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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Coif'fūre, n. p. 249A head-dress. Addison.Coigne, n. p. 249A corner or external angle; a jutting point, as of a wall; a corner-stone. See you yon coigne of the capital? yon corner-stone? Shak. 2. A wedge for raising, fastening, or leveling any thing, as a…Coigne or Coin'y, v. i. p. 249To live by extortion. [Ireland.] Bryskett.Coil, v. t. p. 249To wind cylindrically, or in rings, as a cord, a rope, or a serpent.Coil, n. p. 249The ring, or series of rings, into which a rope or other like thing is wound. “The wild grape-vines that twisted their coils from tree to tree.” W. Irving. 2. A noise, tumult, bustle, confusion. I…Coin, n. p. 249A corner or external angle; a jutting point, as of a wall. See COIGNE. 2. A wedge for raising, lowering, fastening, or leveling any thing, as a cannon or a printer’s form. 3. A piece of metal on…Coin, v. t. p. 249To stamp and convert into money, as a piece of metal; to mint; in a more general sense, to form by stamping; as, to coin a medal. 2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.…Coin'age, n. p. 249The act or art of stamping or converting into money. “Gold pieces of different coinages.” W. Scott. The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot. 2. Pieces of metal…Cō-in-cīde', v. i. p. 249To fall together; to agree in position;—sometimes followed by with. If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revolution of the earth useless. Cheyne. 2. To…Co-in'ci-dence, n. p. 249The act or condition of falling together; agreement in position; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, bodies, &c. Bentley. 2. The act or state of agreeing or corresponding; agreement; especially…Co-ĭn'ci-den-cy, n. p. 249Coincidence. Warburton.Co-ïn'ci-dent, a. p. 249Having coincidence; agreeing; corresponding; consistent;—sometimes followed by with. Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a…Co-ïn'ci-dĕnt'al, a. p. 249Having a coincidence; coincident. Lond. Quart.Co-in'ci-dent-ly, adv. p. 249With coincidence.Cō-in-cī'der, n. p. 249One who, or that which, coincides or concurs.Cō-īn'di-cā'tion, n. p. 249An agreement of tokens, signs, or symptoms. Johnson.Coin'er, n. p. 249One who makes or stamps coin; a minter; a maker of money. They [the inhabitants of Birmingham] had acquired a less honorable renown as coiners of bad money. Macaulay. 2. An inventor or maker, as of…Cō'-in-hab'it-ant, n. p. 249One who dwells with another, or with others. “Co-inhabitants of the same element.” More.Cō'-in-hĕr'it-ance, n. p. 249Joint inheritance.Cō'-in-hēr'it-or, n. p. 249A joint heir; a co-heir.Co-in'qui-nāte, v. t. p. 249To pollute. [Obs.] Skelton.Cō-in'qui-nā'tion, n. p. 249Defilement. [Obs.] Cotgr.Cō-in'stan-tā'ne-oūs, a. p. 249Happening at the same instant.Coir, n. p. 249A material for cordage, consisting of the fibers of the cocoa-nut. Romans. 2. The cordage made of this material.Cois'tril, n. p. 249An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries; hence, a young fellow; a coward. Shak.Coit, v. t. p. 249To throw or toss; to cast; as, to coit a stone. [North of Eng.] Halliwell. “My waiters coited off by you.” Ford. [Written also quoit.]Coit, n. p. 249A quoit. See QUOIT.Coit'ing, n. p. 249The act of playing at coits. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.Co-i'tion, n. p. 249A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. (Grew.)Coix, n. p. 249(Bot.) A genus of grasses of the tropics; Job's-tears.Co-join', v. t. p. 249To join with another in the same office. [Rare.] Shak.Co-jū'ror, n. p. 249One who swears to another's credibility. Welton.Cōke, n. p. 249Mineral coal charred, or deprived by fire of its bitumen, sulphur, or other extraneous or volatile matter, and thus prepared for use in furnaces, in the reduction of ores and other purposes. [Written…Cōke, v. t. p. 249To convert into coke.Cō'ker-nūt, n. p. 249(Com.) The cocoa-nut. ☞ This mode of spelling cocoa-nut was introduced by the London custom-house in order to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner…Cŏl'an-der, n. p. 249A vessel with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquors. First an osier colander provide Of twigs thick wrought (such toiling peasants twine When through strait passages they strain…Co-lā'tion, n. p. 249The act of straining or purifying liquor by passing it through a perforated vessel. [Rare.]Cō-lāt'i-tūde, n. p. 249The complement of the latitude, or the difference between this and ninety degrees.Côl'a-tūre, n. p. 249The act of straining, or the matter strained. [Rare.]Cŏl'ber-tine, n. p. 249A kind of lace. [Obs.] “Pinners edged with colbertine.” Swift. Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine. Young.Cŏl'chi·cine, n. p. 249(Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid found in Colchicum autumnale. It is bitter and very poisonous. Gregory.Cōl'chi·cum, n. p. 249(Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron. ☞ From the bulbs of the Colchicum autumnale a medicine is prepared, which is used as a remedy for…Cōl'eo-thar, n. p. 249(Chem.) The brown-red oxide of iron which remains after the calcination of the sulphate of iron; — used for polishing glass and other substances; called by artists crocus, or crocus martis. Ure.cōld, a. p. 249Deprived of heat; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. “The snowy top of cold Olympus.” Milton. 2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.…Cōld, n. p. 250The absence of warmth; privation of heat. The sun Had first his precept so to move, so shine, As might affect the earth with cold and heat. Milton. 2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat…Cold'-blood'ed, a. p. 250Having cold blood. 2. Without sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.Cold'-chis'el, n. p. 250A chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale.Cōld'-finch, n. p. 250(Ornith.) A species of Motacilla, a bird frequenting the west of England; — called also wagtail.Cōld'-heärt'ed, a. p. 250Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.Cōld'-heärt'ed-ness, n. p. 250Want of feeling or sensibility.Cold'ish, a. p. 250Somewhat cold.Cōld'ly, adv. p. 250In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference. Either withdraw into some private place Or reason coldly of your grievances. Shak.Cōld'ness, n. p. 250The quality of being cold; want of heat; as, the coldness of water or air. 2. Want of zeal, animation, passion, &c.; unconcern; indifference; as, to receive one with coldness. 3. Freedom from sensual…Cōld'-shōrt, a. p. 250Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.Cōle, n. p. 250(Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or cabbage family; especially the species (B. napus) called also rape, and cole-seed, which does not head like the cabbage.Cō-lēg'a-tee', n. p. 250One who is legatee with another.Cōle'-mouse, n. p. 250See COAL-MOUSE.Cōlĕ-ŏph'yl-loŭs or Cōlĕ-o-phŷl'loŭs, a. p. 250(Bot.) Having the leaves inclosed in a sheath.Cōle-òp'ter-ă, n. pl. p. 250(Entom.) An order of insects having four wings, the upper pair of which are hard and horny, and serve as coverings for the lower pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others…Cōl-e-öp'ter-al or Cōl-e-öp'ter-oŭs, a. p. 250Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the coleoptera.