.
A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.

6.
Same as Coat of arms. See below.

Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight,
Or tear the lions out of England's coat.
Shak.

7.
A coat card. See below.
[Obs.]

Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
Massinger.

Coat armor. See under Armor. -- Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. -- Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. “‘I am a coat card indeed.' ‘Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'” Rowley. -- Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail.  See Chain mail, under Chain. -- Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. -- Sail coat (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.


word: Coat₂
definition:
Coat

Coat
(k&omacrt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coating.]
1.
To cover with a coat or outer garment.

2.
To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.


word: coated
definition:
coated

coated
adj.
1.
covered with an outer layer or film; as, sugar-coated pills.

2.
covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture; -- of foods.

3.
(Photog.)
coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light; -- of film.


word: Coati
definition:
Coati

Co*a"ti
(ko̝*ä"te̝ or ko̝*ā"tĭ)
n.
[From the native name: cf. F. coati.]
(Zool.)
A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, having a ringed tail but with a longer body, tail, and nose; -- called also coati mondi and coati mundi.

Syn. -- coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon cat, Nasua narica.

&hand_; The red coati (Nasua socialis), called also coati mondi, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati (Nasua narica) is found in Surinam and Brazil.


word: coati-mundi
definition:
coati-mundi

coati-mondi

coati mundi

coati mondi

coati mondi, coati mundi, coati-mondi, coati-mundi
n.
same as coati.

Syn. -- coati, coon cat, Nasua narica.


word: Coating
definition:
Coating

Coat"ing
(k&omacr"ĭng)
n.
1.
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

2.
Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.


word: coatroom
definition:
coatroom

coatroom
n.
a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily; -- called also cloakroom.

Syn. -- cloakroom.


word: coattails
definition:
coattails

coattails
n. pl.
[fig.]
the influence of another person; the effect of association with another person; as, he was elected to office on the president's coattails.

on the coattails of (a) helped by association with another person. See coattails. (b) caused by, or immediately following (an event).


word: coauthor
definition:
coauthor

coauthor
n.
a writer who collaborates with others in writing something.

Syn. -- joint author.


word: co-author
definition:
co-author

co-author
v. t.
1.
to to be an author of, together with another author or authors; to author jointly with others.

2.
to exist together at the same time.

Syn. -- coexist.


word: Coax
definition:
Coax

Coax
(k&omacrks; 110)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coaxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coaxing.]
[Cf. OE. cokes fool, a person easily imposed upon, W. coeg empty, foolish; F. coquin knave, rogue.]
To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.


word: coaxing
definition:
coaxing

coax"ing
adj.
1.
p. pr. of coax; as, the boys' coaxing voices.

2.
Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; as, bending in coaxing postures over the guns.

Syn. -- ingratiatory.


word: Cob
definition:
Cob

Cob
(?)
n.
[Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf, kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft, spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. Cop top, Cup, n.]
1.
The top or head of anything.
[Obs.]
W. Gifford.

2.
A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.
[Obs.]

All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs.
Nash.

3.
The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.
[U. S.]

4.
(Zool.)
A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

5.
(Zool.)
A young herring.
B. Jonson.

6.
(Zool.)
A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.

7.
A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.
[Eng.]

8.
(Zool.)
A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus).
[Written also cobb.]

9.
A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

10.
A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut.
[Eng.]

11.
Clay mixed with straw.
[Prov. Eng.]

The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering.
R. Carew.

12.
A punishment consisting of blows inflictod on tho buttocas with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
Wright.

13.
A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.
[Obs.]
Wright.

Cob coal, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to that of a football; -- called also cobbles. Grose. -- Cob loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. Wright. -- Cob money, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts.


word: Cob₂
definition:
Cob

Cob
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbing.]
1.
To strike
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

2.
(Mining)
To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.
Raymond.

3.
(Naut.)
To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.


word: Cobaea
definition:
Cobaea

Cobaea

Co*bae"a, Co*bæ"a
(ko̝*bē"ȧ)
prop. n.
[Named after D. Cobo, a Spanish botanist.]
A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. Cobaea scandens (called cup-and-saucer vine, monastery bells, or Mexican ivy) is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.


word: Cobalt
definition:
Cobalt

Co"balt
(k&omacr"b&obreve_;lt; 277, 74)
n.
[G. kobalt, prob. fr. kobold, kobel, goblin, MHG. kobolt; perh. akin to G. koben pigsty, hut, AS. cofa room, cofgodas household gods, Icel. kofi hut. If so, the ending -old stands for older -walt, -wald, being the same as -ald in E. herald and the word would mean ruler or governor in a house, house spirit, the metal being so called by miners, because it was poisonous and troublesome. Cf. Kobold, Cove, Goblin.]
1.
(Chem.)
A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co.

&hand_; It occurs in nature in combination with arsenic, sulphur, and oxygen, and is obtained from its ores, smaltite, cobaltite, asbolite, etc. Its oxide colors glass or any flux, as borax, a fine blue, and is used in the manufacture of smalt. It is frequently associated with nickel, and both are characteristic ingredients of meteoric iron.

2.
A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison.

Cobalt bloom. Same as Erythrite. -- Cobalt blue, a dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; -- called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue. -- Cobalt crust, earthy arseniate of cobalt. -- Cobalt glance. (Min.) See Cobaltite. -- Cobalt green, a pigment consisting essentially of the oxides of cobalt and zinc; -- called also Rinman's green. -- Cobalt yellow (Chem.), a yellow crystalline powder, regarded as a double nitrite of cobalt and potassium.


word: Cobaltic
definition:
Cobaltic

Co*balt"ic
(?; 74)
a.
[Cf. F. cobaltique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide.

Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. -- Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds.


word: Cobaltite
definition:
Cobaltite

Cobaltine

{ Co"balt*ine (?), Co"balt*ite (?) }
n.
(Min.)
A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.


word: Cobaltous
definition:
Cobaltous

Co*balt"ous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.

Cobaltous chloride, a crystalline compound, CoCl2, of a pale rose color when hydrous, blue when dehydrated. Its solution is used for a sympathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when dried in the air, owing to absorbed moisture, and becoming bright blue when warmed.


word: Cobble₂
definition:
Cobble

Cob"ble
n.
[From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
1.
A cobblestone.
cobbles
Fairfax.

2.
pl.
Cob coal. See under Cob.


word: Cobble₃
definition:
Cobble

Cob"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbling (?).]
[OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. Couple, n. & v. t.]
1.
To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes.
Shak.
cobbled
Thackeray.

2.
To make clumsily.
Cobbled
Dryden.

3.
To pave with cobblestones.


word: Cobbler
definition:
Cobbler

Cob"bler
(?)
n.
1.
A mender of shoes.
Addison.

2.
A clumsy workman.
Shak.

3.
A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry.

Cobbler fish (Zool.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.


word: Cobblestone
definition:
Cobblestone

Cob"ble*stone`
(?)
n.
A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.


word: Cobby
definition:
Cobby

Cob"by
(?)
a.
[From Cob, n.]
1.
Headstrong; obstinate.
[Obs.]
Brockett.

2.
Stout; hearty; lively.
[Obs.]


word: Cobelligerent₂
definition:
Cobelligerent

Co`bel*lig"er*ent
n.
A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.


word: Cobia
definition:
Cobia

Co"bi*a
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.


word: Coble
definition:
Coble

Co"ble
(?)
n.
[AS. cuopel; cf. W. ceubal skiff, ferryboat.]
A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.


word: Cobnut
definition:
Cobnut

Cob"nut`
(?)
n.
1.
(Com.)
A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

2.
A game played by children with nuts.


word: Cobourg
definition:
Cobourg

Co"bourg
(?)
n.
[Named from the town of Coburg in Germany.]
A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.


word: Cobra de capello
definition:
Cobra de capello

Co"bra de ca*pel"lo
(?)
[Pg., serpent of the hood.]
(Zool.)
The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.


word: Cobwall
definition:
Cobwall

Cob"wall`
(?)
n.
[Cob clay mixed with straw + wall.]
A wall made of clay mixed with straw.


word: Cobweb
definition:
Cobweb

Cob"web`
(?)
n.
[Cob a spider + web.]
1.
The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

2.
A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.

I can not but lament thy splendid wit
Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools.
Cowper.

3.
That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.

The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age.
Sir P. Sidney.

4.
(Zool.)
The European spotted flycatcher.

Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict.
[1913 Webster]
Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl.
-- Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires.


word: Cobwork
definition:
Cobwork

Cob"work`
(?)
a.
Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.


word: Coca
definition:
Coca

Co"ca
(?)
n.
[Sp., fr. native name.]
The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.

&hand_; Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food.

Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.


word: Cocagne
definition:
Cocagne

Coc*agne"
(?)
n.
[F. cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, cf. Prov. F. couque cake, Catal. coca, L. coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were covered with cakes. Cf. Cook, Cockney.]
1.
An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.

2.
The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.
Smart.


word: Cocaine
definition:
Cocaine

Co"ca*ine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.  It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse.  It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack.  Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported.


word: Cocainism
definition:
Cocainism

Co*ca"in*ism
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A morbid condition produced by the habitual and excessive use of cocaine.
Co*ca"in*ist, n.


word: coccidioidomycosis
definition:
coccidioidomycosis

coccidioidomycosis
n.
a disease of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules.


word: coccidiosis
definition:
coccidiosis

coccidiosis
n.
(Med.)
any of a group of infectious diseases caused by protozoan parasites (coccidia) of the order Coccidia, which infect the intestines of birds, dogs, and other vertebrates.


word: coccidium
definition:
coccidium

coccidium
n.
pl. coccidia (#).
(Microbiol.)
any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.  It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a problem in poultry rearing.


word: Cocciferous
definition:
Cocciferous

Coc*cif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. coccum a berry + -ferous. See Coccus.]
Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants.


word: Coccinella
definition:
Coccinella

Coc`ci*nel"la
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. coccineus scarlet-colored. See Cochoneal.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larvæ feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.


word: Coccinellidae
definition:
Coccinellidae

Coccinellidae
n.
a natural family of insects including the ladybugs.

Syn. -- family Coccinellidae.


word: Coccobacterium
definition:
Coccobacterium

Coc`co*bac*te"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Coccobacteria (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a grain + NL. bacterium. So called from its round shape.]
(Biol.)
One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.


word: Coccoidea
definition:
Coccoidea

Coccoidea
n.
a superfamily of scale insects and mealybugs.

Syn. -- superfamily Coccoidea.


word: Coccolite
definition:
Coccolite

Coc"co*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a grain, seed + -lite: cf. F. coccalite.]
(Min.)
A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.


word: Coccolith
definition:
Coccolith

Coc"co*lith
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a grain, seed + -lith.]
(Biol.)
One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.


word: Coccosphere
definition:
Coccosphere

Coc"co*sphere
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a grain, seed + E. sphere.]
(Biol.)
A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths.


word: Coccosteus
definition:
Coccosteus

Coc*cos"te*us
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; grain, seed + _; bone.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.


word: Cocculus Indicus
definition:
Cocculus Indicus

Coc"cu*lus In"di*cus
(?)
n.
[NL. cocculus (dim. of L. coccum kermes berry) + L. Indicus of India.]
(Bot.)
The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.


word: Coccus
definition:
Coccus

Coc"cus
(?)
n.
pl. Cocci (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; grain, seed. See Cochineal.]
1.
(Bot.)
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).

3.
(Biol.)
A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.


word: Coccygeal
definition:
Coccygeal

Coc*cyg"e*al
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebræ.

Coccygeal glands (Zool.) , glands situated at the base of the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed.


word: Coccyx
definition:
Coccyx

Coc"cyx
(?)
n.
pl. L. Coccyges (#).
[L., cuckoo, Gr. _;, cuckoo, coccyx. So called from its resemblance to the beak of a cuckoo.]
(Anat.)
The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebræ more or less consolidated.


word: cochin
definition:
cochin

cochin
n.
[a shortened form of cochin-china fowl.]
an Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs.


word: Cochineal
definition:
Cochineal

Coch"i*neal
(k&obreve_;ch"ĭ*nēl; 277)
[Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. ko`kkos berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla wood louse, dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig.]
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

&hand_; These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry. When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds, of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also as a red dye.

&hand_; Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which yields carmine red.


word: Cochineal fig
definition:
Cochineal fig

Coch"i*neal fig
(?)
(Bot.)
A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.


word: Cochin fowl
definition:
Cochin fowl

Co"chin fowl`
(?)
(Zool.)
A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).


word: Cochlea
definition:
Cochlea

Coch"le*a
(k&obreve_;k"le̝*ȧ)
n.
[L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. kochli`as a snail, fr. ko`chlos a shellfish with a spiral shell.]
(Anat.)
An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.


word: Cochleary
definition:
Cochleary

Coch"le*a*ry
(?)
a.
[L. cochlearum penfor snails (meaning formerly given, snail shell). See Cjchlea.]
Same as Cochleate.


word: Cochleated
definition:
Cochleated

Cochleate

{ Coch"le*ate (?), Coch"le*a`ted (?), }
a.
[L. cochleatus spiral or screw-formed. See Cochlea.]
Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.


word: Cock
definition:
Cock

Cock
(k&obreve_;k)
n.
[AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. Chicken.]
1.
The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

2.
A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks!
Shak.

3.
A chief man; a leader or master.
[Humorous]

Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us.
Addison.

4.
The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
[Obs.]

He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.
Shak.

5.
A faucet or valve.

&hand_; Jonsons says, “The handle probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason.” Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma critæ galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb.

6.
The style of gnomon of a dial.
Chambers.

7.
The indicator of a balance.
Johnson.

8.
The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
Knight.

9.
a penis.
[vulgar]

Ball cock. See under Ball. -- Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. -- Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. -- Cock of the plains (Zool.) See Sage cock. -- Cock of the rock (Zool.), a South American bird (Rupicola aurantia) having a beautiful crest. -- Cock of the walk, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. -- Cock of the woods. See Capercailzie.


word: Cock₂
definition:
Cock

Cock
(k&obreve_;k)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cocked (k&obreve_;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cocking.]
[Cf. Gael. coc to cock.]
1.
To set erect; to turn up.

Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears.
Gay.

Dick would cock his nose in scorn.
Swift.

2.
To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

3.
To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.

They cocked their hats in each other's faces.
Macaulay.

4.
To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.

Cocked hat. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.


word: Cock₄
definition:
Cock

Cock
n.
The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.


word: Cock₅
definition:
Cock

Cock
n.
[It. cocca notch of an arrow.]
1.
The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

2.
The hammer in the lock of a firearm.

At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock. See under Half. -- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. Nares.


word: Cock₇
definition:
Cock

Cock
v. i.
To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.

Cocked, fired, and missed his man.
Byron.


word: Cock₈
definition:
Cock

Cock
n.
[Cf. Icel. kökkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.]
A small concial pile of hay.


word: Cock₁₀
definition:
Cock

Cock
n.
[Of. coque, F. coche, a small vessel, L. concha muscle shell, a vessel. See Coach, and cf. Cog a small boat.]
A small boat.

Yond tall anchoring bark [appears]
Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy
Almost too small for sight.
Shak.


word: Cockade
definition:
Cockade

Cock*ade"
(?)
n.
[F. cocarble, fr. coquard vain, OF. coquart, fr. coq cock, prob. of imitative origin. The ornament is so named from its resemblance to the crest of a cock. Cf. Coquette.]
A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.

Seduced by military liveries and cockades.
Burke.


word: cock-a-hoop
definition:
cock-a-hoop

cock`-a-hoop"
(?)
a.
Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

Syn. -- boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.


word: Cockal
definition:
Cockal

Cock"al
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
1.
A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice.
[Obs.]

2.
The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.
[Obs.]
Nares.

A little transverse bone
Which boys and bruckeled children call
(Playing for points and pins) cockal.
Herrick.


word: cock-a-leekie
definition:
cock-a-leekie

Cockaleekie

Cock`a*leek"ie, cock-a-leekie
(?)
n.
[From cock + leek.]
A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky.


word: Cockateel
definition:
Cockateel

cockatiel

cock"a*tiel, Cock"a*teel
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small gray and white Australian parrot (Leptolophus hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Novæ-Hollandiæ) with a prominent crest; the male has bright yellow cheeks and crest, but the female has only a pale yellow in the face; -- it is so called from its note.

Syn. -- cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus.


word: Cockatoo
definition:
Cockatoo

Cock`a*too"
(k&obreve_;k`ȧ*tō")
n.
[Malayan kakatūa.]
(Zool.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinæ, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested cockatoo (Plictolophus cristatus or  Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested (Cacatua galerita or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or great black cockatoo of Australia is Probosciger aterrimus (formerly Microglossus aterrimus).


word: Cockatrice
definition:
Cockatrice

Cock"a*trice
(-trīs; 277)
n.
[OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq, whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile.]

1.
A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

That bare vowel, I, shall poison more
Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice.
Shak.

2.
(Her.)
A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.

3.
(Script.)
A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.

The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den.
Is. xi. 8.

4.
Any venomous or deadly thing.

This little cockatrice of a king.
Bacon.


word: Cockbill
definition:
Cockbill

Cock"bill
(k&obreve_;k"bĭl`)
v. t.
[See Cock to set erect.]
(Naut.)
To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.

To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.


word: Cockboat
definition:
Cockboat

Cock"boat`
(?)
n.
[See Cock a boat.]
A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.


word: Cockchafer
definition:
Cockchafer

Cock"chaf`er
(?)
n.
[See Chafer the beetle.]
(Zool.)
A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.


word: Cockcrowing
definition:
Cockcrowing

Cockcrow

{ Cock"crow (?), Cock"crow`ing, }
n.
The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning; the first light of day.

Syn. -- dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup.


word: Cocker
definition:
Cocker

Cock"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cockered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering.]
[OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.]
To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.

Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.

Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up.
J. Ingelow.


word: Cocker₂
definition:
Cocker

Cock"er
n.
[From Cock the bird.]
1.
One given to cockfighting.
[Obs.]
Steele.

2.
(Zool.)
A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.


word: Cocker₃
definition:
Cocker

Cock"er
n.
[OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. köcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).]
A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Cocker spaniel
definition:
Cocker spaniel

Cock"er span"iel
One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc.


word: Cocket₂
definition:
Cocket

Cock"et
n.
1.
(Eng. Law)
A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.

2.
An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
[Eng.]

3.
A measure for bread.
[Obs.]
Blount.


word: Cockhead
definition:
Cockhead

Cock"head`
(?)
n.
(Mach.)
The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.


word: Cockhorse
definition:
Cockhorse

Cock"horse`
(?)
n.
1.
A child's rocking-horse.

Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross.
Mother Goose.

2.
A high or tall horse.
[R.]


word: Cockhorse₂
definition:
Cockhorse

Cock"horse`
a.
1.
Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

2.
Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.

Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry.
Marlowe.


word: Cockle
definition:
Cockle

Coc"kle
(k&obreve_;k"k'l)
n.
[OE. cockes cockles, AS. s&aemacr_;coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. Coach.]
1.
(Zool.)
A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially Cardium edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.

2.
A cockleshell.

3.
The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Raymond.

4.
The fire chamber of a furnace.
[Eng.]
Knight.

5.
A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Knight.

6.
The dome of a heating furnace.
Knight.

Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. Shak. -- Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs.


word: Cockle₂
definition:
Cockle

Coc"kle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cockled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cockling (?).]
[Of uncertian origin.]
To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.

Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Cockle₃
definition:
Cockle

Coc"kle
n.
[AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks, cockle.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).
(b)
The Lotium, or darnel.


word: Cocklebur
definition:
Cocklebur

Coc"kle*bur`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.


word: Cockleshell
definition:
Cockleshell

Coc"kle*shell`
(?)
n.
1.
One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

2.
A light boat.

To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters.
W. Black.


word: Cockloft
definition:
Cockloft

Cock"loft`
(?; 115)
n.
[Prop., a loft where cocks roost.]
An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.
Dryden. Swift.


word: Cockney
definition:
Cockney

Cock"ney
(k&obreve_;k"n&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Cockneys (-nĭz).
[OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. Newt), AS. æg. See 1st Cock, Egg, n.]
1.
An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
cockney
Nash (1592).

This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.
Shak.

2.
A native or resident of the city of London, especially one living in the East End district; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.
Macaulay.

3.
the distinctive dialect of a cockney{2}.


word: Cockneydom
definition:
Cockneydom

Cock"ney*dom
(k&obreve_;k"nĭ*dŭm)
n.
The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.
Thackeray.


word: Cockneyfy
definition:
Cockneyfy

Cock"ney*fy
(-fī)
v. t.
[Cockney + -fy.]
To form with the manners or character of a cockney.
[Colloq.]


word: Cockneyism
definition:
Cockneyism

Cock"ney*ism
(k&obreve_;k"nĭ*ĭz'm)
n.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.


word: cock-of-the-rock
definition:
cock-of-the-rock

cock of the rock

cock of the rock, cock-of-the-rock
n.
a bird of the Andes (Rupicola peruviana) similar to Rupicola rupicola.

Syn. -- Rupicola peruviana.

2.
tropical bird of Northern South America (Rupicola rupicola), the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest.

Syn. -- cock of the rock, Rupicola rupicola.


word: Cockpit
definition:
Cockpit

Cock"pit`
(k&obreve_;k"pĭt)
n.
1.
A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

Henry the Eighth had built . . . a cockpit.
Macaulay.

2.
The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.
Brande & C.

3.
(Naut.)
(a)
That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
(b)
In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.

4.
In airplanes or boats, the space where the pilot or operator sits to control the vehicle.  In airplanes it is usually in the front of the fuselage.  In larger airplanes it may be closed off from the cabin, where the passengers travel.


word: Cockroach
definition:
Cockroach

Cock"roach
(?)
n.
[Sp. cucaracha.]
(Zool.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

&hand_; The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species often called black beetle, and the Croton bug (Blatta Germanica, formerly Ectobia Germanica), also called the German cockroach.


word: Cockscomb
definition:
Cockscomb

Cocks"comb`
(k&obreve_;ks"k&omacrm`)
n.
[1st cock, n. + comb crest.]
1.
See Coxcomb.

2.
(Bot.)
A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.


word: cock's-eggs
definition:
cock's-eggs

cock's-eggs
n.
a weedy vine of Argentina (Salpichroa organifolia) having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit.

Syn. -- cock's eggs, Salpichroa organifolia, Salpichroa rhomboidea.


word: Cockshead
definition:
Cockshead

Cocks"head`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.


word: Cockshut
definition:
Cockshut

Cock"shut`
(?)
n.
A kind of net to catch woodcock.
[Obs.]
Nares.

Cockshut time or Cockshut light, evening twilight; nightfall; -- so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] Shak. B. Jonson.


word: Cockshy
definition:
Cockshy

Cock"shy`
(?)
n.
1.
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in “shying” or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

2.
An object at which stones are flung.

“Making a cockshy of him,” replied the hideous small boy.
Dickens.


word: Cockspur
definition:
Cockspur

Cock"spur
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A variety of Cratægus, or hawthorn (Cratægus Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.


word: cocksucker
definition:
cocksucker

cock"suck*er
n.
a worthless or despicable person; -- intended as disparaging and invariably offensive.
[vulgar slang]

Syn. -- rotter, rat, skunk, stinker, bum, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, motherfucker, mother.

2.
a person who performs fellatio.


word: Cocksure
definition:
Cocksure

Cock"sure`
(?)
a.
1.
Perfectly safe.
[Obs.]

We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible.
Shak.

2.
Quite certain.
[Colloq.]

I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me.
Pope.

3.
overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure of winning that they didn't practice in the week before the big game..
[Colloq.]


word: Cockswain
definition:
Cockswain

Cock"swain
(?, colloq. ?)
n.
[Cock a boat + swain; hence, the master of a boat.]
The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.


word: Cocktail
definition:
Cocktail

Cock"tail`
(?)
n.
1.
A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.
[U. S.]

2.
(Stock Breeding)
A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.
Darwin.

3.
A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
[Slang, Eng.]

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail.
Thackeray.

4.
(Zool.)
A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.


word: Cockup
definition:
Cockup

Cock"up
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.


word: Cockyoly, bird
definition:
Cockyoly, bird

Cockyolly

{ Cock`y*ol"ly, or Cock`y*ol"y, bird  }
(?)
[Cf. Cock, fowl; Yellow.]
A pet name for any small bird.


word: Cocoa palm
definition:
Cocoa palm

Cocoa

{ Co"coa (k&omacr"ko̝), n., Co"coa palm` (k&omacr"ko̝ päm`) }
[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm.  The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.]
(Bot.)
A tall palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera) as its fruit. It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. It is widely planted throughout the tropics, and in some locations as an ornamental tree.


word: Cocoa
definition:
Cocoa

Co"coa
n.
[Corrupted fr. cacao.]
A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.

Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.


word: Cocoanut
definition:
Cocoanut

coconut

co"co*nut, Co"coa*nut`
(k&omacr"ko̝*nŭt`)
n.
1.
the edible white meat of a coconut{3}; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.

Syn. -- coconut meat.

2.
the cocoa palm.

Syn. -- coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera.

3.
The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil.  It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid.


word: Cocobolas
definition:
Cocobolas

Cocobolo

{ &VerbarCo`co*bo"lo (?), Co`co*bo"las (?) }
n.
[Sp. cocobolo.]
(Bot.)
A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.


word: Cocoon
definition:
Cocoon

Co*coon"
(?)
n.
[F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See Conch.]
1.
An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.
(b)
The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.
(c)
The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.


word: Cocoonery
definition:
Cocoonery

Co*coon"er*y
(?)
n.
A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.


word: cocozelle
definition:
cocozelle

cocozelle
n.
a squash plant having a dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow.

Syn. -- Italian vegetable marrow.

2.
a squash resembling zucchini.


word: Coctile
definition:
Coctile

Coc"tile
(?)
a.
[L. coctilis, fr. coguere. See Cook.]
Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.


word: Coction
definition:
Coction

Coc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coctio.]
1.
Act of boiling.

2.
(Med.)
(a)
Digestion.
[Obs.]
(b)
The change which the humorists{1} believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
[Obs.]
Dunglison.


word: cocus wood
definition:
cocus wood

cocuswood

co"cus*wood`, co"cus wood`
(?)
A West Indian wood obtained from the granadilla tree, used for making flutes, clarinets, and other musical instruments.
[Also spelled cocoswood.]

Syn. -- granadilla wood.


word: c.o.d.
definition:
c.o.d.

c.o.d.
adj.
(Commerce)
an abbreviation of collect on delivery; payment due by the recipient on delivery; as, a COD parcel.
[Also spelled COD.]

Syn. -- collect, collect on delivery.


word: c.o.d.₂
definition:
c.o.d.

c.o.d.
n.
abbr.
(Commerce)
an abbreviation of collect on delivery; a method of payment by which goods are paid for when they are delivered to the customer's home or place of business.  Contrasted to payment in advance or terms or credit.

Syn. -- collect on delivery.


word: Cod
definition:
Cod

Cod
(k&obreve_;d)
n.
[AS. codd small bag; akin to Icel. koddi pillow, Sw. kudde cushion; cf. W. cod, cwd, bag, shell.]

1.
A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.
[Eng.]
Mortimer.

2.
A small bag or pouch.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.

3.
The scrotum.
Dunglison.

4.
A pillow or cushion.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Cod₂
definition:
Cod

Cod
n.
[Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.]
(Zool.)
An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.

&hand_; There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.

Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod. -- Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. McElrath.


word: Coda
definition:
Coda

Co"da
(k&omacr"dȧ)
n.
[It., tail, fr. L. cauda.]
(Mus.)
A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.


word: Coddle
definition:
Coddle

Cod"dle
(k&obreve_;d"d'l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (-dlĭng).]
[Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.]
[Written also codle.]
1.
To parboil, or soften by boiling.

It [the guava fruit] may be coddled.
Dampier.

2.
To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.

How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas!
Thackeray.

He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation.
Southey.


word: Coddymoddy
definition:
Coddymoddy

Cod"dy*mod"dy
(k&obreve_;d"d&ybreve_;*m&obreve_;d"d&ybreve_;)
n.
(Zool.)
A gull in the plumage of its first year.


word: Code
definition:
Code

Code
(k&omacrd)
n.
[F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.]
1.
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

&hand_; The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence, “The Code” . Wharton.

2.
Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians.

3.
Any set of symbols or combinations of symbols used for communication in any medium, such as by telegraph or semaphore.  See Morse code, and error-correcting code.

 A system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals has been referred to as the naval code.

4.
Any set of standards established by the governing authority of a geopolitical entity restricting the ways that certain activities may be performed, especially the manner in which buildings or specific systems within buildings may be constructed; as, a building code; a plumbing code; a health code.

5.
Any system used for secrecy in communication, in which the content of a communication is converted, prior to transmission, into symbols whose meaning is known only to authorized recipients of the message; such codes are used to prevent unauthorized persons from learning the content of the communication.  The process of converting a communication into secret symbols by means of a code is called encoding or encryption.  However, unauthorized persons may learn the code by various means, as in code-breaking.

6.
An error-correcting code.  See below.

7.
(Computers)
The set of instructions for a computer program written by a programmer, usually in a programming language such as Fortran, C, Cobol, Java, C++, etc.; also, the executable binary object code.  All such programs except for the binary object code must be converted by a compiler program into object code, which is the arrangement of data bits which can be directly interpreted by a computer.

Code civil or Code Napoleon, a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. Abbot. error-correcting code (Computers) A set of symbols used to represent blocks of binary data, in which the original block of data is represented by a larger block of data which includes additional bits arranged in such a way that the original data may be read even if one or more of the bits of the encoded data is changed, as in a noisy communicaiton channel.  Various codes are available which can correct different numbers or patterns of errors in the transmitted data.  Such codes are used to achieve higher accuracy in data transmission, and in data storage devices such as disk drives and tape drives. object code (Computers) the arrangement of bits stored in computer memory or a data storage device which, when fed to the instruction processor of a computer's central processing unit, can be interpreted directly as instructions for execution. genetic code (Biochemistry, genetics) The set of correspondences between sequences of three bases (codons) in a RNA chain to the amino acid which those three bases represent in the process of protein synthesis.  Thus, the sequence UUU codes for phenylalanine, and AUG codes for methionine.  There are twenty-one naturally-occurring amino acids, and sixty-four possible arrangements of three bases in RNA; thus some of the amino acids are represented by more than one codon.   Several codons do not represent amino acids, but cause termination of the synthesis of a growing amnio acid chain.

The genetic code is represented by the following table:
The Genetic Code
=====================================================
UUU Phenylalanine (Phe)		AUU Isoleucine (Ile)
UCU Serine (Ser)			ACU Threonine (Thr)
UAU Tyrosine (Tyr)			AAU Asparagine (Asn)
UGU Cysteine (Cys)			AGU Serine (Ser)
UUC Phe					AUC Ile
UCC Ser					ACC Thr
UAC Tyr					AAC Asn
UGC Cys					AGC Ser
UUA Leucine (Leu)			AUA Ile
UCA Ser					ACA Thr
UAA STOP					AAA Lysine (Lys)
UGA STOP					AGA Arginine (Arg)
UUG Leu					AUG Methionine (Met) or START
UCG Ser					ACG Thr
UAG STOP					AAG Lys
UGG Tryptophan (Trp)		AGG Arg
CUU Leucine (Leu)			GUU Valine Val
CCU Proline (Pro)			GCU Alanine (Ala)
CAU Histidine (His)			GAU Aspartic acid (Asp)
CGU Arginine (Arg)			GGU Glycine (Gly)
CUC Leu					GUC (Val)
CCU Pro					GCC Ala
CAC His					GAC Asp
CGC Arg					GGC Gly
CUA Leu					GUA Val
CCA Pro					GCA Ala
CAA Glutamine (Gln)			GAA Glutamic acid (Glu)
CGA Arg					GGA Gly
CUG Leu					GUG Val
CCG Pro					GCG Ala
CAG Gln					GAG Glu 
CGG Arg					GGG Gly


word: Code₂
definition:
Code

Code
(k&omacrd)
v. t.
1.
To convert (a text or other information) into a encoded form by means of a code{5}.

2.
To write a computer program in a programming language; as, to code a sorting routine.


word: Code₃
definition:
Code

Code
(k&omacrd)
v. i.
(Biochemistry, genetics)
To serve as the nucleotide sequence directing the synthesis of a particular amino acid or sequence of amino acids in protein biosynthesis; as, this sequence of nucleotides encodes the hemoglobin alpha chain..


word: code-breaking
definition:
code-breaking

code"-break`ing
(?)
n.
A process of discovering the content of an encoded message or the nature of a code{5}.  The method used may be surreptitious, or may use sophisticated mathematical and computational techniques to discover the code.


word: Codeine
definition:
Codeine

Co"deine
(k&omacr"dēn or ko̝*dē"ĭn)
n.
[Gr. kw`deia poppy head: cf. F. codéine.]
(Chem.)
One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.


word: Codetta
definition:
Codetta

Co*det"ta
(ko̝*dĕt"tȧ)
n.
[It., dim. of coda tail.]
(Mus.)
A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.


word: Codex
definition:
Codex

Co"dex
(k&omacr"dĕks)
n.
pl. Codices (#).
[L. See Code.]
1.
A book, especially an early form of book with pages stitched together, contrasting with the earlier scrolls; a manuscript; as, a DaVinci codex.

2.
A collection or digest of laws; a code(senses 2 or 4).
[archaic]
Burrill.

3.
An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.

4.
A collection of canons.
Shipley.


word: Codger
definition:
Codger

Codg"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. Cadger.]
1.
A miser or mean person.

2.
A singular or odd person, especially an old man; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation.
[Colloq.]

A few of us old codgers met at the fireside.
Emerson.


word: Codicil
definition:
Codicil

Cod"i*cil
(?)
n.
[L. codicillus, dim. of codex: cf. F. codicille. See Code.]
(Law)
A clause added to a will.


word: Codification
definition:
Codification

Co`di*fi*ca"tion
(? or ?)
n.
[Cf. F. codification.]
The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.


word: Codify
definition:
Codify

Co"di*fy
(? or ?; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Codified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Codifying.]
[Code + -fy: cf. F. codifier.]
To reduce to a code, as laws.


word: Codilla
definition:
Codilla

Co*dil"la
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. codicula a little tail, dim. of cauda tail.]
(Com.)
The coarse tow of flax and hemp.
McElrath.


word: Codling
definition:
Codling

Codlin

{ Cod"lin (?), Cod"ling (?) }
n.
[Cf. AS. codæppel a quince.]
(a)
An apple fit to stew or coddle.
(b)
An immature apple.

A codling when 't is almost an apple.
Shak.

Codling moth (Zool.), a small moth (Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.


word: codlins-and-cream
definition:
codlins-and-cream

codlins-and-cream
n.
a plant of Europe and Asia (Epilobium hirsutum) having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; it was introduced into North America.

Syn. -- hairy willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum.


word: Cod liver
definition:
Cod liver

Cod" liv`er
(?)
n.
The liver of the common cod and allied species.

Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained from the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.


word: Codon
definition:
Codon

Co"don
(k&omacr"d&obreve_;n)
n.
(Molecular biology)
a sequence of three nucleotides in a genome or a DNA or messenger RNA molecule, which specifies the incorporation of one amino acid or is a stop signal, during the biosynthesis of proteins.  Codons occur within the protein-coding segments of the DNA or RNA genome of living organisms.  The amino acid sequence of proteins synthesized on ribosomes is thus determined by the sequence of the nucleotides in the genome.

&hand_;  Outside of coding regions, there is no direct correspondence of the nucleotide sequence with protein sequence, and certain signalling functions of nucleic acids are not specified by three-nucleotide codons.  Certain types of polypeptide synthesized in living organisms are not synthesized on ribosomes, and the sequences of these polypeptides do not have a corresponding nucleotide sequence in the genome.


word: Codpiece
definition:
Codpiece

Cod"piece`
(?)
n.
[Cod, n., _; + piece.]
A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.
Shak. Fosbroke.


word: Coeducation
definition:
Coeducation

Co*ed`u*ca"tion
(?; 135)
n.
An educating together, of different sexes or races; -- now used almost exclusively in reference to the education males and females together.


word: Coefficient₂
definition:
Coefficient

Co`ef*fi"cient
n.
1.
That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.

2.
[Cf. F. coefficient.]
(Math.)
A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.

3.
(Physics)
A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.

Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem.


word: Coehorn
definition:
Coehorn

Coe"horn
(?)
n.
[From its inventor, Baron Coehorn.]
(Mil.)
A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.


word: Coelacanth
definition:
Coelacanth

Cœl"a*canth
(? or _;)
a.
[Gr. koi^los hollow + _; spine.]
(Zool.)
Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.


word: Coelenterata
definition:
Coelenterata

Coelentera

{ &VerbarCœ*len"te*ra (?) or  &VerbarCœ*len`te*ra"ta, }
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. koi^los hollow + _; intestines.]
(Zool.)
A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.


word: Coelia
definition:
Coelia

Cœ"li*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. koili`a a cavity of the body, a ventricle.]
(Anat.)
A cavity.

&hand_; The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different ventricles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epicœlia, mesocœlia, metacœlia, procœlia, etc.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Celiac₂
definition:
Celiac

Coeliac

{ Cœ"li*ac, Ce"li*ac (?), }
a.
[L. coeliacus, Gr. _;, fr. _; belly, fr. koi^los hollow.]
Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.

Cœliac artery (Anat.), the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; -- called also cœliac axis. -- Cœliac flux, Cœliac passion (Med.), a chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food.


word: Coelodont
definition:
Coelodont

Cœ"lo*dont
(?)
a.
[Gr. koi^los hollow + _;, _;, tooth.]
(Zool.)
Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.
n. One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.


word: coelogyne
definition:
coelogyne

coelogyne
n.
any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne which may have clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; sinister salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; or emerald green flowers marked with blue-black.


word: Coelospermous
definition:
Coelospermous

Cœl`o*sper"mous
(? or _;)
a.
[Gr. koi^los hollow + _; seed.]
(Bot.)
Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.


word: coelostat
definition:
coelostat

coe"lo*stat
n.
an optical instrument used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; it has a movable and a fixed mirror.


word: Coelum
definition:
Coelum

Cœ"lum
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a hollow, neut. of koi^los hollow.]
(Anat.)
See Body cavity, under Body.


word: Coemption
definition:
Coemption

Co*emp"tion
(?; 215)
n.
[L. coëmptio, fr. coëmere to buy up. See Emption.]
The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Coendoo
definition:
Coendoo

Co*en"doo
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades prehensiles syn. Sphingurus prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.


word: Coenenchyma
definition:
Coenenchyma

Coenenchym

{ Cœ*nen"chym (?), &VerbarCœ*nen"chy*ma (?) }
n.
[NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. koino`s common + _; something poured in. Formed like parenchyma.]
(Zool.)
The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.


word: Coenesthesis
definition:
Coenesthesis

Cœn`es*the"sis
(? or ?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + _; sensation.]
(Physiol.)
Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.


word: Coenobite
definition:
Coenobite

coenobite

coenobite, Cœn"o*bite
(? or ?)
n.
a member of a religious order living in common.  Same as Cenobite.


word: coenobitical
definition:
coenobitical

coenobitic

coenobitic coenobitical
adj.
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living.  Opposite of eremitic.

Syn. -- cenobitic, cenobitical.


word: Coenoecium
definition:
Coenoecium

Cœ*nœ"ci*um
(? or ?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + o'i^kos house.]
(Zool.)
The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.


word: Coenogamy
definition:
Coenogamy

Cœ*nog"a*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; koino`s common + _; marraige.]
The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.
[Written also cenogamy.]


word: Coenosarc
definition:
Coenosarc

Cœn"o*sarc
(? or ?)
n.
[Gr. koino`s common + _;, _;, flesh.]
(Zool.)
The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.


word: Coenurus
definition:
Coenurus

Cœ*nu"rus
(?)
n.
[NL. fr. Gr. koino`s common + o'yra` tail.]
(Zool.)
The larval stage of a tapeworm (Tænia cœnurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.

&hand_; This bladder worm has on its surface numerous small heads, each of which, when swallowed by a dog, becomes a mature tapeworm in the dog's intestine.


word: coenzyme
definition:
coenzyme

co*en"zyme
(ko̝*ĕn"zīm)
(Biochem.)
a molecule that is essential for the activity of some enzymes; it may exist free in solution within a living organism, but functions by binding to an enzyme to assist in catalyzing a reaction.  The molecule itself may be temporarily changed during the reaction, but is ultimately restored to its original form.  Many vitamins function as coenzymes.


word: coenzyme A
definition:
coenzyme A

co*en"zyme A`
(ko̝*ĕn"zīm ā`)
(Biochem.)
a coenzyme (C21H36N7O16P3S) that participates in the transfer of acetyl groups in biochemical reactions; -- abbreviated CoA.  It contains adenosine, phosphate, pantothenic acid and cysteamine groups.  The acetyl group to be transferred during biosynthesis is temporarily attached to the free sulhydryl of the cysteamine group to form a thioester, in which state it is called acetyl coenzyme A.  The strength of a preparation of coenzyme A may be expressed by the Lippman unit; one milligram of CoA contains 413 Lippman units.


word: Coequal
definition:
Coequal

Co*e"qual
(?)
a.
[L. coaequalis; co- + aequalis equal.]
Being on an equality in rank or power.
n. One who is on an equality with another.

In once he come to be a cardinal,
He'll make his cap coequal with the crown.
Shak.


word: Coerce
definition:
Coerce

Co*erce"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coerced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coercing.]
[L. coërcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to press together. See Ark.]
1.
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
Burke.

Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort.
Ayliffe.

2.
To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.

3.
To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.


word: Coercion
definition:
Coercion

Co*er"cion
(?)
n.
[L. coercio, fr. coercere. See Coerce.]
1.
The act or process of coercing.

2.
(Law)
The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. “Coactus volui” (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.
Wharton.


word: Coercive
definition:
Coercive

Co*er"cive
(?)
a.
Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice.
Bp. Warburton.

Coercive force or Coercitive force (Magnetism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol.

The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force.
S. Thompson.


word: Coerulignone
definition:
Coerulignone

Cœ`ru*lig"none
(?)
n.
[L. coeruleus cerulean + lignum wood + E. quinone.]
(Chem.)
A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.


word: Coessential
definition:
Coessential

Co`es*sen"tial
(?)
a.
Partaking of the same essence.
Co`es*sen"tial*ly, adv.

We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son].
Hooker.


word: Coetanean
definition:
Coetanean

Co`e*ta"ne*an
(?)
n.
A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.
[R.]

A . . . coetanean of the late earl of Southampton.
Aubrey.


word: Coetaneous
definition:
Coetaneous

Co`e*ta"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. coaetaneus; co- + aetas age.]
Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.
And all [members of the body] are coetaneous.
Bentley.


word: Coeternal
definition:
Coeternal

Co`e*ter"nal
(?)
a.
Equally eternal.
Co`e*ter"nal*ly, adv.

Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born!
Or of the Eternal coeternal beam.
Milton.


word: Coeternity
definition:
Coeternity

Co`e*ter"ni*ty
(?)
n.
Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.


word: Coeval
definition:
Coeval

Co*e"val
(?)
a.
[L. coaevus; co- + aevum lifetime, age. See Age, n.]
Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.

Silence! coeval with eternity!
Pope.

Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade.
Cowper.


word: Coeval₂
definition:
Coeval

Co*e"val
n.
One of the same age; a contemporary.

As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit.
Pope.


word: Coexist
definition:
Coexist

Co`ex*ist
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Coexisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coexisting.]
To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.

Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together.
Locke.

So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities.
Warburton.


word: Coexistence
definition:
Coexistence

Co`ex*ist"ence
(?)
n.
Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.

Without the help, or so much as the coexistence, of any condition.
Jer.  Taylor.


word: Coexistent
definition:
Coexistent

Co`ex*ist"ent
(?)
a.
Existing at the same time with another.
n. That which coexists with another.

The law of coexistent vibrations.
Whewell.


word: Coextend
definition:
Coextend

Co`ex*tend
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coextended; p. pr. & vb. n. Coextending.]
To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.

According to which the least body may be coextended with the greatest.
Boyle.

Has your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations?
Bentley.


word: Coextension
definition:
Coextension

Co`ex*ten"sion
(k&omacr`ĕks*tĕn"shŭn)
n.
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.


word: Coextensive
definition:
Coextensive

Co`ex*ten"sive
(?)
a.
Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.


word: Coffee
definition:
Coffee

Cof"fee
(k&asuml_;"fe̝; k&obreve_;f"fe̝; 115)
n.
[Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. Café.]
1.
The “beans” or “berries” (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.

2.
The coffee tree.

&hand_; There are several species of the coffee tree, as, Coffea Arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea occidentalis, and Coffea Liberica.  The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called “beans” or “berries”.

3.
The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree.

They have in Turkey a drink called coffee.  . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion.
Bacon.

4.
a cup of coffee{3}, especially one served in a restaurant; as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to go.

5.
a social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments.

6.
a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.

&hand_; The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London.

Coffee bug (Zool.), a species of scale insect (Lecanium coffæa), often very injurious to the coffee tree. -- Coffee rat (Zool.) See Musang.


word: coffeeberry
definition:
coffeeberry

coffeeberry
n.
an evergreen shrub of Western U.S. (Rhamnus californicus), bearing small red or black fruits; -- called also the California buckthorn.

Syn. -- California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus.


word: coffeecake
definition:
coffeecake

cof"fee*cake`
(k&asuml_;"fe̝*kā`)
n.
a cake or sweet bread usually glazed after baking, and having added nuts and fruits; it is often served with coffee.

Syn. -- coffee cake.


word: Coffeehouse
definition:
Coffeehouse

Cof"fee*house`
(k&asuml_;"fe̝*hous`)
n.
A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.

The coffeehouse must not be dismissed with a cursory mention. It might indeed, at that time, have been not improperly called a most important political institution.  . . . The coffeehouses were the chief organs through which the public opinion of the metropolis vented itself.  . . . Every man of the upper or middle class went daily to his coffeehouse to learn the news and discuss it. Every coffeehouse had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration, and who soon became what the journalists of our own time have been called -- a fourth estate of the realm.
Macaulay.


word: coffeepot
definition:
coffeepot

coffee-pot

cof"fee-pot, cof"fee*pot
(?)
n.
1.
A covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.

2.
a tall pot in which coffee is brewed, especially one in which the heating of the water is accomplished by electricity.

Syn. -- coffeepot, coffee pot.


word: Coffeeroom
definition:
Coffeeroom

Cof"fee*room`
(?)
n.
A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.


word: Coffer
definition:
Coffer

Cof"fer
(?; 115)
n.
[OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus basket, fr. Gr. _;. Cf. Coffin, n.]
1.
A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
Chaucer.

In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns.
Shak.

2.
Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.

He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake.
Bacon.

Hold, here is half my coffer.
Shak.

3.
(Arch.)
A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

4.
(Fort.)
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.

5.
The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary. -- Coffer fish. (Zool.) See Cowfish.


word: Coffer₂
definition:
Coffer

Cof"fer
v. t.
1.
To put into a coffer.
Bacon.

2.
(Mining.)
To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.
Raymond.

3.
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.


word: Cofferdam
definition:
Cofferdam

Cof"fer*dam
(?)
n.
A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.


word: Coffin
definition:
Coffin

Cof"fin
(?; 115)
n.
[OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]
1.
The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin.
Gen. 1. 26.

2.
A basket.
[Obs.]
Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).

3.
A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

Of the paste a coffin I will rear.
Shak.

4.
A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
[Obs.]
Nares.

5.
(Far.)
The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

Coffin bone, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone.


word: Coffin₂
definition:
Coffin

Cof"fin
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coffined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coffining.]
To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.

Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home?
Shak.

Devotion is not coffined in a cell.
John Hall (1646).


word: Cog
definition:
Cog

Cog
(k&obreve_;g)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cogged (k&obreve_;gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cogging.]
[Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. Coax, v. t.]

1.
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
[R.]

I'll . . . cog their hearts from them.
Shak.

2.
To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off.
[R.]

Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces.
J. Dennis

To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice.
Swift.


word: Cog₂
definition:
Cog

Cog
(?)
v. i.
To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.

For guineas in other men's breeches,
Your gamesters will palm and will cog.
Swift.


word: Cog₄
definition:
Cog

Cog
n.
[Cf. Sw. kugge a cog, or W. cocos the cogs of a wheel.]
1.
(Mech.)
A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.

2.
(Carp.)
(a)
A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface.
(b)
A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
Knight.

3.
(Mining.)
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.


word: Cog₅
definition:
Cog

Cog
v. t.
To furnish with a cog or cogs.

Cogged breath sound (Auscultation), a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration. Quain.


word: Cog₆
definition:
Cog

Cog
n.
[OE. cogge; cf. D. kog, Icel. kuggr Cf. Cock a boat.]
A small fishing boat.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Cogency
definition:
Cogency

Co"gen*cy
(?)
n.
[See Cogent.]
The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

An antecedent argument of extreme cogency.
J. H. Newman.


word: Cogent
definition:
Cogent

Co"gent
(?)
a.
[L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate, p. a.]
1.
Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful.
[Obs.]

The cogent force of nature.
Prior.

2.
Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

No better nor more cogent reason.
Dr. H. More.

Proofs of the most cogent description.
Tyndall.

The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,
Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands.
Cowper.


word: Cogitable
definition:
Cogitable

Cog"i*ta*ble
(?)
a.
[L. cogitabilis, fr. cogitare to think.]
Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.

Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Cogitate
definition:
Cogitate

Cog"i*tate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cogitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cogitating.]
[L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. Adage.]
To engage in continuous thought; to think.

He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth.
Bacon.


word: Cogitate₂
definition:
Cogitate

Cog"i*tate
v. t.
To think over; to plan.

He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor.
Foxe.


word: Cogitation
definition:
Cogitation

Cog`i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. cogitatio: cf. F. cogitation.]
The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
cogitation
Milton.


word: Cogitative
definition:
Cogitative

Cog"i*ta*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. LL. cogitativus.]
1.
Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating.
Cogitative
Wollaston.

2.
Given to thought or contemplation.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Cognate
definition:
Cognate

Cog"nate
(?)
a.
[L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.]
1.
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

2.
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.


word: Cognate₂
definition:
Cognate

Cog"nate
n.
1.
(Law)
One who is related to another on the female side.
Wharton.

2.
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.


word: Cognation
definition:
Cognation

Cog*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. cognatio.]
1.
Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Participation of the same nature.
Sir T. Browne.

A like temper and cognation.
Sir K. Digby.

3.
(Law)
That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.


word: Cognition
definition:
Cognition

Cog*ni"tion
(?)
n.
[L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.]
1.
The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

I will not be myself nor have cognation
Of what I feel: I am all patience.
Shak.

2.
That which is known.


word: Cognitive
definition:
Cognitive

Cog"ni*tive
(?)
a.
Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power.
South.


word: Cognizable
definition:
Cognizable

Cog"ni*za*ble
(? or _;)
a.
[F. connaissable, fr. connaître to know, L. cognoscere. See Cognition.]
1.
Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.

2.
Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.

Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts.
Ayliffe.


word: Cognizance
definition:
Cognizance

Cog"ni*zance
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[OF. conissance, conoissance, F. connaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See Cognition, and cf. Cognoscence, Connoisseur.]
1.
Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor.
Bp. Hurd

2.
Recollection; recognition.

Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance,
Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance.
Spenser.

3.
(Law)
(a)
Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies.
(b)
The hearing a matter judicially.
(c)
An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.
[Eng.]
(d)
A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.
[Eng.]
Cowell. Mozley & W.

4.
The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.

Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master.
Prescott.

This pale and angry rose,
As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate.
Shak.


word: Cognizant
definition:
Cognizant

Cog"ni*zant
(? or ?)
a.
[See Cognizance, and cf. Connusant.]
Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).


word: Cognize
definition:
Cognize

Cog"nize
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Cognizant, Recognize.]
To know or perceive; to recognize.

The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it.
H. Spencer.


word: Cognizor
definition:
Cognizor

Cog`ni*zor
(?)
n.
[See Cognizance.]
(Law)
One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
Blackstone.


word: Cognomen
definition:
Cognomen

Cog*no"men
(?)
n.
[L.: co- + (g)nomen name.]
1.
The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

2.
(Eng. Law)
A surname.


word: Cognomination
definition:
Cognomination

Cog*nom`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. cognominatio.]
A cognomen or surname.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Cognoscence
definition:
Cognoscence

Cog*nos"cence
(?)
n.
[LL. cognoscentia. See Cognizance.]
Cognizance.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Cognoscente
definition:
Cognoscente

Cog`nos*cen"te
(?)
n.
pl. Cognoscenti (#).
[OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.]
A connoisseur.
Mason.


word: Cognoscible
definition:
Cognoscible

Cog*nos"ci*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Capable of being known.
cognoscible
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Liable to judicial investigation.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Cognovit
definition:
Cognovit

Cog*no"vit
(?)
n.
[L., he has acknowledged.]
(Law)
An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
Mozley & W.


word: Cogon
definition:
Cogon

Co*gon"
(?)
n.
[Sp., prob. fr. a native name.]
A tall, coarse grass (Imperata arundinacea) of the Philippine Islands and adjacent countries, used for thatching.


word: Cogware
definition:
Cogware

Cog"ware`
(?)
n.
A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century.
Halliwell.


word: Cohabit
definition:
Cohabit

Co*hab"it
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cohabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohabiting.]
[L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to have. See Habit, n. & v.]
1.
To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.

The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing.
South.

2.
To dwell or live together as husband and wife.

The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them.
Bouvier.

&hand_; By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship.
Wharton.


word: Cohabitant
definition:
Cohabitant

Co*hab"it*ant
(?)
n.
[L. cohabitans, p. pr.]
One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.

No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Cohabitation
definition:
Cohabitation

Co*hab"i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. cohabitatio.]
1.
The act or state of dwelling together, or in the same place with another.
Feltham.

2.
(Law)
The living together of a man and woman in supposed sexual relationship.

That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted.
Lord Stowell.


word: Coheir
definition:
Coheir

Co*heir
(?)
n.
A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.


word: Cohere
definition:
Cohere

Co*here"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Cohered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering (?).]
[L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a.]
1.
To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together.
Locke.

2.
To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent.

They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere.
Burke.

3.
To suit; to agree; to fit.
[Obs.]

Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing.
Shak.


word: Coherency
definition:
Coherency

Coherence

{ Co*her"ence (?), Co*her"en*cy (?) }
n.
[L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.]
1.
A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

2.
Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; consecutiveness.

Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him.
Locke.

3.
the state of cohering.

Syn. -- cohesion, cohesiveness.


word: Coherent
definition:
Coherent

Co*her"ent
(?)
a.
[L. cohaerens, p. pr. See Cohere.]
1.
Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.

3.
Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker.
Watts.

4.
Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.
[Obs.]

Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
May prove coherent.
Shak.

5.
(Physics, Optics)
Of or pertaining to electromagnetic waves that have a constant phase relationship with each other; having identical phase at all points; as, the coherent light produced by a laser.


word: coherent light
definition:
coherent light

co*her"ent light
n.
(Physics, Optics)
Light in which the phases of all electromagnetic waves at each point on a line normal to the direction of the the beam are identical.  Coherent light is usually monochromatic, and the most common source of such light for practical uses is from a laser.
The constant phase relations of coherent light allows the achievement of certain effects, such as holography, not possible with noncoherent light.  The low degree of angular dispersion of coherent light beams also allows the use of such light in laser ranging, over distances as far as from the earth to the moon.


word: Coherer
definition:
Coherer

Co*her"er
(?)
n.
(Elec.)
Any device in which an imperfectly conducting contact between pieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against each other is materially improved in conductivity by the influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wireless telegraphy consists of a tube containing filings (usually a pinch of nickel and silver filings in equal parts) between terminal wires or plugs (called conductor plugs).


word: Cohesion
definition:
Cohesion

Co*he"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. cohésion. See Cohere.]
1.
The act or state of sticking together; close union.

2.
(Physics)
That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.

Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid.
Arbuthnot.

3.
Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.
Locke.


word: Cohesive
definition:
Cohesive

Co*he"sive
(?)
a.
1.
Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.

2.
Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.

Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction.


word: Cohibit
definition:
Cohibit

Co*hib"it
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cohibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohibiting.]
[L. cohibitus, p. p. of cohibere to confine; co- + habere to hold.]
To restrain.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Cohobate
definition:
Cohobate

Co`ho*bate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cohobated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohobating.]
[LL. cohobare; prob. of Arabic origin: cf. F. cohober.]
(Anc. Chem.)
To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
Arbuthnot.


word: Cohobation
definition:
Cohobation

Co`ho*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. cohobation.]
(Anc. Chem.)
The process of cohobating.
Grew.


word: Cohort
definition:
Cohort

Co"hort
(?)
n.
[L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F. cohorte. See Court, n.]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

2.
Any band or body of warriors.

With him the cohort bright
Of watchful cherubim.
Milton.

3.
(Bot.)
A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.


word: Cohosh
definition:
Cohosh

Co"hosh
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actæa, plants of the Crowfoot family.


word: Cohune palm
definition:
Cohune palm

Cohune

{ Co*hune" (?), n., or Cohune palm  }
[Prob. fr. a native name in Honduras.]
A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.


word: Coif
definition:
Coif

Coif
(koif or kwäf)
n.
[OF. coife, F. coiffe, LL. cofea, cuphia, fr. OHG. kuppa, kuppha, miter, perh. fr. L. cupa tub. See Cup, n.; but cf. also Cop, Cuff the article of dress, Quoif, n.]
1.
A cap.
(a)
A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape.
(b)
An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
[Written also quoif.]

From point and saucy ermine down
To the plain coif and russet gown.
H. Brocke.

The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.
Bacon.

2.
a coiffure.


word: Coif₂
definition:
Coif

Coif
(koif or kwäf)
v. t.
[Cf. F. coiffer.]
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.

And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers.
J. G. Cooper.


word: Coiffure
definition:
Coiffure

Coif"fure
(?)
n.
[F., fr. coiffer. See Coif.]
A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.
Addison.


word: Coign
definition:
Coign

Coign
(koin)
n.
A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation.

From some shielded nook or coign of vantage.
The Century.

The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . . the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents.
Nature.

2.
an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.

Syn. -- quoin, coigne.

3.
the keystone of an arch.

Syn. -- quoin, coigne.


word: Coigne
definition:
Coigne

Coigne
(koin)
n.
[See Coin, n.]
A quoin.

See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone?
Shak.


word: Coigny
definition:
Coigny

Coigne

{ Coigne, Coign"y (?), }
n.
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.
[Ireland]
Spenser.


word: Coil
definition:
Coil

Coil
(koil)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coiled (koild); p. pr. & vb. n. Coiling.]
[OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect, gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See Legend, and cf. Cull, v. t., Collect.]
1.
To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

2.
To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
[Obs. or R.]
T. Edwards.


word: Coil₂
definition:
Coil

Coil
v. i.
To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

You can see his flery serpents . . . 
Coiting, playing in the water.
Longfellow.


word: Coil₃
definition:
Coil

Coil
n.
1.
A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.

The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree.
W. Irving.

2.
Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

3.
A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.

Induction coil. (Elec.) See under Induction. -- Ruhmkorff's coil (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff (_;), a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.


word: Coil₄
definition:
Coil

Coil
n.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.]
A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: coiled
definition:
coiled

coiled
(koild)
adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals; as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on the deck.  Opposite of uncoiled.
[Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled; convolute  rolled longitudinally upon itself;curled, curled up; involute  closely coiled so that the axis is obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted; convoluted; involute, rolled  esp of petals or leaves in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound]


word: Coin
definition:
Coin

Coin
(koin)
n.
[F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge, stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone, hone. See Hone, n., and cf. Coigne, Quoin, Cuneiform.]
1.
A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

2.
A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.

It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the current coin of the realm.
Hallam.

3.
That which serves for payment or recompense.

The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin.
Hammond.

Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance. -- To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him. [Colloq.]


word: Coin₂
definition:
Coin

Coin
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Coined (koind); p. pr. & vb. n. Coining.]
1.
To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.

2.
To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.

Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined,
To soothe his sister and delude her mind.
Dryden.

3.
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day.
Locke.


word: Coinage
definition:
Coinage

Coin"age
(?)
n.
[From Coin, v. t., cf. Cuinage.]
1.
The act or process of converting metal into money.

The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.

3.
The cost or expense of coining money.

4.
The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.
coinage
Dryden.

This is the very coinage of your brain.
Shak.


word: Coincide
definition:
Coincide

Co`in*cide"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Coincided (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coinciding.]
[L. co- + incidere to fall on; in + cadere to fall: cf. F. coïncider. See Chance, n.]
1.
To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless.
Cheyne.

2.
To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.

3.
To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.

The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other.
Watts.


word: Coincidence
definition:
Coincidence

Co*in"ci*dence
(ko̝*ĭn"sĭ*dens)
n.
[Cf. F. coïncidence.]
1.
The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.
Bentley.

2.
The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

3.
Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.

The very concurrence and coincidence of so many evidences . . . carries a great weight.
Sir M. Hale.

Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness.
South.


word: Coincident
definition:
Coincident

Co*in"ci*dent
(ko̝*ĭn"sĭ*dent)
a.
[Cf. F. coïncident.]
Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.

Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man.
South.


word: Coincident₂
definition:
Coincident

Co*in"ci*dent
(?)
n.
One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.
[R.]
Coincidents
Froude.


word: Coindication
definition:
Coindication

Co*in`di*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. coïdication.]
One of several signs or symptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.


word: Coiner
definition:
Coiner

Coin"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money.

Precautions such as are employed by coiners and receivers of stolen goods.
Macaulay.

2.
An inventor or maker, as of words.
Camden.


word: Coinhabitant
definition:
Coinhabitant

Co`in*hab"it*ant
(?)
n.
One who dwells with another, or with others.
Coinhabitants
Dr. H. More.


word: Coinquinate
definition:
Coinquinate

Co*in"qui*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. coinquinatus, p. p. of coinquinare to defile. See Inquinate.]
To pollute.
[Obs.]
Skelton.


word: Coinsurance
definition:
Coinsurance

Co`in*sur"ance
(?)
n.
[Co- + insurance.]
Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance or between other insurers.


word: Cointense
definition:
Cointense

Co`intense"
(?)
a.
Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense.
H. Spencer.


word: Cointension
definition:
Cointension

Co`in*ten"sion
(?)
n.
The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.

Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms.
H. Spencer.


word: Coir
definition:
Coir

Coir
(koir)
n.
[Tamil kayiru.]
1.
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Homans.

2.
Cordage or cables, made of this material.


word: Coistril
definition:
Coistril

Cois"tril
(?)
n.
[Prob. from OF. coustillier groom or lad. Cf. Custrel.]
1.
An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.
[Written also coistrel.]

2.
A mean, paltry fellow; a coward.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Coition
definition:
Coition

Co*i"tion
(?)
n.
[L. coitio, fr. coire to come together; co- + ire to go.]
A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.
Grew.


word: Coke
definition:
Coke

Coke
(?)
n.
[Perh. akin to cake, n.]
Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where _; smokeless fire is required.
[Written also coak.]

Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.


word: Cokernut
definition:
Cokernut

Co"ker*nut`
(?)
n.
(Com.)
The cocoanut.

&hand_; A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner.


word: Col
definition:
Col

Col
(?)
n.
[F., neck, fr. L. collum neck.]
A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.


word: Cola₂
definition:
Cola

Co"la
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. a native name.]
(Bot.)
(a)
1.
A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil.
(b)
Same as Cola nut, below.

2.
a dark-colored carbonated soft drink flavored with extract of the cola nut, and often colored with caramel; also, any soft drink similar in color and flavor to a cola-flavored drink.  The name was predominantly derived from the popular soft drink Coca-Cola.


word: Colander
definition:
Colander

Col"an*der
(?)
n.
[L. colans, -antis, p. pr. of colare to filter, to strain, fr. colum a strainer. Cf. Cullis, Culvert.]
A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.


word: Cola seed
definition:
Cola seed

Cola nut

{ Cola nut, Cola seed  }
(Bot.)
The bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a stimulant, which is used in medicine.


word: Colatitude
definition:
Colatitude

Co*lat"i*tude
(?; 134)
n.
[Formed like cosine. See Cosine.]
The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.


word: Colature
definition:
Colature

Col"a*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[L. colatura, from colare: cf. F. colature. See Colander.]
The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.
[R.]


word: Colbertine
definition:
Colbertine

Col"ber*tine
(?)
n.
[From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.]
A kind of lace.
[Obs.]

Pinners edged with colbertine.
Swift.

Difference rose between
Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine.
Young.


word: Colchicaceae
definition:
Colchicaceae

Colchicaceae
n.
one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa.

Syn. -- family Colchicaceae.


word: Colchicine
definition:
Colchicine

Col"chi*cine
(? or ?)
n.
[Cf. F. colchicine.]
(Chem.)
A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia.


word: Colchicum
definition:
Colchicum

Col"chi*cum
(?)
n.
[L., a plant with a poisonous root, fr. Colchicus Colchian, fr. Colchis, Gr. _;, an ancient province in Asia, east of the Black Sea, where was the home of Media the sorceress.]
(Bot.)
A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.

&hand_; Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds, and perhaps from the flowers, of the Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and rheumatism.


word: Colcothar
definition:
Colcothar

Col"co*thar
(k&obreve_;l"ko̝*thẽr)
n.
[NL. colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqo&tsdot_;ar.]
(Chem.)
Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.


word: Cold
definition:
Cold

Cold
(k&omacrld)
a.
[Compar. Colder (-ẽr); superl. Coldest.]
[OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf. Cool, a., Chill, n.]
1.
Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.
cold
Milton.

2.
Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

3.
Not pungent or acrid.
Cold
Bacon

4.
Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

A cold and unconcerned spectator.
T. Burnet.

No cold relation is a zealous citizen.
Burke.

5.
Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory.
Cold
Cold
Shak.

6.
Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
B. Jonson.

The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene.
Addison.

7.
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

8.
Not sensitive; not acute.

Smell this business with a sense as cold
As is a dead man's nose.
Shak.

9.
Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

10.
(Paint.)
Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.

Cold abscess. See under Abscess. -- Cold blast See under Blast, n., 2. -- Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8. -- Cold chill, an ague fit. Wright. -- Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale. -- Cold cream. See under Cream. -- Cold slaw. See Cole slaw. -- In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately.
[1913 Webster]
He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over. Sir W. Scott.
To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect.


word: Cold₂
definition:
Cold

Cold
n.
1.
The relative absence of heat or warmth.

2.
The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

When she saw her lord prepared to part,
A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart.
Dryden.

3.
(Med.)
A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

Cold sore (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever. -- To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.]


word: Cold-blooded
definition:
Cold-blooded

Cold"-blood`ed
(?)
a.
1.
Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

2.
Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.

3.
Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.


word: coldcock
definition:
coldcock

coldcock
v. t.
to to knock to the ground with force.

Syn. -- deck, dump, knock down, floor.


word: cold-hearted
definition:
cold-hearted

coldhearted

cold"heart`ed, cold"-heart`ed
(?)
a.
Wanting passion or feeling or emotional warmth; indifferent.


word: cold-heartedness
definition:
cold-heartedness

cold"-heart`ed*ness
n.
an absence of concern for the welfare of others; indifference to the suffering of others.

Syn. -- heartlessness, hardheartedness.


word: Coldly
definition:
Coldly

Cold"ly
adv.
In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly.

Withdraw unto some private place,
And reason coldly of your grievances.
Shak.


word: Cold-short
definition:
Cold-short

Cold"-short`
a.
[Prob.  fr. Sw. kallskör; kall cold + skör brittle. Oxf. E. D.]
(Metal.)
Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold-short iron.
Cold"-short`ness, n.


word: Cold-shut
definition:
Cold-shut

Cold"-shut`
(?)
a.
(Metal.)
Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting.
n. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.


word: Cold wave
definition:
Cold wave

Cold" wave"
(Meteor.)
In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16° in twenty-four hours or 20° in thirty-six hours, independent of the diurnal range.


word: Cole
definition:
Cole

Cole
(k&omacrl)
n.
[OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. kaylo`s.  Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of Brassica oleracea called rape and coleseed.


word: Colemanite
definition:
Colemanite

Cole"man*ite
(?)
n.
[From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco.]
(Min.)
A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.


word: Coleoptera
definition:
Coleoptera

Co`le*op"te*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; sheath-winged; _; sheath + _; wing.]
(Zool.)
An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillæ) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.


word: Coleopterous
definition:
Coleopterous

Coleopteral

{ Co`le*op"ter*al (?), Co`le*op"ter*ous (?) }
a.
[Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.


word: Coleorhiza
definition:
Coleorhiza

Co`le*o*rhi"za
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; sheath + _; root.]
A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.
Gray.


word: Coleridgian
definition:
Coleridgian

Cole*ridg"i*an
(?)
a.
Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics.


word: Collet
definition:
Collet

Colet

{ Col"et (?), Col"let  }
[Corrupted fr. acolyte.]
An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.


word: Coaltit
definition:
Coaltit

Coletit

{ Cole"tit` or Coal"tit (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.


word: Coleus
definition:
Coleus

Co"le*us
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a sheath; -- referring to the manner in which the stamens are united.]
(Bot.)
A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.


word: Colewort
definition:
Colewort

Cole"wort`
(?)
n.
[AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. Collards.]
1.
A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

2.
Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.


word: Colic
definition:
Colic

Col"ic
(?)
n.
[F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, Gr. _;, fr. _;, _;, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon.]
(Med.)
A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.

Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. -- Intestinal colic, or Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. -- Lead colic, Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. -- Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. -- Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above.


word: Colic₂
definition:
Colic

Col"ic
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.
Milton.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.


word: Colicky
definition:
Colicky

Col"ick*y
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder;  a colicky baby.


word: Colicroot
definition:
Colicroot

Col"ic*root`
(?)
n.
A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea).  Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.


word: Colin
definition:
Colin

Col"in
(?)
n.
[F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas.]
(Zool.)
The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.


word: Colinus
definition:
Colinus

Colinus
n.
a genus of birds including the New World quail and the bobwhites.

Syn. -- genus Colinus.


word: Coliseum
definition:
Coliseum

Col`i*se"um
(?)
n.
[NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum.]
The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
[Written also Colosseum.]


word: Colitis
definition:
Colitis

Co*li"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; + -itis.]
(Med.)
An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.


word: collaborate
definition:
collaborate

col*lab"o*rate
(?)
v. i.
1.
to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three authors collaborated in writing the book.

2.
to willingly cooperate with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country.


word: Collaboration
definition:
Collaboration

Col*lab`o*ra"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act of working together; united labor.

2.
the act of willingly cooperating with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country.


word: collaborationist
definition:
collaborationist

collaborationist
n.
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.

Syn. -- collaborator, quisling.


word: collaborative
definition:
collaborative

col*lab"o*rat*ive
(?)
a.
accomplished by collaboration; cooperative; as, collaborative effort of industry and the universities.  Opposed to competitive.


word: collaborator
definition:
collaborator

col*lab"o*ra`tor
(?)
n.
[L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur.]
1.
An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

2.
one who willingly cooperates with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country.


word: collage
definition:
collage

collage
n.
1.
any picture made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs, especially in unusual or surprising ways.

Syn. -- montage.

2.
the technique of producing a work of art that is a collage{1}.

3.
any composite object, whether abstract or concrete, created by assembling components of varied types.

4.
(Cinema)
a film having scenes of different types or from different locations displayed in rapid succession without transitions.


word: Collagen
definition:
Collagen

Col"la*gen
(?)
n.
[Gr. ko`lla glue + -gen.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.


word: Collapse
definition:
Collapse

Col*lapse"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Collapsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collapsing]
[L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
1.
To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.

A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
Maunder.

2.
To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.


word: Collapse₂
definition:
Collapse

Col*lapse"
(?)
n.
1.
A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.

2.
A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
[Colloq.]

3.
(Med.)
Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance.


word: collapsible
definition:
collapsible

collapsible
adj.
Capable of collapsing or being collapsed; as, a collapsible boat.
telescopic
tip-up
Also See: folded.
noncollapsible

Syn. -- collapsable.


word: Collar
definition:
Collar

Col"lar
(?)
n.
[OE. coler, coller, OF. colier, F. collier, necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum; akin to AS. heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf. Hals, n.]
1.
Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.

2.
(Arch.)
(a)
A ring or cincture.
(b)
A collar beam.

3.
(Bot.)
The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
Gray.

4.
An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.

5.
(Zool.)
(a)
A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
(b)
A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.

6.
(Mech.)
A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.

7.
(Naut.)
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.

8.
(Mining)
A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
Raymond.

Collar beam (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; -- also, called simply collar. -- Collar of brawn, the quantity of brawn bound up in one parcel. [Eng.] Johnson. -- Collar day, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear the collars of those orders. -- To slip the collar, to get free; to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. Spenser.


word: Collar₂
definition:
Collar

Col"lar
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Collared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collaring.]
1.
To seize by the collar.

2.
To put a collar on.
3.
to arrest, as a wanted criminal.  Same as put the collar on.

To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it close with a string preparatory to cooking it.


word: Collar bone
definition:
Collar bone

collarbone

collarbone, Col"lar bone`
(?)
(Anat.)
The clavicle, a bone linking the scapula and sternum.


word: collard
definition:
collard

collard
n.
1.
a variety of kale (Brassica oleracea) having smooth leaves; a type of colewort.  It is grown in the southern U. S.


word: collard greens
definition:
collard greens

col"lard greens
(k&obreve_;l"lẽrd z)
n. pl.
[Corrupted fr. colewort.]
1.
Same as collards{1}.
[Colloq. Southern U. S.]

Syn. -- collards.


word: collards
definition:
collards

col"lards
(k&obreve_;l"lẽrdz)
n. pl.
[Corrupted fr. colewort.]
1.
Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort.
[Colloq. Southern U. S.]

Syn. -- collard greens.

2.
A kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated in the southern United States as a vegetable.


word: Collared
definition:
Collared

Col"lared
(k&obreve_;l*lẽrd)
a.
1.
Wearing a collar.
Collared
Chaucer.

2.
(Her.)
Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins.

3.
Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.


word: collared lizard
definition:
collared lizard

col"lared liz"ard
(?)
n.
any of several species of lizards of the genus Crotaphytus and the family Iguanidae, of the central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, having long tails and usually bearing markings on the neck appearing like a collar of two black bands.
RHUD


word: Collarette
definition:
Collarette

Collaret

{ Col`lar*et" (?),  &VerbarCol`la*rette" (?) }
n.
[F. collerette, dim. of collier. See Collar.]
A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or other fancy material.


word: Collate
definition:
Collate

Col*late"
(k&obreve_;l*lāt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Collated; p. pr. & vb. n. Collating.]
[From Collation.]
1.
To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.

I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew.
Coleridge.

2.
To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.

3.
(Eccl.)
To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.

4.
To bestow or confer.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Collate₂
definition:
Collate

Col*late"
v. i.
(Ecl.)
To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.

If the bishop neglects to collate within six months, the right to do it devolves on the archbishop.
Encyc. Brit.


word: Collateral
definition:
Collateral

Col*lat"er*al
(k&obreve_;l*lăt"ẽr*al)
a.
[LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]
1.
Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
Collateral
Shak.

2.
Acting in an indirect way.

If by direct or by collateral hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . 
To you in satisfaction.
Shak.

3.
Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.

That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true.
Macaulay.

4.
Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.

Yet the attempt may give
Collateral interest to this homely tale.
Wordsworth.

5.
(Genealogy)
Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.

&hand_; Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather.
Blackstone.

Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above the deed itself. -- Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed. -- Collateral issue. (Law) (a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case. (b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc. (c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be contradicted by the party asking the question. -- Collateral security, security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security. -- collateral damage, (Mil.) damage caused by a military operation, such as a bombing, to objects or persons not themselves the intended target of the attack.


word: Collateral₂
definition:
Collateral

Col*lat"er*al
(?)
n.
1.
A collateral relative.
Ayliffe.

2.
Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.


word: Collaterally
definition:
Collaterally

Col*lat"er*al*ly
adv.
1.
Side by side; by the side.

These pulleys . . . placed collaterally.
Bp. Wilkins.

2.
In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.

The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
In collateral relation; not lineally.


word: Collation
definition:
Collation

Col*la"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. collacioun speech, conference, reflection, OF. collacion, F. collation, fr. L. collatio a bringing together, comparing, fr. collatum (used as the supine of conferre); col- + latium (used as the supine of ferre to bear), for tlatum. See Tolerate, v. t.]
1.
The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general.
Pope.

2.
(Print.)
The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.

3.
The act of conferring or bestowing.
[Obs.]

Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people.
Bacon.

4.
A conference.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

5.
(Eccl. Law)
The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.

6.
(Law)
(a)
The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.
(b)
The report of the act made by the proper officers.

7.
(Scots Law)
The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.

&hand_; This also obtains in the civil law, and is found in the code of Louisiana.
Bouvier.

8.
(Eccles.)
A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.

9.
A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; -- first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.

A collation of wine and sweetmeats.
Whiston.

Collation of seals (Old Law), a method of ascertaining the genuineness of a seal by comparing it with another known to be genuine. Bouvier.


word: Collation₂
definition:
Collation

Col*la"tion
v. i.
To partake of a collation.
[Obs.]

May 20, 1658, I . . . collationed in Spring Garden.
Evelyn.


word: Collationer
definition:
Collationer

Col*la"tion*er
(?)
n.
(Print.)
One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.
[Eng.]


word: Collatitious
definition:
Collatitious

Col`la*ti"tious
(?)
a.
[L. collatitius. See Collation.]
Brought together; contributed; done by contributions.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Collative
definition:
Collative

Col*la"tive
(?)
a.
[L. collativus brought together. ]
Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.


word: Collator
definition:
Collator

Col*la"tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
1.
One who collates manuscripts, books, etc.
Addison.

2.
(Eccl. Law)
One who collates to a benefice.

3.
One who confers any benefit.
[Obs.]
Feltham.


word: Collaud
definition:
Collaud

Col*laud"
(?)
v. t.
[L. collaudare; col- + laudare to praise.]
To join in praising.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Colleague
definition:
Colleague

Col"league
(k&obreve_;l"lēg)
n.
[F. collègue, L. collega one chosen at the same time with another, a partner in office; col- + legare to send or choose as deputy. See Legate.]
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.


word: Colleague₂
definition:
Colleague

Col*league"
(k&obreve_;l*lēg")
v. t. & i.
To unite or associate with another or with others.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Collect
definition:
Collect

Col*lect"
(k&obreve_;l*lĕkt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Collected; p. pr. & vb. n. Collecting.]
[L. collecrus, p. p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather: cf. OF. collecter. See Legend, and cf. Coil, v. t., Cull, v. t.]
1.
To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

A band of men
Collected choicely from each country.
Shak.

'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect.
Watts.

2.
To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.

3.
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
[Archaic.]
Shak.

Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected.
Locke.

To collect one's self, to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.


word: Collect₂
definition:
Collect

Col*lect"
v. i.
1.
To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

2.
To infer; to conclude.
[Archaic]

Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons.
South.


word: Collect₃
definition:
Collect

Col"lect
n.
[LL. collecta, fr. L. collecta a collection in money; an assemblage, fr. collerige: cf. F. collecte. See Collect, v. t.]
A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse.
Macaulay.


word: Collectanea
definition:
Collectanea

Col`lec*ta"ne*a
(?)
n. pl.
[Neut. pl. from L. collectaneus collected, fr. colligere. See Collect, v. t.]
Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.


word: Collection
definition:
Collection

Col*lec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]
1.
The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

2.
That which is collected
(a)
A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
collection
Macaulay.
(b)
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
collection
1 Cor. xvi. 1
(c)
Usually in pl
That which is obtained in payment of demands.
(d)
An accumulation of any substance.
Collections
Whewell.
collection
Dunglison.

3.
The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
[Obs.]

We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines.
Milton.

4.
The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
[Eng.]


word: Collectional
definition:
Collectional

Col*lec"tion*al
(-al)
a.
Of or pertaining to collecting.

The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for collectional purposes.
H. A. Merewether.


word: Collective
definition:
Collective

Col*lect"ive
(?)
a.
[L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.]
1.
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
Bp. Hoadley.

2.
Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
[Obs.]
collective
Sir T. Browne.

3.
(Gram.)
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.

4.
Tending to collect; forming a collection.

Local is his throne . . . to fix a point,
A central point, collective of his sons.
Young.

5.
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.

Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit. Gray.


word: Collectively
definition:
Collectively

Col*lect"ive*ly
adv.
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.


word: Collectivism
definition:
Collectivism

Col*lect"iv*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. collectivisme.]
(Polit. Econ.)
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.
W. G. Summer.


word: collectivistic
definition:
collectivistic

Collectivist

Col*lect"iv*ist, col*lec`tiv*is"tic
a.
1.
Relating to, characteristic of, or advocating, collectivism.

2.
operating under collectivist principles.
[Narrower terms: socialistic (vs. capitalistic), socialist; communistic]

Syn. -- collectivized, state-controlled.


word: collectivise
definition:
collectivise

col*lec"tiv*ise
v. t.
to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises.  Same as collectivize.
[Brit.]

Syn. -- collectivize.


word: Collectivity
definition:
Collectivity

Col`lec*tiv"i*ty
(?)
n.
1.
Quality or state of being collective.

2.
The collective sum, aggregate, or mass of anything; specif., the people as a body; the state.
The proposition to give work by the collectivity is supposed to be in contravention of the sacred principle of monopolistic competition.
W. D. Howells.

3.
(Polit. Econ.)
Collectivism.


word: collectivize
definition:
collectivize

col*lec"tiv*ize
v. t.
to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises.

Syn. -- collectivise.


word: collectivized
definition:
collectivized

col*lec"tiv*ized
a.
brought under collective ownership and operating under collectivist principles; -- used especially of organizations operating under the ownership by the state.
[Narrower terms: socialistic (vs. capitalistic), socialist; communistic]

Syn. -- collective, collectivised, state-controlled.


word: Collector
definition:
Collector

Col*lect"or
(?)
n.
[LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.]
1.
One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.

I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector.
Lamb.

2.
A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.

Volumes without the collector's own reflections.
Addison.

3.
(Com.)
An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.

A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers.
Sir W. Temple.

4.
One authorized to collect debts.

5.
A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent.
Todd.


word: Colleen
definition:
Colleen

Col*leen"
(?)
n.
[Ir. cailin.]
A girl; a maiden.
[Anglo-Irish]
Of all the colleens in the land
Sweet Mollie is the daisy.
The Century.


word: College
definition:
College

Col"lege
(?)
n.
[F. collège, L. collegium, fr. collega colleague. See Colleague.]
1.
A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

The college of the cardinals.
Shak.

Then they made colleges of sufferers; persons who, to secure their inheritance in the world to come, did cut off all their portion in this.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

&hand_; In France and some other parts of continental Europe, college is used to include schools occupied with rudimentary studies, and receiving children as pupils.

3.
A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.
College
Macaulay.

4.
Fig.: A community.
[R.]

Thick as the college of the bees in May.
Dryden.

College of justice, a term applied in Scotland to the supreme civil courts and their principal officers. -- The sacred college, the college or cardinals at Rome.


word: Collegian
definition:
Collegian

Col*le"gi*an
(?)
n.
A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.


word: Collegiate
definition:
Collegiate

Col*le"gi*ate
(?)
a.
[L. collegiatus.]
Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society.
Johnson.

Collegiate church. (a) A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.


word: Collembola
definition:
Collembola

Col*lem"bo*la
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.]
(Zool.)
The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.


word: Collenchyma
definition:
Collenchyma

Col*len"chy*ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + _; an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.]
(Bot.)
A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.


word: Collet₂
definition:
Collet

Col"let
(?)
n.
[F. collet, dim. fr. L. collum neck. See Collar.]
1.
A small collar or neckband.
Foxe.

2.
(Mech.)
A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.

3.
(Jewelry)
(a)
The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set.
(b)
The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant.

How full the collet with his jewel is!
Cowley.


word: Colleterial
definition:
Colleterial

Col`le*te"ri*al
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects.
R. Owen.


word: Colleterium
definition:
Colleterium

Col`le*te"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Colletic.]
(Zool.)
An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.


word: Colletic
definition:
Colletic

Col*let"ic
(?)
a.
[L. colleticus suitable for gluing, Gr. _;, fr. _; to glue, ko`lla glue.]
Agglutinant.
n. An agglutinant.


word: Collide
definition:
Collide

Col*lide"
(?)
v. i.
[L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.]
To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate.
Tyndall.

No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding.
Carlyle.


word: Collide₂
definition:
Collide

Col*lide"
v. t.
To strike or dash against.
[Obs.]

Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided.
Sir T. Browne.


word: collider
definition:
collider

col*lid"er
n.
(Physics)
a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on.  This technique allows the production of collisions of higher energy than would be possible with a single beam produced by the same device.

Syn. -- particle collider; colliding-beam accelerator; colliding-beam machine.


word: Collidine
definition:
Collidine

Col"li*dine
(?)
n.
[Gr. ko`lla glue.]
(Chem.)
One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.


word: colliding-beam machine
definition:
colliding-beam machine

colliding-beam machine
n.
(Physics)
a particle accelerator in which two separate beams of particles (usually of opposite charge) are circulated in opposite directions and directed so as to collide head on; -- called also colliding-beam accelerator and collider.
This technique allows the production of collisions of higher energy than would be possible with a single beam produced by the same device.

Syn. -- particle collider; colliding-beam accelerator; collider.


word: Collie
definition:
Collie

Col"lie
(k&obreve_;l"l&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gael. cuilean whelp, puppy, dog.]
(Zool.)
The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks.
[Written also colly, colley.]


word: Collier
definition:
Collier

Col"lier
(?)
n.
[OE. colier. See Coal.]
1.
One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

2.
A vessel employed in the coal trade.


word: Colliery
definition:
Colliery

Col"lier*y
(?)
n.
pl. Collieries (#).
[Cf. Coalery, Collier.]
1.
The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

2.
The coal trade.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Colligate
definition:
Colligate

Col"li*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colligating.]
[L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.]
1.
To tie or bind together.

The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.
Nicholson.

2.
(Logic)
To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena.
Tundall.


word: Colligation
definition:
Colligation

Col`li*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. colligatio.]
1.
A binding together.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
(Logic)
That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse.
colligation
Whewell.

Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation.
J. S. Mill.


word: Collimate
definition:
Collimate

Col"li*mate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p. & vb. n. Collimating.]
[See Collimation.]
(Physics & Astron.)
To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.

Collimating eyepiece, an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly. -- Collimating lens (Optics), a lens used for producing parallel rays of light.


word: Collimation
definition:
Collimation

Col`li*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. collimation, fr. a false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation.]
The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.

Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with respect to the axis of motion of the instrument. -- Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.


word: Collimator
definition:
Collimator

Col"li*ma`tor
(?)
n.
1.
(Astron.)
A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.
Nichol.

2.
(Optics)
A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.


word: Colline
definition:
Colline

Col"line
(?)
n.
[F. colline, fr. L. collis a hill.]
A small hill or mount.
[Obs.]

And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds.
Evelyn.


word: Collineation
definition:
Collineation

Col*lin`e*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation.]
The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Colliquate
definition:
Colliquate

Col"li*quate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colliquating.]
[Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt.]
To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt.
[Obs.]

The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire.
Boyle.

[Ice] will colliquate in water or warm oil.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Colliquation
definition:
Colliquation

Col`li*qua"tion
(?)
n.
1.
A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.

When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call “glass”.
Boyle.

2.
(Med.)
A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages.
[Obs.]


word: Colliquative
definition:
Colliquative

Col*liq"ua*tive
(?)
a.
Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats.


word: Colliquefaction
definition:
Colliquefaction

Col*liq`ue*fac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. colliquefactus melted; col- + liquefacere; liquēre to be liquid + facere to make.]
A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.

The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction.
Bacon.


word: Collision
definition:
Collision

Col*li"sion
(?)
n.
[L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide.]
1.
The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

2.
A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.

The collision of contrary false principles.
Bp. Warburton.

Sensitive to the most trifling collisions.
W. Irving.


word: Collitigant
definition:
Collitigant

Col*lit"i*gant
(?)
a.
Disputing or wrangling.
[Obs.]
n. One who litigates or wrangles. [Obs.]


word: Collocate
definition:
Collocate

Col"lo*cate
(?)
a.
[L. collocatus, p. p. of collocare. See Couch.]
Set; placed.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Collocate₂
definition:
Collocate

Col"lo*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Collocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collocating (?).]
To set or place; to set; to station.

To marshal and collocate in order his battalions.
E. Hall.


word: Collocation
definition:
Collocation

Col`lo*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. collocatio.]
1.
The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

The choice and collocation of words.
Sir W. Jones.

2.
(Linguistics)
a combination of related words within a sentence that occurs more frequently than would be predicted in a random arrangement of words; a combination of words that occurs with sufficient frequency to be recongizable as a common combination, especially a pair of words that occur adjacent to each other.  Also called stable collocation.  Combinations of words having intervening words between them, such as verb and object pairs, may also be collocations.


word: Collocution
definition:
Collocution

Col`lo*cu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. collocutio, fr. colloqui, -locutum, to converse; col- + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.]
A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse.
Bailey.


word: Collodion
definition:
Collodion

Col*lo"di*on
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; like glue; ko`lla glue + _; form. Cf. Colloid.]
(Chem.)
A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.

Collodion process (Photog.), a process in which a film of sensitized collodion is used in preparing the plate for taking a picture. -- Styptic collodion, collodion containing an astringent, as tannin.


word: Collodiotype
definition:
Collodiotype

Col*lo"di*o*type
(?)
n.
A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.


word: Collogue
definition:
Collogue

Col*logue"
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. L. colloqui and E. dialogue. Cf. Collocution.]
To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.
[Archaic or Colloq.]

Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter,
Collogue with her again, and all shall be well.
Greene.

He had been colloguing with my wife.
Thackeray.


word: Colloid
definition:
Colloid

Col"loid
(?)
a.
[Gr. ko`lla glue + -oid. Cf. Collodion.]
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.


word: Colloid₂
definition:
Colloid

Col"loid
(?)
n.
1.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.

2.
(Med.)
A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

Styptic colloid (Med.), a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.


word: Collop
definition:
Collop

Col"lop
(?)
n.
[Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. _;]
[Written also colp.]
1.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.

God knows thou art a collop of my flesh.
Shak.

Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked.
Dryden.

2.
A part or piece of anything; a portion.

Cut two good collops out of the crown land.
Fuller.


word: Colloped
definition:
Colloped

Col"loped
(?)
a.
Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.

With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain.
R. Browning.


word: Collophore
definition:
Collophore

Col"lo*phore
(?)
n.
[Gr. ko`lla glue + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.
(b)
An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.


word: Colloquial
definition:
Colloquial

Col*lo"qui*al
(?)
a.
[See Colloqui.]
Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.
Col*lo"qui*al*ly, adv.

His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order.
Macaulay.


word: Colloquialism
definition:
Colloquialism

Col*lo"qui*al*ism
(?)
n.
A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.


word: Colloquialize
definition:
Colloquialize

Col*lo"qui*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.


word: colloquium
definition:
colloquium

col*lo"qui*um
(k&obreve_;l*l&omacr"kwē*ŭm)
n.
pl. colloquiums or colloquia (k&obreve_;l*l&omacr"kwē*ȧ).
[L. colloquium, fr. colloqui, -locutum, to converse, speak together; col- + loqui to speak.]
A conference treating a specific topic, at which experts and specialists present their views and discuss and analyze the information presented; the emphasis on conversation among the experts and with the audience distinguishes a colloquium from the more generic conference.


word: Colloquy
definition:
Colloquy

Col"lo*quy
(?)
n.
pl. Colloquies (#).
[L. colloquium. See Collocution.]
1.
Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion.
A. Wood.

2.
In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.


word: Collotype
definition:
Collotype

Col"lo*type
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; glue + -type.]
A photomechanical print made directly from a hardened film of gelatin or other colloid; also, the process of making such prints. According to one method, the film is sensitized with potassium dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As this treatment causes swelling in those parts of the film which have been acted on by light, a plate results from which impressions can be taken with prepared ink. The albertype, phototype, and heliotype are collotypes.


word: Colluctancy
definition:
Colluctancy

Col*luc"tan*cy
(?)
n.
[L. colluctari to struggle with.]
A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
[Obs.]


word: Colluctation
definition:
Colluctation

Col`luc*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. colluctatio, fr. colluctari to struggle with; col- + luctari to struggle.]
A struggling; a contention.
[Obs.]

Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins.
Dr. H. More.


word: Collude
definition:
Collude

Col*lude"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding.]
[L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous.]
To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition.
Burke.


word: Collum
definition:
Collum

Col"lum
(?)
n.
pl. Colla (#).
[L., neck.]

1.
(Anat.)
A neck or cervix.
Dunglison.

2.
(Bot.)
Same as Collar.
Gray.


word: Collusion
definition:
Collusion

Col*lu"sion
(?)
n.
[L. collusio: cf. F. collusion. See Collude.]
1.
A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

The foxe, maister of collusion.
Spenser.

That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion.
Atterbury.

By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive.
Swift.

2.
(Law)
An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.
Bouvier. Abbott.


word: Collusive
definition:
Collusive

Col*lu"sive
(?)
a.
1.
Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
Collusive
J. Trapp.
Collusive
Strype.

2.
Acting in collusion.
Collusive parties
Burke.


word: Collutory
definition:
Collutory

Col"lu*to*ry
(?)
n.
[L. colluere, collutum, to wash.]
(Med.)
A medicated wash for the mouth.


word: Colluvies
definition:
Colluvies

Col*lu"vi*es
(?)
n.
[L., a collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, fr. colluere to wash; col- + luere to wash.]
1.
A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or odds and ends.

2.
A medley; offscourings or rabble.


word: Colly₂
definition:
Colly

Col"ly
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Collied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collying.]
To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.
[Archaic.]

Thou hast not collied thy face enough.
B. Jonson.

Brief as the lighting in the collied night.
Shak.


word: Collybist
definition:
Collybist

Col"ly*bist
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; a small coin.]
A money changer.
[Obs.]

In the face of these guilty collybists.
Bp. Hall.


word: Collyrium
definition:
Collyrium

Col*lyr"i*um
(?)
n.
pl. E. Collyriums (#), L. Collyria (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Med.)
An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.


word: Coloboma
definition:
Coloboma

Col`o*bo"ma
(?)
n.
[NL. fr. Gr. _;, the part taken away in mutilation, fr. _; to mutilate.]
(Anat. & Med.)
A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.


word: Colocasia
definition:
Colocasia

Colocasia
n.
a small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of the arum family, of tropical Asia and the Pacific islands, including the taro (Colocasia esculente).

Syn. -- genus Colocasia.


word: Colocolo
definition:
Colocolo

Col`o*co"lo
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.


word: Colocynth
definition:
Colocynth

Col"ocynth
(?)
n.
[L. colocynthis, Gr. _;. Cf. Coloquintida.]
(Med.)
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus colocynthis, or Cucumis colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.


word: Colocynthin
definition:
Colocynthin

Col`o*cyn"thin
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. colocynthine.]
(Chem.)
The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.


word: Cologne
definition:
Cologne

Co*logne"
(?)
n.
[Originally made in Cologne, the French name of Köln, a city in Germany.]
A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.


word: Cologne earth
definition:
Cologne earth

Co*logne" earth`
(?)
[From Cologne the city.]
(Min.)
An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.


word: Colombo
definition:
Colombo

Colombo
prop. n.
(Geography)
The (official) capital city of Sri Lanka.  Population (2000) = 1,994,000.


word: Colon
definition:
Colon

Co"lon
(k&omacr"l&obreve_;n)
n.
[L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. kw^lon, and in sense of the intestine, ko`lon: cf. F. colon. Cf. Colic.]
1.
(Anat.)
That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum. [See Illust. of Digestion.]

2.
(Gram.)
A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.


word: Colonel
definition:
Colonel

Colo"nel
(?)
n.
[F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column.]
(Mil.)
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.


word: Colonial
definition:
Colonial

Co*lo"ni*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. colonial.]
Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.


word: Colonialism
definition:
Colonialism

Co*lo"ni*al*ism
(?)
n.
1.
The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial.
The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the mother country is broken.
Brander Matthews.

2.
A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony.

3.
The colonial system of political government or extension of territory, by which one nation exerts political control over another nation, territory, or people, maintaining the colony in a state of dependence, its inhabitants not having the same full rights as those of the colonial power.  The controlling power is typically extended thus by military force or the threat of force.

4.
the political or ideological system of beliefs advocating or justifying colonial control of one nation over another nation, territory, or people.


word: Colonization
definition:
Colonization

Col`o*ni*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. colonisation.]
The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

The wide continent of America invited colonization.
Bancroft.


word: Colonizationist
definition:
Colonizationist

Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist
n.
A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.


word: Colonize
definition:
Colonize

Col"o*nize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Colonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.]
[Cf. F. coloniser.]
To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.
Bacon.

They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants.
Howell.


word: Colonize₂
definition:
Colonize

Col"o*nize
v. i.
To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
C. Buchanan.


word: colonized
definition:
colonized

colonized
adj.
1.
inhabited by people who were born in or retain strong ties to another country.

Syn. -- settled.

2.
politically ruled by citizens of another country.

3.
having a population (of animals or plants) which moved in from another territory.

Syn. -- colonized.


word: Colonnade
definition:
Colonnade

Col`on*nade"
(?)
n.
[F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.]
(Arch.)
A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

&hand_; When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.


word: colonnaded
definition:
colonnaded

colonnaded
adj.
having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals; furnished with a colonnade.


word: Colony
definition:
Colony

Col"o*ny
(k&obreve_;l"o̝*n&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Colonies (k&obreve_;l"o̝*nĭz).
[L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.]
1.
A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.

The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials.
Ames.

2.
The district or country colonized; a settlement.

3.
a territory subject to the ruling governmental authority of another country and not a part of the ruling country.

4.
A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

5.
(Nat. Hist.)
A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

6.
(Bot.)
A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algæ. They may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.

7.
(Zool.)
A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc.

8.
(Zool.)
A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.

9.
(Microbiology)
a group of microorganisms originating as the descendents of one individual cell, growing on a gelled growth medium, as of gelatin or agar; especially, such a group that has grown to a sufficient number to be visible to the naked eye.


word: Colony counter
definition:
Colony counter

Col"o*ny count`er
(k&obreve_;l"o̝*n&ybreve_; kount"ẽr)
n.
(Microbiology)
an instrument designed to conveniently count or assist counting colonies{9} of microorganisms on a plate containing a gelled growth medium.  One variety uses a pencil-like rod with a metal tip, which is connected by an electrical connection to the gelled growth medium; when touched to a colony{9} on the plate, the completion of the  electrical circuit causes an increment of 1 unit on the readout of the colony counter.


word: Colophene
definition:
Colophene

Co"lo*phene
(? or ?)
n.
(Chem.)
A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.


word: Colophon
definition:
Colophon

Col"o*phon
(k&obreve_;l"o̝*f&obreve_;n)
n.
[L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. kolofw`n; cf. L. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. Holm.]
An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.

The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book.
De Morgan.

The book was uninjured from title page to colophon.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Colophonite
definition:
Colophonite

Col"o*pho*nite
(k&obreve_;l"o̝*fo̝*nīt or ko̝*l&obreve_;f"o̝*nīt)
n.
[Cf. F. colophonite. So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony.]
(Min.)
A coarsely granular variety of garnet.


word: Colophony
definition:
Colophony

Col"o*pho`ny
(k&obreve_;l"o̝*f&omacr*n&ybreve_; or ko̝*l&obreve_;f"o̝*n&ybreve_;; 277)
n.
[Gr. 'h kolofwni`a (sc. "rhti`nh resin, gum) resin, fr. Kolofw`nios of or from Colophon in Ionia.]
Rosin.


word: Color
definition:
Color

Col"or
(kŭl"ẽr)
n.
[Written also colour.]
[OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See Helmet.]
1.
A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.

&hand_; The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them.

2.
Any hue distinguished from white or black.

3.
The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.

Give color to my pale cheek.
Shak.

4.
That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.

5.
That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.

They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship.
Acts xxvii. 30.

That he should die is worthy policy;
But yet we want a color for his death.
Shak.

6.
Shade or variety of character; kind; species.

Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color.
Shak.

7.
A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).

In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental.
Farrow.

8.
(Law)
An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
Blackstone.

&hand_; Color is express when it is averred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading.

Body color. See under Body. -- Color blindness, total or partial inability to distinguish or recognize colors. See Daltonism. -- Complementary color, one of two colors so related to each other that when blended together they produce white light; -- so called because each color makes up to the other what it lacks to make it white.  Artificial or pigment colors, when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption. -- Of color (as persons, races, etc.), not of the white race; -- commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. -- Primary colors, those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, -- red, green, and violet-blue.  These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. -- Subjective color or Accidental color, a false or spurious color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white, and with a circumference regularly subdivided, is made to revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth of the wheel appear to the eye of different shades of color varying with the rapidity of rotation. See Accidental colors, under Accidental.


word: Color₂
definition:
Color

Col"or
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Colored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coloring.]
[F. colorer.]
1.
To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.

The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color.
Sir I. Newton.

2.
To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.

He colors the falsehood of Æneas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen.
Dryden.

3.
To hide.
[Obs.]

That by his fellowship he color might
Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.
Spenser.


word: Colorable
definition:
Colorable

Col"or*a*ble
(?)
a.
Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
Colorable
Bp. Stillingfleet.
Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice.
Hooker.


word: coloradillo
definition:
coloradillo

coloradillo
n.
a handsome shrub (Hamelia patens) with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; it grows from Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil.

Syn. -- scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, Hamelia patens, Hamelia erecta.


word: Colorado
definition:
Colorado

Col`o*ra"do
(?)
a.
[Sp., red.]
1.
Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or creeks.
[Southwestern U. S.]

2.
Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars.
[Cant]


word: Colorado beetle
definition:
Colorado beetle

Col`o*ra"do bee"tle
(?)
(Zool.)
A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.


word: Colorado group
definition:
Colorado group

Col`o*ra"do group
(?)
(Geol.)
A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.


word: Coloradoite
definition:
Coloradoite

Col`o*ra"do*ite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.


word: Coloration
definition:
Coloration

Col`or*a"tion
(?)
n.
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
Bacon.

The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration.
Darwin.


word: Colorature
definition:
Colorature

Col"or*a*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura.]
(Mus.)
Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.


word: Color-blind
definition:
Color-blind

Col"or-blind
(?)
a.
Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.


word: Colored
definition:
Colored

Col"ored
(?)
a.
1.
Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.

The lime rod, colored as the glede.
Chaucer.

The colored rainbow arched wide.
Spenser.

2.
Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description.
Sir G. C. Lewis.

His colored crime with craft to cloke.
Spenser.

3.
Of some other color than black or white.

4.
(Ethnol.)
Of some other color than white; having a skin color darker than that of caucasian people; mostly applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.  Opposite of white and caucasian.

Syn. -- coloured, dark-skinned.

5.
(Bot.)
Of some other color than green.

Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green.
Gray.

&hand_; In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is.
Wood.


word: colorful
definition:
colorful

colorful
adj.
1.
having striking color.  Opposite of colorless.
[Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot; deep, rich; flaming;  fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled]

Syn. -- colourful.

2.
striking in variety and interest.  Opposite of colorless or dull.
brave, fine, gay, glorious
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty
picturesque

3.
having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper.  Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
[Narrower terms: tinted;  touched, tinged;  amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown;  amethyst;  auburn, reddish-brown;  aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;  azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue;  bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome;  blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue;  blushful, blush-colored, rosy;  bottle-green;  bronze, bronzy;  brown, brownish, dark-brown;  buff;  canary, canary-yellow;  caramel, caramel brown;  carnation;  chartreuse;  chestnut;  dun;  earth-colored, earthlike;  fuscous;  green, greenish, light-green, dark-green;  jade, jade-green;  khaki;  lavender, lilac;  mauve;  moss green, mosstone;  motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured;  mousy, mouse-colored;  ocher, ochre;  olive-brown;  olive-drab;  olive;  orange, orangish;  peacock-blue;  pink, pinkish;  purple, violet, purplish;  red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet;  red, reddish;  rose, roseate;  rose-red;  rust, rusty, rust-colored;  snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown;  sorrel, brownish-orange;  stone, stone-gray;  straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured;  tan;  tangerine;  tawny;  ultramarine;  umber;  vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red;  yellow, yellowish;  yellow-green;  avocado;  bay;  beige;  blae  bluish-black or gray-blue);  coral;  creamy;  cress green, cresson, watercress;  hazel;  honey, honey-colored;  hued(postnominal);  magenta;  maroon;  pea-green;  russet;  sage, sage-green;  sea-green]
[Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]

Syn. -- colored, coloured, in color(predicate).


word: Colorific
definition:
Colorific

Col`or*if"ic
(?; 277)
a.
[L. color color + facere to make: cf. F. colorifique.]
Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.


word: Colorimeter
definition:
Colorimeter

Col`or*im"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimètre.]
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.


word: Colorimetry
definition:
Colorimetry

Col`or*im"e*try
(?)
n.
[See Colorimeter.]
1.
The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.

2.
A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.


word: Coloring
definition:
Coloring

Col"or*ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

2.
Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.

Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss.
Compton Reade.

Dead coloring. See under Dead.


word: Colorist
definition:
Colorist

Col"or*ist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. coloriste.]
One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.

Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists.
Dryden.


word: Colorless
definition:
Colorless

Col"or*less
a.
1.
Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
[Narrower terms: ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen; neutral; white]
[Also See: achromatic, colorless.]

2.
Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.

3.
having lost its normal color.
[Narrower terms: blanched, etiolate, etiolated, whitened; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy; dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; dull, sober, somber, subfusc]
colored

Syn. -- colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.


word: colors
definition:
colors

colors
n.
1.
a flag flown by a ship to show its nationality.

Syn. -- ensign, colours.

2.
a distinguishing emblem; as, his tie proclaimed his school colors.

Syn. -- colours.


word: Colossal
definition:
Colossal

Co*los"sal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus.]
1.
Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
colossal
Motley.

2.
(Sculpture & Painting)
Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.


word: Colosseum
definition:
Colosseum

Col`os*se"um
(?)
n.
[Neut., fr. L. colosseus gigantic. See Coliseum.]
The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome.
[Also written Coliseum.]


word: Colossus
definition:
Colossus

Co*los"sus
(?)
n.
pl. L. Colossi (#), E. Colossuses (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
1.
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.

He doth bestride the narrow world
Like a colossus.
Shak.

&hand_; There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor.
Dr. Wm. Smith.

2.
Any man or beast of gigantic size.


word: Colostrum
definition:
Colostrum

Co*los"trum
(?)
n.
[L., biestings.]
(Med.)
(a)
The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.
(b)
A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.


word: Colotomy
definition:
Colotomy

Co*lot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. ko`lon colon + tomh` cutting.]
(Surg.)
An operation for opening the colon


word: Colportage
definition:
Colportage

Col"por`tage
(?)
n.
[F.]
The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.


word: Colporteur
definition:
Colporteur

Col"por`teur
(?; 277)
n.
[F. colporteur one who carries on his neck, fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter (L. portare) to carry.]
A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.


word: Colstaff
definition:
Colstaff

Col"staff`
(?)
n.
[F. col neck + E. staff. Cf. Coll.]
A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.


word: Colt
definition:
Colt

Colt
(k&omacrlt; 110)
n.
[OE. colt a young horse, ass, or camel, AS. colt; cf. dial. Sw. kullt a boy, lad.]
1.
The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal.

&hand_; In sporting circles it is usual to reckon the age of colts from some arbitrary date, as from January 1, or May 1, next preceding the birth of the animal.

2.
A young, foolish fellow.
Shak.

3.
A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Colt's tooth, an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses. -- To cast one's colt's tooth, to cease from youthful wantonness. “Your colt's tooth is not cast yet.” Shak. -- To have a colt's tooth, to be wanton. Chaucer.


word: Colt₂
definition:
Colt

Colt
(k&omacrlt; 110)
v. i.
To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
[Obs.]

They shook off their bridles and began to colt.
Spenser.


word: Colter
definition:
Colter

Col"ter
(?)
n.
[AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. Cutlass.]
A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
[Written also coulter.]


word: Colt pistol
definition:
Colt pistol

Colt pistol
(Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol, Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.


word: Colt revolver
definition:
Colt revolver

Colt revolver
(Firearms)
A revolver made according to a system using a patented revolving cylinder, holding six cartridges, patented by Samuel Colt, an American inventor, in 1835. With various modifications, it was for many years been the standard for the United States army.


word: Coltsfoot
definition:
Coltsfoot

Colts"foot`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.

Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant (Petasites vulgaris).


word: Coluber
definition:
Coluber

Col"u*ber
(?)
n.
[L., a serpent.]
(Zool.)
A genus of harmless serpents.

&hand_; Linnæus placed in this genus all serpents, whether venomous or not, whose scales beneath the tail are arranged in pairs; but by modern writers it is greatly restricted.


word: colubrid
definition:
colubrid

colubrid
n.
any member of a large family (Colubridae) of mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes.

Syn. -- colubrid snake.


word: Colubridae
definition:
Colubridae

Colubridae
n.
a broad family including only nonvenomous snakes, containing about two-thirds of all living species.  It includes the bullsnakes, garter snakes, and water snakes as well as many other species.

Syn. -- family Colubridae.


word: Colubrina
definition:
Colubrina

Colubrina
n.
a genus of mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits.

Syn. -- genus Colubrina.


word: Colubrine
definition:
Colubrine

Col"u*brine
(?)
a.
[L. colubrinus.]
1.
(Zool.)
like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.

2.
Like a snake; cunning; crafty.
Johnson.


word: Colugo
definition:
Colugo

Co*lu"go
(?)
n.
[Prob. an aboriginal name.]
(Zool.)
A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.


word: Columbae
definition:
Columbae

Co*lum"bæ
(?)
n. pl.
[L. columba pigeon.]
(Zool.)
An order of birds, including the pigeons.


word: Columbarium
definition:
Columbarium

Col`um*ba"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. L. Columbaria (#)
[L. See Columbary.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
(a)
A dovecote or pigeon house.
(b)
A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.


word: Columbary
definition:
Columbary

Col"um*ba*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Columbaries (#).
[L. columbarium, fr. columba a dove.]
A dovecote; a pigeon house.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Columbate
definition:
Columbate

Co*lum"bate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. colombate. See Columbium.]
(Chem.)
A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.


word: Columbatz fly
definition:
Columbatz fly

Co*lum"batz fly`
(?)
[From Kolumbatz, a mountain in Germany.]
(Zool.)
See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo.


word: Columbella
definition:
Columbella

Col`um*bel"la
(?)
n.
[NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.]
(Zool.)
A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.


word: Columbia
definition:
Columbia

Co*lum"bi*a
(?)
n.
America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
Dr. T. Dwight.


word: Columbiad
definition:
Columbiad

Co*lum"bi*ad
(?)
n.
[From Columbia the United States.]
(Mil.)
A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.

&hand_; Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified, especially by General Rodman, and the improved form now used in seacoast defense is often called the Rodman gun.


word: Columbian
definition:
Columbian

Co*lum"bi*an
(?)
a.
[From Columbia.]
Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.


word: Columbic
definition:
Columbic

Co*lum"bic
(?)
a.
[From Columbium.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.

Columbic acid (Chem.), a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, Nb2O5; -- called also niobic acid.


word: Columbic₂
definition:
Columbic

Co*lum"bic
a.
[From Columbo.]
Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.

Columbic acid (Chem.), an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.


word: Columbine
definition:
Columbine

Col"um*bine
(?)
a.
[L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.]
Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.
Columbine
Bacon.


word: Columbine₂
definition:
Columbine

Col"um*bine
n.
[LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]
1.
(Bot.)
A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, Aquilegia vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; Aquilegia Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America.

2.
The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes.
Brewer.


word: Columbite
definition:
Columbite

Co*lum"bite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. colombite. See Columbium.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England.


word: Columbium
definition:
Columbium

Co*lum"bi*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Columbia America.]
(Chem.)
A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.


word: Columbus Day
definition:
Columbus Day

Co*lum"bus Day
(?)
The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it “San Salvador”; -- called also Discovery Day. This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States.


word: Columella
definition:
Columella

Col`u*mel"la
(?)
n.
[L., dim. of columen column. See Column.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.
(b)
A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.

2.
(Anat.)
A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.
(b)
The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.


word: Columelliform
definition:
Columelliform

Col`u*mel"li*form
(?)
a.
[Columella + -form.]
Shaped like a little column, or columella.


word: Column
definition:
Column

Col"umn
(?)
n.
[L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See Holm, and cf. Colonel.]
1.
(Arch.)
A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

2.
Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendôme; the spinal column.

3.
(Mil.)
(a)
A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
(b)
A small army.

4.
(Naut.)
A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from “line”, where they are side by side.

5.
(Print.)
A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

6.
(Arith.)
A perpendicular line of figures.

7.
(Bot.)
The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

8.
(Print.)
one of a series of articles written in a periodical, usually under the same title and at regular intervals; it may be written and signed by one or more authors, or may appear pseudonymously or anonymously, as an editorial column.
Safire's
column
On Language
New York Times
column
P. Cassidy

Attached column. See under Attach, v. t. -- Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t. -- Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing.


word: Columnar
definition:
Columnar

Co*lum"nar
(?)
a.
[L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they cover. -- Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.


word: Columniation
definition:
Columniation

Co*lum`ni*a"tion
(?)
n.
The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.
Gwilt.


word: columnist
definition:
columnist

col"um*nist
(?)
n.
a journalist who writes or edits a regularly scheduled column{8} in a periodical, usually in editorial style; a type of editorialist.

fifth columnist see fifth columnist in the vocabulary.


word: Colure
definition:
Colure

Co*lure"
(ko̝*lūr")
n.
pl. Colures (ko̝*lūrz").
[F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr. ko`loyros dock-tailed, a"i ko`loyroi (sc. grammai` lines) the colures; fr. ko`los docked, stunted + o'yra` tail. So named because a part is always beneath the horizon.]
(Astron. & Geog.)
One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90° from the former, and is called the solstitial colure.

Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled; four times crossed the car of night
From pole to pole, traversing each colure.
Milton.


word: Colutea
definition:
Colutea

Colutea
n.
small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods.

Syn. -- genus Colutea.


word: Coly
definition:
Coly

Co"ly
(?)
n.
pl. Colies (#).
[NL. colius, prob. fr. Gr. _; a kind of woodpecker.]
Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.


word: Colymbiformes
definition:
Colymbiformes

Colymbiformes
n.
1.
an order of birds, including the family Podicipedidae, which consitutes the grebes.

Syn. -- Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, order Colymbiformes.


word: Colza
definition:
Colza

Col"za
(?)
n.
[F., fr. D. koolzaad, prop., cabbage seed; kool (akin to E. cole) + zaad, akin to E. seed.]
(Bot.)
A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.


word: Com-
definition:
Com-

Com-
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.


word: Coma
definition:
Coma

Co"ma
(k&omacr"mȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. kw^ma lethargy, fr. koima^n to put to sleep. See Cemetery.]
A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.


word: Coma₂
definition:
Coma

Co"ma
n.
[L., hair, fr. Gr. ko`mh.]
1.
(Astron.)
The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.

2.
(Bot.)
A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

Coma Berenices (_;) [L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair.


word: Comanches
definition:
Comanches

Co*man"ches
(? or ?)
n. pl.
sing. Comanche (? or ?)
(Ethnol.)
A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.


word: Comandra
definition:
Comandra

Comandra
n.
small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.

Syn. -- genus Comandra.


word: Comate
definition:
Comate

Co"mate
(?; 277)
a.
[L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe with hair, fr. coma hair.]
Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.


word: Comatose
definition:
Comatose

Co"ma*tose`
(? or ?; 277)
a.
[From Coma lethargy.]
Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.


word: Comatula
definition:
Comatula

Co*mat"u*la
(?; 135)
n.
[NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.]
(Zool.)
A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.


word: Comb
definition:
Comb

Comb
(k&omacrm; 110)
n.
[AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. _; a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha tooth.]
1.
An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

2.
An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

3.
(Manuf. & Mech.)
(a)
A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
(b)
The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
(c)
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
(d)
A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
(e)
The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
(f)
The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.

4.
(Zool.)
(a)
The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.
(b)
One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

5.
The curling crest of a wave.

6.
The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.
comb
Wyclif.

When the bee doth leave her comb.
Shak.

7.
The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.


word: Comb₂
definition:
Comb

Comb
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Combed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.]
To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.

Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright.
Shak.


word: Comb₃
definition:
Comb

Comb
v. i.
[See Comb, n., 5.]
(Naut.)
To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.


word: Combe
definition:
Combe

Comb

{ Comb, Combe (? or ?), }
n.
[AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.]
That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.
[Written also coombe.]
Buckland.

A gradual rise the shelving combe
Displayed.
Southey.


word: Combat
definition:
Combat

Com"bat
(? or ?; 277)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Combated; p. pr. & vb. n. Combating.]
[F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See Batter.]
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

To combat with a blind man I disdain.
Milton.

After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters.
Gibbon.


word: Combat₂
definition:
Combat

Com"bat
v. t.
To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.

When he the ambitious Norway combated.
Shak.

And combated in silence all these reasons.
Milton.

Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled.
Goldsmith.


word: Combat₃
definition:
Combat

Com"bat
n.
[Cf. F. combat.]
1.
A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st.
Shak.

The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina.
Shak.

2.
(Mil.)
An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.

Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel.


word: Combatable
definition:
Combatable

Com"bat*a*ble
(? or ?)
a.
[Cf. F. combattable.]
Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.


word: Combatant₂
definition:
Combatant

Com"bat*ant
n.
[F. combattant.]
One who engages in combat.  IN military use, opposed to noncombatant.
combatants
Milton.

A controversy which long survived the original combatants.
Macaulay


word: Combativeness
definition:
Combativeness

Com"bat*ive*ness
n.
1.
The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.

2.
(Phren.)
A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.


word: Combattant
definition:
Combattant

Com`bat`tant"
(?)
a.
[F.]
(Her.)
In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.


word: Comber
definition:
Comber

Comb"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.

2.
A long, curling wave.


word: Comber₄
definition:
Comber

Com"ber
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Combinable
definition:
Combinable

Com*bin"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. combinable.]
Capable of combining; consistent with.
[R.]
M. Arnold.


word: Combination
definition:
Combination

Com`bi*na"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. combinatio. See Combine.]
1.
The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

Making new compounds by new combinations.
Boyle.

A solemn combination shall be made
Of our dear souls.
Shak.

2.
The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense.

A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin.
Melmoth.

3.
(Chem.)
The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.

4.
pl.
(Math.)
The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.

&hand_; In combinations no regard is paid to the order in which the objects are arranged in each group, while in variations and permutations this order is respected.
Brande & C.

Combination car, a railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes. [U. S.] -- Combination lock, a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain order or succession. -- Combination room, in the University of Cambridge, Eng., a room into which the fellows withdraw after dinner, for wine, dessert, and conversation. -- Combination by volume (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio by which gaseous elements and compounds unite in definite proportions by volume to form distinct compounds. -- Combination by weight (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio, in which substances unite in proportions by weight, relatively fixed and exact, to form distinct compounds. See Law of definite proportions, under Definite.


word: combinational
definition:
combinational

combinational
adj.
of or relating to combinations.

Syn. -- combinable, combinatory, combining(prenominal).


word: combinative
definition:
combinative

combinative
adj.
1.
produced by a combinatorial process.
combinable, combinational, combinatory, combining(prenominal)
Also See: integrative.
noncombinative

2.
able to combine; tending to combine.
integrative (vs. disintegrative)

Syn. -- combinatory, combinatorial.


word: combinatory
definition:
combinatory

combinatorial

combinatorial combinatory
adj.
1.
able to combine; tending to combine.
same as combinative, 2.
integrative (vs. disintegrative)

Syn. -- combinative.

2.
of or relating to combinations.
combinative (vs. noncombinative)
3.
produced by a process of combining; as, a combinatorial explosion of possibilities; -- used especially in reference to mathematical or statistical processes of computing possible combinations.


word: combinatory₂
definition:
combinatory

combinatory
adj.
1.
same as combinatorial, 1.

Syn. -- combinative, combinatorial.

2.
able to be combined.

Syn. -- combinable, combinational, combining(prenominal).

3.
same as combinatorial, 2.
combinative (vs. noncombinative)

Syn. -- combinatorial.


word: Combine
definition:
Combine

Com*bine"
(k&obreve_;m*bīn")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Combined (k&obreve_;m*bīnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.]
[LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]
1.
To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.

So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined.
Milton.

Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind.
Dr. H. More.

And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage.
Shak.

Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined.
Cowper.

2.
To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
[Obs.]

I am combined by a sacred vow.
Shak.


word: Combine₂
definition:
Combine

Com*bine"
v. i.
1.
To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.

You with your foes combine,
And seem your own destruction to design
Dryden.

So sweet did harp and voice combine.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.

3.
(Card Playing)
In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.

Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or submultiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.


word: Combing
definition:
Combing

Comb"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

&hand_; The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded.

2.
pl.
(a)
That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.
(b)
Hair arranged to be worn on the head.

The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings.
Jer. Taylor.
Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.


word: Comboloio
definition:
Comboloio

Com`bo*lo"io
(k&obreve_;m`bo̝*l&omacr"yo̝)
n.
A Muslim rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads.
Byron.


word: combretum
definition:
combretum

combretum
n.
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers.


word: Combust
definition:
Combust

Com*bust"
(?)
a.
[L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; cf. bustum funeral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.]
1.
Burnt; consumed.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
(Astron.)
So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun.
[Obs.]

Planets that are oft combust.
Milton.


word: Combustible
definition:
Combustible

Com*bus"ti*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. combustible.]
1.
Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
South.

2.
Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.

Arnold was a combustible character.
W. Irving.


word: Combustible₂
definition:
Combustible

Com*bus"ti*ble
(?)
n.
A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.

All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel.
Ure.


word: Combustion
definition:
Combustion

Com*bus"tion
(?; 106)
n.
[L. combustio: cf. F. combustion.]
1.
The state of burning.

2.
(Chem.)
The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.

Combustion results in common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed.
Ure.

Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion.

3.
Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.
[Obs.]

There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university.
Mede.

But say from whence this new combustion springs.
Dryden.


word: Combustion chamber
definition:
Combustion chamber

Com*bus"tion cham`ber
(Mech.)
(a)
A space over, or in front of, a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt.
(b)
The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.


word: Come
definition:
Come

Come
(?)
v. i.
[imp. Came (?); p. p. Come (?); p. pr & vb. n. Coming.]
[OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. _; to go, Skr. gam. √23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.]
1.
To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.

Look, who comes yonder?
Shak.

I did not come to curse thee.
Tennyson.

2.
To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.

When we came to Rome.
Acts xxviii. 16.

Lately come from Italy.
Acts xviii. 2.

3.
To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance.
come
Matt. vi. 10.

The hour is coming, and now is.
John. v. 25.

So quick bright things come to confusion.
Shak.

4.
To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.

From whence come wars?
James iv. 1.

Both riches and honor come of thee !
1 Chron. xxix. 12.

5.
To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.

Then butter does refuse to come.
Hudibras.

6.
To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.

How come you thus estranged?
Shak.

How come her eyes so bright?
Shak.

&hand_; Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives a clearer adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb.

Think not that I am come to destroy.
Matt. v. 17.

We are come off like Romans.
Shak.

The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year.
Bryant.

Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall come home next week; he will come to your house to-day. It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary, indicative of approach to the action or state expressed by the verb; as, how came you to do it? Come is used colloquially, with reference to a definite future time approaching, without an auxiliary; as, it will be two years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall come.
[1913 Webster]
They were cried
In meeting, come next Sunday. Lowell.
Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go. “This is the heir; come, let us kill him.” Matt. xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. “Come, come, no time for lamentation now.” Milton.

To come, yet to arrive, future. “In times to come.” Dryden. “There's pippins and cheese to come.” Shak. -- To come about. (a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as, how did these things come about? (b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. “The wind is come about.” Shak.
[1913 Webster]
On better thoughts, and my urged reasons,
They are come about, and won to the true side. B. Jonson.
-- To come abroad. (a) To move or be away from one's home or country. “Am come abroad to see the world.” Shak. (b) To become public or known. [Obs.] “Neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad.” Mark. iv. 22. -- To come across, to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. “We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars.” E. A. Freeman. “Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across.” H. R. Haweis. -- To come after. (a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book. -- To come again, to return. “His spirit came again and he revived.” Judges. xv. 19. - - To come and go. (a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. “The color of the king doth come and go.” Shak. (b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward. -- To come at. (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with fury. -- To come away, to part or depart. -- To come between, to intervene; to separate; hence, to cause estrangement. -- To come by. (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. “Examine how you came by all your state.” Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of. -- To come down. (a) To descend. (b) To be humbled. -- To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- To come home. (a) To return to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason. (c) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; -- said of an anchor. -- To come in. (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. “The thief cometh in.” Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. “We need not fear his coming in” Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. “Silken garments did not come in till late.” Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] -- To come in for, to claim or receive. “The rest came in for subsidies.” Swift. -- To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme. -- To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] -- To come near or To come nigh, to approach in place or quality; to be equal to. “Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it.” Sir W. Temple. -- To come of. (a) To descend or spring from. “Of Priam's royal race my mother came.” Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. “This comes of judging by the eye.” L'Estrange. -- To come off. (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come-off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.] (e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.] (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. Chaucer. -- To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] “To come off by the worst.” Calamy. -- To come off from, to leave. “To come off from these grave disquisitions.” Felton. -- To come on. (a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene. -- To come out. (a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. “They shall come out with great substance.” Gen. xv. 14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. “It is indeed come out at last.” Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out? he has come out well at last. (d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out. (f) To take sides; to announce a position publicly; as, he came out against the tariff. (g) To publicly admit oneself to be homosexual. -- To come out with, to give publicity to; to disclose. -- To come over. (a) To pass from one side or place to another. “Perpetually teasing their friends to come over to them.” Addison. (b) To rise and pass over, in distillation. -- To come over to, to join. -- To come round. (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover. [Colloq.] (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle. [Colloq.] -- To come short, to be deficient; to fail of attaining. “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Rom. iii. 23. -- To come to. (a) To consent or yield. Swift. (b) (Naut.) (with the accent on to) To luff; to bring the ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor. (c) (with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. -- To come to blows. See under Blow. -- To come to grief. See under Grief. -- To come to a head. (a) To suppurate, as a boil. (b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot. -- To come to one's self, to recover one's senses. -- To come to pass, to happen; to fall out. -- To come to the scratch. (a) (Prize Fighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest; hence: (b) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely. [Colloq.]  -- To come to time. (a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and “time” is called; hence: (b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations. [Colloq.] -- To come together. (a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble. Acts i. 6. (b) To live together as man and wife. Matt. i. 18. -- To come true, to happen as predicted or expected. -- To come under, to belong to, as an individual to a class. -- To come up (a) to ascend; to rise. (b) To be brought up; to arise, as a question. (c) To spring; to shoot or rise above the earth, as a plant. (d) To come into use, as a fashion. -- To come up the capstan (Naut.), to turn it the contrary way, so as to slacken the rope about it. -- To come up the tackle fall (Naut.), to slacken the tackle gently. Totten. -- To come up to, to rise to; to equal. -- To come up with, to overtake or reach by pursuit. -- To come upon. (a) To befall. (b) To attack or invade. (c) To have a claim upon; to become dependent upon for support; as, to come upon the town. (d) To light or chance upon; to find; as, to come upon hid treasure.


word: Come₂
definition:
Come

Come
(?)
v. t.
To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here.
[Slang]

To come it, to succeed in a trick of any sort. [Slang]


word: Come-along
definition:
Come-along

Come"-a*long`
n.
A gripping device, as for stretching wire, etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to a ring that they are closed by pulling on the ring.


word: Comedian
definition:
Comedian

Co*me"di*an
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. comédien.]
1.
An actor or player in comedy.
comedian
Middleton.

2.
A writer of comedy.
Milton.


word: Comedo
definition:
Comedo

Com"e*do
(?)
n.
pl. Comedones (#).
[L., a glutton. See Comestible.]
(Med.)
A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).


word: Comedy
definition:
Comedy

Com"e*dy
(?)
n.
pl. Comedies (#).
[F. comédie, L. comoedia, fr. Gr. _;; _; a jovial festivity with music and dancing, a festal procession, an ode sung at this procession (perh. akin to _; village, E. home) + _; to sing; for comedy was originally of a lyric character. See Home, and Ode.]
A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.

With all the vivacity of comedy.
Macaulay.

Are come to play a pleasant comedy.
Shak.


word: Comeliness
definition:
Comeliness

Come"li*ness
(?)
n.
[See Comely.]
The quality or state of being comely.

Comeliness is a disposing fair
Of things and actions in fit time and place.
Sir J. Davies.

Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit.
Milton.

Comeliness signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness.
Johnson.


word: Comely
definition:
Comely

Come"ly
(kŭm"l&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Comelier (?); superl. Comeliest.]
[OE. comeliche, AS. cymlīc; cyme suitable (fr. cuman to come, become) + līc like.]
1.
Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.

He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young.
South.

Not once perceive their foul disfigurement
But boast themselves more comely than before.
Milton.

2.
Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

This is a happier and more comely time
Than when these fellows ran about the streets,
Crying confusion.
Shak.

It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Ps. cxlvii. 1.


word: Come-outer
definition:
Come-outer

Come-out"er
(?)
n.
One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Comer
definition:
Comer

Com"er
(?)
n.
One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.

All comers, all who come, or offer, to take part in a matter, especially in a contest or controversy. “To prove it against all comers.” Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Comessation
definition:
Comessation

Com`es*sa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. comissatio, comessatio.]
A reveling; a rioting.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Comestible
definition:
Comestible

Co*mes"ti*ble
(?)
a.
[F. comestible, fr. L. comesus, comestus, p. p. of comedere to eat; com- + edere to eat.]
Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.

Some herbs are most comestible.
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Comet
definition:
Comet

Com"et
(?)
n.
[L. cometes, cometa, from Gr. _; comet, prop. long-haired, fr. _; to wear long hair, fr. _; hair, akin to L. coma: cf. F. comète.]
(Astron.)
A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Cometarium
definition:
Cometarium

Com`e*ta"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Astron.)
An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun.
Hutton.


word: Comet- seeker
definition:
Comet- seeker

Comet-finder

{ Com"et-find`er (?), or Com"et- seek`er (?) }
n.
(Astron.)
A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.


word: Comether
definition:
Comether

Co*meth"er
(?)
n.
[Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc.]
[Dial. or Colloq., Brit.]
1.
Matter; affair.

2.
Friendly communication or association.
To put the comether on or To put one's comether on, to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle.
How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another?
Kipling.


word: Cometography
definition:
Cometography

Com`et*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Comet + -graphy: cf. F. cométographie.]
A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.


word: comeuppance
definition:
comeuppance

come`up"pance
(kŭm`ŭp"pans)
n.
An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts; as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation.


word: Comfit
definition:
Comfit

Com"fit
(?)
n.
[F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Confect.]
A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.


word: Comfit₂
definition:
Comfit

Com"fit
v. t.
To preserve dry with sugar.

The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . 
Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last.
Cowley.


word: Comfiture
definition:
Comfiture

Com"fi*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[F. confiture; cf. LL. confecturae sweetmeats, confectura a preparing. See Comfit, and cf. Confiture.]
See Comfit, n.


word: Comfort
definition:
Comfort

Com"fort
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Comforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comforting.]
[F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See Fort.]
1.
To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.

God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
Hooker.

2.
To assist or help; to aid.
[Obs.]

I . . . can not help the noble chevalier:
God comfort him in this necessity!
Shak.

3.
To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer.

Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
Bacon.

That we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction.
2 Cor. i. 4 (Rev. Ver.).

A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command.
Wordsworth.


word: Comfort₂
definition:
Comfort

Com"fort
(?)
n.
[OF. confort, fr. conforter.]
1.
Assistance; relief; support.
[Obs. except in the phrase “aid and comfort.” See 5 below.]
Shak.

2.
Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation.

In comfort of her mother's fears.
Shak.

Cheer thy spirit with this comfort.
Shak.

Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not.
Longfellow.

3.
A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition.

I had much joy and comfort in thy love.
Phil. 7 (Rev. Ver.).

He had the means of living in comfort.
Macaulay.

4.
A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.
[U. S.]

5.
(Law)
Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy.
Syn. -- Comfort, Consolation.
 Comfort has two meanings: 1. Strength and relief received under affliction; 2. Positive enjoyment, of a quiet, permanent nature, together with the sources thereof; as, the comfort of love; surrounded with comforts; but it is with the former only that the word consolation is brought into comparison. As thus compared, consolation points to some specific source of relief for the afflicted mind; as, the consolations of religion. Comfort supposes the relief to be afforded by imparting positive enjoyment, as well as a diminution of pain. “Consolation, or comfort, signifies some alleviation to that pain to which it is not in our power to afford the proper and adequate remedy; they imply rather an augmentation of the power of bearing, than a diminution of the burden.” Johnson.


word: Comfortable
definition:
Comfortable

Com"fort*a*ble
(?)
a.
[OF. confortable.]
1.
Strong; vigorous; valiant.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.

Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.
Shak.

2.
Serviceable; helpful.
[Obs.]

Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.
Shak.

3.
Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope.
comfortable
Cowper.

A comfortable provision made for their subsistence.
Dryden.

4.
In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.

My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health.
Shak.

5.
Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person.
[U. S.]


word: Comfortable₂
definition:
Comfortable

Com"fort*a*ble
n.
A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort.
[U. S.]


word: Comfortably
definition:
Comfortably

Com"fort*a*bly
adv.
In a comfortable or comforting manner.

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem.
Is. xl. 2.


word: Comforter
definition:
Comforter

Com"fort*er
(?)
n.
1.
One who administers comfort or consolation.

Let no comforter delight mine ear
But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
Shak.

2.
(Script.)
The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.
John xiv. 26.

3.
A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow.
[U. S.]

The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.

4.
A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.
[U. S.]

Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]


word: comforting
definition:
comforting

comforting
adj.
1.
providing freedom from worry.

Syn. -- cheering, satisfying.

2.
affording comfort or solace.

Syn. -- consolatory, consoling.


word: Comfortless
definition:
Comfortless

Com"fort*less
a.
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.

Comfortless through tyranny or might.
Spenser.
When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly.
Milton.


word: Comfortment
definition:
Comfortment

Com"fort*ment
(?)
n.
Act or process of administering comfort.
[Obs.]

The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador.
Hakluyt.


word: Comfortress
definition:
Comfortress

Com"fort*ress
(?)
n.
A woman who comforts.

To be your comfortress, and to preserve you.
B. Jonson.


word: Comfrey
definition:
Comfrey

Com"frey
(?)
n.
[Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr. confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal, grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for which reason it was also called consolida.]
(Bot.)
A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.

&hand_; A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the “common comfrey” (Symphytum officinale) is used in cough mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic “prickly comfrey” (Symphytum asperrimum) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant.


word: Comic
definition:
Comic

Com"ic
(k&obreve_;m"ĭk)
a.
[L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. kwmiko`s: cf. F. comique. See Comedy.]
1.
Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

I can not for the stage a drama lay,
Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play.
B. Jonson.

2.
Causing mirth; ludicrous.
Comic
Shak.


word: Comical
definition:
Comical

Com"ic*al
(?)
a.
1.
Relating to comedy.

They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical.
Gay.

2.
Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story.
Comical
Dryden.


word: Comicality
definition:
Comicality

Com`i*cal"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Comicalities (#).
The quality of being comical; something comical.


word: comics
definition:
comics

com"ics
(k&obreve_;m"ĭks)
n. pl.
The section of a newspaper containing mostly comic strips; -- called also funnies and funny papers.  Many but not all newspapers have a comics section.


word: comic strip
definition:
comic strip

com"ic strip`
(k&obreve_;m"ĭk strĭp)
n.
a brief sequence of drawings, usually with characters drawn only sketchily, as in a cartoon, with dialog written in “balloons” over a character's head, and depicting a fictional and usually comical incident; -- also called a cartoon.  Each comic strip contains typically from four to six panels arranged horizontally, but widely varying arrangements are published.  In modern newspapers, weekly comic strips are in color, and daily strips are usually in black and white. In some, the story depicted may be serialized and continuous, carried over from day to day or week to week.  Stories of adventure, drama, mystery or an otherwise non-comical nature depicted in the same style are also called comic strips.


word: Coming
definition:
Coming

Com"ing
(?)
a.
1.
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.

Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest.
Pope.

Your coming days and years.
Byron.

2.
Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
[Obs.]
Pope.


word: Coming₂
definition:
Coming

Com"ing
n.
1.
Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.

2.
Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ, called usually the second coming.

Coming in. (a) Entrance; entrance way; manner of entering; beginning. “The goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof.” Ezek. xliii. 11 (b) Income or revenue. “What are thy comings in?” Shak.


word: COMINT
definition:
COMINT

COMINT
n.
an abbreviation for communications intelligence; technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients.

Syn. -- communications intelligence.


word: Comitia
definition:
Comitia

Co*mi"ti*a
(?)
n. pl.
[L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.

&hand_; There were three kinds of comitia: comitia curiata, or assembly of the patricians, who voted in curiæ; comitia centuriata, or assembly of the whole Roman people, who voted by centuries; and comitia tributa, or assembly of the plebeians according to their division into tribes.


word: Comitial
definition:
Comitial

Co*mi"tial
(?)
a.
[L. comitialis.]
Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws.
Middleton.


word: Comitiva
definition:
Comitiva

Co`mi*ti"va
(?)
n.
[It.]
A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily.


word: Comity
definition:
Comity

Com"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Comities (#).
[L. comitas, fr. comis courteous, kind.]
Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States.

Comity of nations (International Law), the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights and privileges acquired by its citizens in their own land. By some authorities private international law rests on this comity, but the better opinion is that it is part of the common law of the land, and hence is obligatory as law.


word: Comma
definition:
Comma

Com"ma
(?)
n.
[L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. _; clause, fr. _; to cut off. Cf. Capon.]
1.
A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

2.
(Mus.)
A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.

Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus. -- Comma butterfly (Zool.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.


word: Command
definition:
Command

Com*mand"
(?; 61)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Commanding.]
[OE. comaunden, commanden, OF. comander, F. commander, fr. L. com- + mandare to commit to, to command. Cf. Commend, Mandate.]
1.
To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends.
Bacon.

Go to your mistress:
Say, I command her come to me.
Shak.

2.
To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.
Macaulay.

Such aid as I can spare you shall command.
Shak.

3.
To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.

Bridges commanded by a fortified house.
Motley.

Up to the eastern tower,
Whose height commands as subject all the vale.
Shak.

One side commands a view of the finest garden.
Addison.

4.
To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.

'Tis not in mortals to command success.
Addison.

5.
To direct to come; to bestow.
[Obs.]

I will command my blessing upon you.
Lev. xxv. 21.


word: Command₂
definition:
Command

Com*mand"
v. i.
1.
To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

And reigned, commanding in his monarchy.
Shak.

For the king had so commanded concerning [Haman].
Esth. iii. 2.

2.
To have a view, as from a superior position.

Far and wide his eye commands.
Milton.


word: Command₃
definition:
Command

Com*mand"
n.
1.
An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

Awaiting what command their mighty chief
Had to impose.
Milton.

2.
The possession or exercise of authority.

Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion.
Locke.

3.
Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

4.
Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.

The steepy stand
Which overlooks the vale with wide command.
Dryden.

5.
Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.

He assumed an absolute command over his readers.
Dryden.

6.
A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

Word of command (Mil.), a word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, aim; fire; shoulder arms, etc.


word: Commandant
definition:
Commandant

Com`man*dant"
(?)
n.
[F., orig. p. pr. of commander.]
A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.


word: Commandeer
definition:
Commandeer

Com`man*deer"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commandeered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering.]
[D. kommandeeren to command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to command. See Command.]
1.
(Mil.)
To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.

2.
To take arbitrary or forcible possession of.
[Colloq.]


word: Commander
definition:
Commander

Com*mand"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender.]
1.
A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

A leader and commander to the people.
Is. lv. 4.

2.
(Navy)
An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.

3.
The chief officer of a commandery.

4.
A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.

Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.


word: Commandery
definition:
Commandery

Com*mand"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Commanderies (#).
[F. commanderie.]
1.
The office or rank of a commander.
[Obs.]

2.
A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.

3.
An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
[U. S.]

4.
A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
[R.]
Brougham.


word: Commanding
definition:
Commanding

Com*mand"ing
a.
1.
Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

2.
Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.

3.
Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.


word: Commandment
definition:
Commandment

Com*mand"ment
(?)
n.
[OF. commandement, F. commandement.]
1.
An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
John xiii. 34.

2.
(Script.)
One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

3.
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

And therefore put I on the countenance
Of stern commandment.
Shak.

4.
(Law)
The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

The Commandments, The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.)


word: Commando
definition:
Commando

Com*man"do
(?)
n.
[D. See Command, v. t.]
1.
In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers.
The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country.
James Bryce.

2.
a usually small military unit trained to perform special missions, often behind enemy lines, and usually employing hit-and-run tactics. Such units often have the destruction of fixed targets, such as enemy installations, as their mission, in contrast to normal combat units which engage the enemy army directly.

3.
a member of a commando{2} unit.


word: Commark
definition:
Commark

Com"mark`
(?)
n.
[OF. comarque, or LL. commarca, commarcha; com- + marcha, boundary. See March a confine.]
The frontier of a country; confines.
[Obs.]
Shelton.


word: Commatic
definition:
Commatic

Com*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[L. commaticus, Gr. _;. See Comma.]
Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.


word: Commeasurable
definition:
Commeasurable

Com*meas"ur*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. Commensurable.]
Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.

She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had done.
I. Walton.


word: Commemorate
definition:
Commemorate

Com*mem"o*rate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.]
[L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory.]
To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution.
Atterbury.


word: commemorating
definition:
commemorating

commemorating
adj.
of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.

Syn. -- commemorative.


word: Commemoration
definition:
Commemoration

Com*mem`o*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. commemoratio.]
1.
The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord.
Abp. Tillotson.

The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration.
Burke.

2.
Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.

Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.


word: Commemorative
definition:
Commemorative

Com*mem"o*ra*tive
(?)
a.
Tending or intended to commemorate; as, a commemorative plaque.
commemorative
Hammond.

An inscription commemorative of his victory.
Sir G. C. Lewis.


word: Commemorative₂
definition:
Commemorative

Com*mem"o*ra*tive
(?)
n.
something that commemorates, especially a postage stamp or coin having a design commemorating some event, person, institution, etc.


word: Commence
definition:
Commence

Com*mence"
(k&obreve_;m*mĕns")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Commenced (k&obreve_;m*mĕnst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Commencing.]
[F. commencer, OF. comencier, fr. L. com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate.]
1.
To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

Here the anthem doth commence.
Shak.

His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Goldsmith.

2.
To begin to be, or to act as.
[Archaic]

We commence judges ourselves.
Coleridge.

3.
To take a degree at a university.
[Eng.]

I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age.
Fuller.


word: Commence₂
definition:
Commence

Com*mence"
v. t.
To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.

Many a wooer doth commence his suit.
Shak.

&hand_; It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (instead of the infinitive with to) after commence; as, he commenced studying, not he commenced to study.


word: Commencement
definition:
Commencement

Com*mence"ment
(?)
n.
[F. commencement.]
1.
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

The time of Henry VII. . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed “modern history.”
Hallam.

2.
The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.


word: Commend
definition:
Commend

Com*mend"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commended; p. pr. & vb. n. Commending.]
[L. commendare; com- + mandare to intrust to one's charge, enjoin, command. Cf. Command, Mandate.]
1.
To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

His eye commends the leading to his hand.
Shak.

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
Luke xxiii. 46.

2.
To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.

Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation.
Sir M. Hale.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister.
Rom. xvi. 1.

3.
To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.

Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles.
Dryden.

4.
To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.
[Archaic]

Commend me to my brother.
Shak.


word: Commend₂
definition:
Commend

Com*mend"
n.
1.
Commendation; praise.
[Obs.]

Speak in his just commend.
Shak.

2.
pl.
Compliments; greetings.
[Obs.]

Hearty commends and much endeared love to you.
Howell.


word: Commendable
definition:
Commendable

Com*mend"a*ble
(?)
a.
(Formerly accented on the first syllable.)
[L. commendabilis.]
Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable.
Bacon.


word: Commendam
definition:
Commendam

Com*men"dam
(?)
n.
[LL. dare in commendam to give into trust.]
(Eng. Eccl. Law)
A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.

There was [formerly] some sense for commendams.
Selden.

Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.


word: Commendatary
definition:
Commendatary

Com*mend"a*ta*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. commendataire, LL. commendatarius.]
One who holds a living in commendam.


word: Commendation
definition:
Commendation

Com`men*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. commendatio.]
1.
The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

Need we . . . epistles of commendation?
2 Cor. iii. 1.

By the commendation of the great officers.
Bacon.

2.
That which is the ground of approbation or praise.

Good nature is the most godlike commendation of a man.
Dryden.

3.
pl.
A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.
[Obs.]

Hark you, Margaret;
No princely commendations to my king?
Shak.


word: Commendator
definition:
Commendator

Com*mend"a*tor
(? or ?)
n.
[LL.]
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.
Chalmers.


word: Commendatory
definition:
Commendatory

Com*mend"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. commendatorius.]
1.
Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.
Commendatory
Pope.

2.
Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop.
Burke.

Commendatory prayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. “The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died.” Bp. Burnet.


word: Commensal
definition:
Commensal

Com*men"sal
(?)
n.
[LL. commensalis; L. com- + mensa table: cf. F. commensal. Cf. Mensal.]
1.
One who eats at the same table.
[Obs.]

2.
(Zool.)
An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.


word: Commensality
definition:
Commensality

Com`men*sal"i*ty
(?)
n.
Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table.
[Obs.]
commensality
Sir T. Browne.


word: Commensation
definition:
Commensation

Com`men*sa"tion
(?)
n.
Commensality.
[Obs.]

Daniel . . . declined pagan commensation.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Commensurability
definition:
Commensurability

Com*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. commensurabilité.]
The quality of being commensurable.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Commensurable
definition:
Commensurable

Com*men"su*ra*ble
(?)
a.
[L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf. Commeasurable.]
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.
Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n.

Commensurable numbers or Commensurable quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. -- Numbers commensurable in power, or Quantities commensurable in power, those whose squares are commensurable.


word: Commensurate
definition:
Commensurate

Com*men"su*rate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating.]
[Pref. com- + mensurate.]
1.
To reduce to a common measure.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
To proportionate; to adjust.
T. Puller


word: Commensurate₂
definition:
Commensurate

Com*men"su*rate
(?)
a.
1.
Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

2.
Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration.
Tillotson.


word: Commensurately
definition:
Commensurately

Com*men"su*rate*ly
adv.
1.
In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.

2.
With equal measure or extent.
Goodwin.


word: Commensuration
definition:
Commensuration

Com*men`su*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. commensuration.]
The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.

All fitness lies in a particular commensuration, or proportion of one thing to another.
South.


word: Comment
definition:
Comment

Com"ment
(?; 277)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Commented; p. pr. & vb. n. Commenting.]
[F. commenter, L. commentari to meditate upon, explain, v. intens. of comminisci, commentus, to reflect upon, invent; com- + the root of meminisse to remember, mens mind. See Mind.]
To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon.

A physician to comment on your malady.
Shak.

Critics . . . proceed to comment on him.
Dryden.

I must translate and comment.
Pope.


word: Comment₃
definition:
Comment

Com"ment
n.
[Cf. OF. comment.]
1.
A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.

Their lavish comment when her name was named.
Tennyson.

2.
A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.

All the volumes of philosophy,
With all their comments.
Prior.


word: Commentary
definition:
Commentary

Com"men*ta*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Commentaries (#).
[L. commentarius, commentarium, note book, commentary: cf. F. commentaire. See Comment, v. i.]
1.
A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.

This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary.
Hallam.

2.
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

3.
A single essay, written or spoken, discussing or explaining a topic, especially regarding a recent event; as, the election report was followed by several commentaries from political analysts.

4.
Something considered as exemplifying or ilustrating a point or opinion; as, the California recall vote is a sad commentary on the frivolous approach of people to politics.


word: Commentate
definition:
Commentate

Com"men*tate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[L. commentatus, p. p. of commentari to meditate.]
To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.
[R.]

Commentate upon it, and return it enriched.
Lamb.


word: Commentation
definition:
Commentation

Com`men*ta"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition.
[R.]

The spirit of commentation.
Whewell.

2.
The result of the labors of a commentator.


word: Commentator
definition:
Commentator

Com"men*ta`tor
(?)
n.
[L. commentator: cf. F. commentateur.]
One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.

The commentator's professed object is to explain, to enforce, to illustrate doctrines claimed as true.
Whewell.


word: Commentitious
definition:
Commentitious

Com`men*ti"tious
(?)
a.
[L. commentitius.]
Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion.
[Obs.]
Warburton.


word: comment out
definition:
comment out

Com"ment` out"
(k&obreve_;m"mĕnt out")
v. t.
(Computer science)
To add symbols in the code of a computer program to convert (one or more lines of programming statements) from executable instructions to comments; used to make program statements inoperable without removing them permanently, such as for temporary testing of alternative methods or to leave the original lines in as explanatory comments.


word: Commerce
definition:
Commerce

Com"merce
(?)
n.
(Formerly accented on the second syllable.)
[F. commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchandise. See Merchant.]
1.
The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men.
Hume.

2.
Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.
Macaulay.

3.
Sexual intercourse.
W. Montagu.

4.
A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Hoyle.

Chamber of commerce. See Chamber.


word: Commerce₂
definition:
Commerce

Com*merce"
(? or ?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Commerced (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Commercing.]
[Cf. F. commercer, fr. LL. commerciare.]
1.
To carry on trade; to traffic.
[Obs.]

Beware you commerce not with bankrupts.
B. Jonson.

2.
To hold intercourse; to commune.
Milton.

Commercing with himself.
Tennyson.

Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven.
Prof. Wilson.


word: Commerce destroyer
definition:
Commerce destroyer

Com"merce de*stroy"er
(Nav.)
A very fast, unarmored, lightly armed vessel designed to capture or destroy merchant vessels of an enemy. Not being intended to fight, they may be improvised from fast passenger steamers.


word: Commercial
definition:
Commercial

Com*mer"cial
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. commercial.]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.
commercial houses
Macaulay.

Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. -- Commercial law. See under Law. -- Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches. -- Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc. -- Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.


word: commercialization
definition:
commercialization

commercialization
n.
the act or process of making something commercial in character.  See commercialize.
[Also spelled commercialisation.]

Syn. -- .


word: commercialize
definition:
commercialize

commercialize
n.
to make something commercial in character, either by placing it for sale on the open market, or by emphasizing its profit-making aspects; as, the Olympics have been excessively commercialized.
[Also spelled commercialise.]


word: commercialized
definition:
commercialized

commercialized
adj.
1.
organized principally for financial gain.

2.
having its focus changed from non-commercial to commercial; as, Christmas has become a commercialized spectacle.

Syn. -- commercialised.


word: Commination
definition:
Commination

Com`mi*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. comminatio, from comminari to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination.]
1.
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.

With terrible comminations to all them that did resist.
Foxe.

Those thunders of commination.
I. Taylor.

2.
An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.


word: Comminatory
definition:
Comminatory

Com*min"a*to"ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. comminatoire.]
Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms.
B. Jonson.


word: Commingle
definition:
Commingle

Com*min"gle
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Commingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commingling (?).]
To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.
Bacon.


word: Commingler
definition:
Commingler

Com*min"gler
(?)
n.
One that commingles; specif., a device for noiseless heating of water by steam, in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.


word: Comminute
definition:
Comminute

Com"mi*nute
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.]
[L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.]
To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth.
Pennant.

Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.


word: Comminution
definition:
Comminution

Com`mi*nu"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
Bentley.

2.
(Surg.)
Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
Dunglison.

3.
Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.

Natural and necessary comminution of our lives.
Johnson.


word: Commiserate
definition:
Commiserate

Com*mis"er*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating.]
[L. commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- + miserari to pity. See Miserable.]
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.

Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want, commiserate.
Denham.

We should commiserate our mutual ignorance.
Locke.


word: Commiseration
definition:
Commiseration

Com*mis`er*a"tion
(?)
n.
[F. commisération, fr. L. commiseratio a part of an oration intended to excite compassion.]
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

And pluck commiseration of his state
From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint.
Shak.


word: Commissariat
definition:
Commissariat

Com`mis*sa"ri*at
(?; 277)
n.
[F. commissariat.]
(Mil.)
(a)
The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.
(b)
The body of officers charged with such service.


word: Commissary
definition:
Commissary

Com"mis*sa*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Commissaries (#).
[LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit.]
1.
One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

Great Destiny, the Commissary of God.
Donne.

2.
(Eccl.)
An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
Ayliffe.

3.
(Mil.)
(a)
An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters.
(b)
An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.
[U. S.]

Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery.
W. Irving

Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordnance store department. [Eng.] (b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.] -- Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army.


word: Commission
definition:
Commission

Com*mis"sion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. commissio. See Commit.]
1.
The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
South.

2.
The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.

3.
The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.

4.
A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.

Let him see our commission.
Shak.

5.
A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.

6.
A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.

A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
Prescott.

7.
(Com.)
(a)
The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
(b)
The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
(c)
The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.

Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array. -- Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. -- Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not. -- Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation. -- Commission officer or Commissioned officer,  (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or warrant officer. -- Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. [Eng.] -- on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a commision a portion of the sales that one makes. -- out of commission, not operating properly; out of order. -- To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a government vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp.,  the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc. -- To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently. -- To put the great seal into commission or To put the Treasury into commission, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary administration, as between the going out of one lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.] -- The United States Christian Commission, an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. -- The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War.


