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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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Cōŏk-ee', n. p. 291A female cook. [Rare.]Cōŏk'er-y, n. p. 291The art or the practice of dressing and preparing food for the table.Cōŏk'ey, n. p. 291A cooky. See COOKY.Cōŏk'ie, n. p. 291Cōŏk'-māid, n. p. 291A female servant or maid who dresses provisions.Cōŏk'-room, n. p. 291A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.Cook'y, n. p. 291A small, flat, hard, sweetened cake.Cōol, a. p. 291Moderately cold; somewhat cold; lacking in warmth; approaching coldness. “Fanned with cool winds.” Milton. 2. Producing or promoting coolness. A shelter, and a kind of shading, cool Interposition, as…Cōŏl, n. p. 291A moderate state of cold;—said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.Cōōl, v. t. p. 291To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke xvi. 24. 2. To moderate the heat or…Cōŏl, v. i. p. 291To become less hot; to lose heat. I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. Shak. 2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become less ardent…Cōŏl'-eŭp, n. p. 291A cooling beverage.Cōŏl'er, n. p. 291That which cools or abates heat or excitement. If acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot. 2. A vessel in which liquors or other things are cooled.Cōŏl'-hĕad'ed, a. p. 291Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. Burke.Cōŏl'ie, n. p. 291A cooly. See COOLY.Cōŏl'ing, p. a. p. 291Adapted to cool and refresh. “The cooling brook.” Goldsmith.Cooling card p. 291a card whose effect upon the game is so decisive as to cool the courage of an adversary;—a phrase probably borrowed from some game in which money was staked upon a card. Hence, something to damp or…Cōŏl'ish, a. p. 291Somewhat cool. The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith.Cōŏl'ly, a. p. 291Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spencer.Cōŏl'ly, adv. p. 291In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold. 2. In a cool manner; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately. Motives that address themselves coolly to our reason. Atterbury. 3. With…Cōŏl'ness, n. p. 291The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold. “The refreshing coolness of the waters.” Prescott. 2. A moderate degree, or a want of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness…Cool'-tănk/ard, n. p. 291A beverage of various composition, but usually of ale, or wine and water, with lemon-juice, spices, and savory herbs.Cool'wort, n. p. 291(Bot.) A plant (Tiarella cordifolia), the properties of which are diuretic and tonic. [U. S.] Bartlett.Cōo'ly or Cōo'lie, n. p. 291An East Indian porter or carrier; especially a laborer transported from India, China, &c., for service in some other country.Cōom, n. p. 291Dirty, refuse matter, as that which collects in the boxes of carriage-wheels, or at the mouth of an oven; soot; coal-dust.Coomb, n. p. 291A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]Coomb or Coombe, n. p. 291A valley on the declivity of a hill, in the shape of an amphitheater. [Prov. Eng.]Coop, n. p. 291A barrel or cask. Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; especially a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boards; tumbrel. Ray.Coop, v. t. p. 291To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass;—usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. Dryden. 2. To work upon in the manner…Coo-pee', n. p. 291A motion in dancing. See COUPEE.Coop'er, n. p. 291One who makes barrels, hogsheads, or casks of other kinds.Coö'per, v. t. p. 291To do the work of a cooper upon.Coöp'er-age, n. p. 291The price paid for cooper's work. 2. A place where cooper's work is done. 3. The work or business of a cooper.Co-ōp'er-ant, a. p. 291Operating together; as, co-operant forces.Co-ōp'er-āte, v. i. p. 291To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. Bring all your lutes and harps of heaven and earth, Whate’er co-operates to the common mirth. Crashaw.Co-ōp'er-ā'tion, n. p. 291The act of co-operating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor. “Not holpen by the co-operation of angels.” Bacon.Co-ōp'er-a-tīve, a. p. 291Operating jointly to the same end.Co-ŏp'er-ā'tor, n. p. 291One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. “Co-operators with the truth.” Boyle.Co͝op'er-y, a. p. 291Pertaining to a cooper; coopered. Steep the wheat within certain coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.Co͝op'er-y, n. p. 291The occupation or trade of a cooper.Co-ŏp'tāte, v. t. p. 291To choose, or choose with another. [Obs.] Cockeram.Co-op-tā'tion, n. p. 291The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.] “The first election and co-optation of a friend.” Howell.Co-ōr'di-nance, n. p. 291Joint ordinance.Co-ōr'di-nate, a. p. 291Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country. Law.Co-ōr'di-nāte, v. t. p. 291To give a common order, action, movement, or condition to; to make co-ordinate or equal; to harmonize.Co-ör'di-nate, n. p. 291A thing of the same rank with another thing; one of two or more persons or things of equal rank or authority. 2. (pl.) (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of…Co-ôr'di-nate-ly, adv. p. 291In the same order or rank; in equal degree; without subordination.Co-ôr'di-na-te-ness, n. p. 291The state of being co-ordinate; equality of rank and authority.Co-òr'di-nā'tion, n. p. 291The state of being co-ordinate, or of equal value; harmony. In this high court of parliament, there is a rare co-ordination of power. Howell. 2. The act of bringing different parts or objects into…Co-ôr'di-na-tive, a. p. 291(Gram.) Expressing co-ordination. “Co-ordinative conjunctions.” J. W. Gibbs.Coot, n. p. 291(Ornith.) A water-fowl of the genus Fulica, frequenting lakes and other still waters. The common coot has a bald forehead, a black body, and lobated toes, and is about fifteen inches in length. Coot…cŏp, n. p. 291The top of a thing; the head. [Obs.] Cop they use to call The tops of many hills. Drayton. 2. The conical ball of thread formed on the spindle of a wheel or spinning-frame.Co-pāi'bā or Co-pāi'vā, n. p. 291(Med.) A liquid, resinous juice, of a yellowish color, and a bitterish, pungent taste, flowing from a tree, the Copaifera officinalis, growing in Spanish America. Dunglison.Cō'pal, n. p. 291A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from two trees found in the East Indies, and in Central or Southern America (Elaeocarpus copallifera, and Rhus copallinum)—used chiefly in the manufacture…Co-pār'çe-na-ry, n. p. 291(Law.) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an estate of inheritance.Co-pār'çe-ner, n. p. 291(Law.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. Blackstone.Co-pār'çe-ny, n. p. 291(Law.) An equal share of an inheritance.Co-pārt', v. t. p. 291To share. [Obs.] For, of all miseries, I hold that chief Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster, 1601.Co-pārt'i-ment, n. p. 291A compartment. [Obs.] Webster, 1623.Co-pärt'ment, n. p. 291A compartment. [Rare.] Warton.