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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Clŷp'e-ate, a.p. 243(Bot.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate. Lewton.
  2. Clŷp'e-i-fōrm, a.p. 243(Nat. Hist.) Shield-shaped; clypeate. R. Owen. Henslow.
  3. Clyś'mi-an, a.p. 243Connected with, or related to, the deluge; as, Clysmian changes.
  4. Cly̆s'mic, a.p. 243Washing; cleansing. [Rare.]
  5. Cly'ster, n.p. 243(Med.) A liquid substance injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection.
  6. Clys'ter-ize, v. t.p. 243To apply a clyster to. [Obs.]
  7. Clŷs'ter-pīpe, n.p. 243A tube or pipe used for injections.
  8. Cly'ster-wīse, adv.p. 243In the manner of a clyster.
  9. Co.p. 243A prefix, signifying with, together, in conjunction, and the like. See CON.
  10. Co'a-çér'vāte, v. t.p. 243To heap up; to pile. [Rare.] “Safely stored up and coacervated to preserve them.” Howell.
  11. Cō'a-çér'vate, a.p. 243Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped; accumulated. [Rare.] Bacon.
  12. Cō-ăc'er-vā'tion, n.p. 243The act of heaping up; the state of being heaped together. [Rare.] Bacon.
  13. Coach, n.p. 243A large, close, four-wheeled carriage, having at least two seats within, and capable of holding four persons;—used for purposes of state, for pleasure, and for traveling. 2. A special tutor, who…
  14. Cōach, v. t.p. 243To convey in a coach. Pope. 2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction. [Eng. Cant.]
  15. Cōach'-bōx, n.p. 243The seat on which the driver of a coach sits. Arbuthnot.
  16. Cōach'ee, n.p. 243A coachman. [Slang.]
  17. Cōach'-fēl'lōw, n.p. 243A horse employed to draw a coach in company with another. 2. One who is intimately connected with another. Nares.
  18. Cōach'man, n.p. 243The person who drives a coach.
  19. Cōach'man-ship, n.p. 243Skill in driving coaches.
  20. Co-ăct′, v. t.p. 243To drive together; to force; to compel. [Obs.] In conclusion, both garrisons and the inhabitants . . . were coacted to render the city. Hale.
  21. Co-ăct', v. i.p. 243To act together; to unite. [Obs.] If I tell you how these two did coact, Shall I not lie in publishing a truth? Shak.
  22. Co-ăc'tion, n.p. 243Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. South.
  23. Co-ăct'ive, a.p. 243Serving to compel or constrain. “Any coactive power of the civil kind.” Warburton. 2. Acting in concurrence. Shak.
  24. Co-ăc'tive-ly, adv.p. 243In a coactive manner.
  25. Cō-āc-tiv'i-ty, n.p. 243Unity of action. More.
  26. Co-ăd/ap-tā'tion, n.p. 243Mutual adaptation. R. Owen.
  27. Co'-a-dăpt'ed, a.p. 243Adapted one to another; as, co-adapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen.
  28. Co-ād'ju-ment, n.p. 243Mutual aid or assistance.
  29. Co'ad-jüst', v. t.p. 243To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen.
  30. Co'ad-jüst'ment, n.p. 243State of being mutually adjusted.
  31. Co-ād'ju-tant or Cō'ad-jū'tant, a.p. 243Mutually assisting or operating. Phillips.
  32. Co-ăd'ju-tant, n.p. 243An assistant. Ogilvie.
  33. Co-ăd'ju-ting, a.p. 244Mutually assisting; co-operating. “Coadjuting springs.” Drayton.
  34. Co-ād'ju-tive, a.p. 244Rendering mutual aid. Feltham.
  35. Cō'ad-jū'tor, n.p. 244One who aids another; an assistant; a fellow-helper. “Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor.” Sheridan. 2. One who is empowered or appointed to perform the duties of another. Johnson. 3. (Rom.…
  36. Cō'ad-jū'tor-shĭp, n.p. 244State of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope.
  37. Cō'ad-jū'tress or Cō'ad-jū'trix, n.p. 244A female assistant. Smollett.
  38. Co-ād'ju-van-cy or Cō'ad-jū'van-cy, n.p. 244Joint help; assistance; concurrent aid; co-operation. [Rare.] Browne.
  39. Co-ād'ju-vant or Cō'ad-jū'vant, n.p. 244(Med.) An ingredient in a prescription designed to aid some other ingredient.
  40. Co-ād'ū-nate, a.p. 244(Bot.) United at the base.
  41. Co-ăd'ū-nī'tion, n.p. 244Union of different substances in one mass. [R.] Hale.
  42. Cō'ad-vĕnt'ūre, n.p. 244An adventure in which two or more are partakers.
  43. Cō'ad-vēnt'ūr·er, n.p. 244A fellow-adventurer.
  44. Cō'af-fōr'est, v. t.p. 244To convert, as ground, into a forest. Howell.
  45. Cō-ā'gen-cy, n.p. 244Agency in common; joint agency.
  46. Cō-ā'gent, n.p. 244An assistant or associate in an act; a co-worker. Beaum.
  47. Cō'ag-mēnt', v. t.p. 244To congregate or head together. [Obs.] Glanville.
  48. Co-ăg'men-tā'tion, n.p. 244Collection into a mass or united body; union; conjunction. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  49. Co-ăg'ū-la-bil'i-ty, n.p. 244Quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated. Ure.
  50. Co-ăg'ū-lā-ble, a.p. 244Capable of being coagulated. “Coagulable into a thick, white substance, not unlike a custard.” Boyle.
  51. Co-ăg'ū-lant, n.p. 244A substance which produces coagulation. Forsyth.
  52. Co-ăg'ū-lāte, v. t.p. 244To cause to change into a curd-like or inspissated state; — said of liquids; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
  53. Co-ăg'ū-lāte, v. i.p. 244To undergo coagulation. Boyle. Syn.—To thicken; concrete; curdle.
  54. Co-ăg'ū-lā'tion, n.p. 244The act of changing from a liquid to a thickened, curd-like, semi-solid state, partly through some quality of the liquid, and not by evaporation alone; concretion.
  55. Co-ăg'ū-la-tive, a.p. 244Having the power to cause coagulation. “A salt . . . which seemed to have in it a coagulative power.” Boyle.
  56. Co-ăg'ū-lā'tor, n.p. 244That which causes coagulation. Arbuthnot.
  57. Co-ăg'ū-la-to-ry, a.p. 244Serving to coagulate; as, coagulatory effects. Boyle.
  58. Co-āg'ū-lūm, n.p. 244A coagulated mass, as curd, a clot of blood, &c.
  59. Cō-āid', n.p. 244A fellow-helper or assistant. Pope.
  60. Cōak, n.p. 244Mineral coal deprived of its volatile matter by heat. [Usually written coke.] Johnson. 2. The hole guarded by metal in a sheave through which the pin goes. Totten. 3. (Ship Carp.) A small…