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Cockatrice (-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 .]
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1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See .
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That bare vowel, I, shall poison more
Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak.
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2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
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3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.
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The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. Is. xi. 8.
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4. Any venomous or deadly thing.
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This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon.
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Cockbill (kŏkbĭl), v. t. [See 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.
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Coloq. To cockbill the anchor , to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See .
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Cockboat (?), n. [See a boat.] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.
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Cock-brained (?), a. Giddy; rash. Milton.
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Cockchafer (?), n. [See the beetle.] (Zoöl.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
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{ Cockcrow (?), Cockcrowing, } 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.
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Cocker (?), 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.
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Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.
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Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.
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Cocker, n. [From the bird.] 1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] Steele.
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2. (Zoöl.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.
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Cocker, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. köcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. (for arrows).] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Cockerel (?), n. [Prob. a double dim. of cock.] A young cock.
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Cocker spaniel. 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.
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Cocket (?), a. [F. coquet coquettish. See , n.] Pert; saucy. [Obs.] Halliwell.
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Cocket, 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.
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2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [Eng.]
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3. A measure for bread. [Obs.] Blount.
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Cockeye (?), n. [From cock to turn up.] A squinting eye. Forby.
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Cockeye, n. (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
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Cockfight (?), n. A match or contest of gamecocks.
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Cockfighting, n. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
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Cockfighting, a. Addicted to cockfighting.
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Cockhead (?), n. (Mach.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
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Cockhorse (?), n. 1. A child's rocking-horse.
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Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.
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2. A high or tall horse. [R.]
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Cockhorse, a. 1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.
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2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
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Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.
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Cockieleekie (?), n. Same as .
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Cocking, n. Cockfighting. Ben Jonson.
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Cockle (kŏkk'l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. sǣcoccas 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. .] 1. (Zoöl.) 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.
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2. A cockleshell.
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3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond.
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4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] Knight.
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5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. Knight.
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6. The dome of a heating furnace. Knight.
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Coloq. Cockle hat , a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. Shak. -- Coloq. Cockle stairs , winding or spiral stairs.
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Cockle, 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.
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Coloq. Cockling sea , waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Cockle, 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.
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Cocklebur (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
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Cockled (?), a. Inclosed in a shell.
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The tender horns of cockled snails. Shak.
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Cockled, a. Wrinkled; puckered.
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Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. Gay.
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Cockler (?), n. One who takes and sells cockles.
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Cockleshell (?), n. 1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle.
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2. A light boat.
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To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black.
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Cockloft (?; 115) n. [Prop., a loft where cocks roost.] An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building. Dryden. Swift.
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Cockmaster (?), n. One who breeds gamecocks. L'Estrange.
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Cockmatch (?), n. A cockfight.
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Cockney (kŏkn�), 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. ), AS. æg. See 1st , , n.] 1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. “A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling.” Nash (1592).
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This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Shak.
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2. A native or resident of the city of London, especially one living in the East End district; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
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A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. Macaulay.
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3. the distinctive dialect of a cockney{2}.
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Cockney, a. Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
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Cockneydom (kŏknĭdŭm), n. The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively. Thackeray.
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Cockneyfy (-fī), v. t. [Cockney + -fy.] To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [Colloq.]
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Cockneyish, a. Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.
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Cockneyism (kŏknĭĭz'm), n. The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
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cock of the rock, cock-of-the-rock n. a bird of the Andes (Rupicola peruviana) similar to Rupicola rupicola.
Syn. -- Rupicola peruviana.
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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.
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Cock-paddle (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) See . [Scot.]
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Cockpit (kŏkpĭt), n. 1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.
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Henry the Eighth had built . . . a cockpit. Macaulay.
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2. The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace. Brande & C.
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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.
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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.
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Cockroach (?), n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zoöl.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
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☞ 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.
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Cockscomb (kŏkskōm), n. [1st cock, n. + comb crest.] 1. See .
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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.
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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.
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Cockshead (?), n. (Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.
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Cockshut (?), n. A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.] Nares.
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Coloq. Cockshut time or Coloq. Cockshut light , evening twilight; nightfall; -- so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] Shak. B. Jonson.
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Cockshy (?), 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.
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2. An object at which stones are flung.
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“Making a cockshy of him,” replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.
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Cockspur (?), n. (Bot.) A variety of Cratægus, or hawthorn (Cratægus Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.
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cocksucker 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.
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2. a person who performs fellatio.
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Cocksure (?), a. 1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]
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We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak.
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2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]
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I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope.
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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.]
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Cockswain (?, 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.
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Cocktail (?), n. 1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [U. S.]
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2. (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. Darwin.
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3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.]
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It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.
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4. (Zoöl.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
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Cockup (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
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Cockweed (?), n. (Bot.) Peppergrass. Johnson.
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Cocky (?), a. [See .] Pert. [Slang]
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{ Cockyolly, or Cockyoly, bird } (?). [Cf. , fowl; .] A pet name for any small bird.
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{ Coco (kōk�), n. or Coco palm (kōk� päm).} See .
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{ Cocoa (kōk�), n., Cocoa palm (kōk� 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, koi:x, koi: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.
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Cocoa, 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.
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Coloq. Cocoa shells , the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.
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coconut, Cocoanut (kōk�nŭt), n. 1. the edible white meat of a coconut{3}; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.
Syn. -- coconut meat.
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2. the .
Syn. -- coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera.
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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.
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{ Cocobolo (?), Cocobolas (?) }, 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.
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Cocoon (?), n. [F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See .] 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.
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2. (Zoöl.) (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.
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Cocoonery (?), n. A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.
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cocoswood (?). same as . Syn. -- granadilla wood.
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cocozelle n. a squash plant having a dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow.
Syn. -- Italian vegetable marrow.
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2. a squash resembling zucchini.
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Coctible (?), a. [See .] Capable of being cooked. Blount.
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Coctile (?), a. [L. coctilis, fr. coguere. See .] Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.
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Coction (?), n. [L. coctio.] 1. Act of boiling.
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2. (Med.) (a) Digestion. [Obs.] (b) The change which the humorists{1} believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. [Obs.] Dunglison.
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Cocus n. one of the Titans.
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cocuswood, cocus 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.
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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.
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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 or or .
Syn. -- collect on delivery.
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Cod (kŏd), n. [AS. codd small bag; akin to Icel. koddi pillow, Sw. kudde cushion; cf. W. cod, cwd, bag, shell.]
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1. A husk; a pod; as, a peascod. [Eng.] Mortimer.
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2. A small bag or pouch. [Obs.] Halliwell.
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3. The scrotum. Dunglison.
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4. A pillow or cushion. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zoöl.) 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.
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☞ 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 .
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Coloq. Cod fishery , the business of fishing for cod. -- Coloq. Cod line , an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. McElrath.
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Coda (kōdȧ), n. [It., tail, fr. L. cauda.] (Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
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Codder (?), n. A gatherer of cods or peas. [Obs. or Prov.] Johnson.
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Codding (?), a. Lustful. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coddle (kŏdd'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (-dlĭng).] [Cf. . E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and , a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.] 1. To parboil, or soften by boiling.
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It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. Dampier.
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2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
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How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray.
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He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. Southey.
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