Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 122
Convincingly (adv.) In a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.
Convincingly (adv.) In a convincing manner; "he argued convincingly" [ant: unconvincingly].
Convincingness (n.) The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.
Convincingness (n.) The power of argument or evidence to cause belief.
Convival (a.) Pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] "A convival dish." -- Sir T. Browne.
Convive (v. i.) To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." -- Shak.
Convive (n.) A quest at a banquet. [R.] -- Beaumont.
Convivial (a.) Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.
Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. -- Denham.
Convivial (a.) Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion"; "a woman of convivial nature"; "he was a real good-time Charlie" [syn: convivial, good-time].
Convivialist (n.) A person of convivial habits.
Convivialities (n. pl. ) of Conviviality
Conviviality (n.) The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
Conviviality (n.) A jovial nature [syn: conviviality, joviality].
Conviviality (n.) A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity [syn: merrymaking, conviviality, jollification].
Convivially (adv.) In a convivial manner.
Convivially (adv.) In a convivial manner; "`Let's go and have a drink,' she said convivially".
Convocated (imp. & p. p.) of Convocate
Convocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convocate
Convocate (v. t.) To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] -- May (Lucan).
Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Convocation (n.) An assembly or meeting.
In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. -- Ex. xii. 16.
Convocation (n.) (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have each their convocation, but no session for business were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation of York the business has been generally conducted in one assembly.
Convocation (n.) (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council.
Convocation (n.) A group gathered in response to a summons.
Convocation (n.) The act of convoking [syn: convocation, calling together].
Convocation, () A meeting of a religious character as distinguished from congregation, which was more general, dealing with political and legal matters. Hence it is called an "holy convocation." Such convocations were the Sabbaths (Lev. 23:2, 3), the Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7, 8; Num. 28:25), Pentecost (Lev. 23:21), the feast of Trumpets (Lev. 23:24; Num. 29:1), the feast of Weeks (Num. 28:26), and the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:35, 36). The great fast, the annual day of atonement, was "the holy convocation" (Lev. 23:27; Num. 29:7).
Convocation, () Eccles. law. This word literally signifies called together. The assembly of the representatives of the clergy. As to the powers of convocations, see Shelf. on M. & D. 23., See Court of Convocation.
Convocational (a.) Of or pertaining to a convocation.
Convocationist (n.) An advocate or defender of convocation.
Convoked (imp. & p. p.) of Convoke.
Convoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convoke.
Convoke (v. t.) To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.
There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. -- palfrey.
Syn: To summon; assemble; convene. See Call.
Convoke (v.) Call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke, convene].
Convolute (a.) (Bot.) Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.
Convolute (a.) Rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal" [syn: convolute, convoluted].
Convolute (v.) Curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolve, convolute].
Convolute (v.) Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate].
Convoluted (a.) Having convolutions.
Beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. -- Pennant.
Convoluted (a.) Folded in tortuous windings.
A highly convoluted brain. -- North Amer. Rev.
Coiled (a.) 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.
Note: [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].
Convoluted (a.) Rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal" [syn: convolute, convoluted].
Convoluted (a.) Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave" -- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous].
Convolution (n.) The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.
O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. -- Thomson.
Convolution (n.) The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself. -- Blackmore.
Convolution (n.) (Anat.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.
Convolution (n.) The shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution].
Convolution (n.) A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain [syn: gyrus, convolution].
Convolution (n.) The action of coiling or twisting or winding together
Convolved (imp. & p. p.) of Convolve
Convolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convolve
Convolve (v. t.) To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.
Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. -- Milton.
Convolve (v.) Curl, wind, or twist together [syn: convolve, convolute].
Convolvulaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples.
Convolvulin (n.) (Chem.) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.
Convolvuli (n. pl. ) of Convolvulus.
Convoluluses (n. pl. ) of Convolvulus.
Convolvulus (n.) (Bot.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed ({C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomaea.
The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. -- Tennyson.
Convoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Convoy
Convoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convoy
Convoy (v. t.) To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
I know ye skillful to convoy.
The total freight of hope and joy. -- Emerson.
Convoy (n.) The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war. -- Macaulay.
Convoy (n.) A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.
Convoy (n.) A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.
When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy on the road. -- Emerson.
Convoy (n.) Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.
Convoy (n.) A procession of land vehicles traveling together.
Convoy (n.) A collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships.
Convoy (n.) The act of escorting while in transit.
Convoy (v.) Escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific".
Convulsed (imp. & p. p.) of Convulse
Convulsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convulse
Convulse (v. t.) To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.
With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. -- Macaulay.
Convulse (v. t.) To agitate greatly; to shake violently.
The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. -- Macaulay.
Syn: To agitate; disturb; shake; tear; rend.
Convulse (v.) Make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian convulsed the crowd".
Convulse (v.) Be overcome with laughter.
Convulse (v.) Move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate].
Convulse (v.) Shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside".
Convulse (v.) Cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles".
Convulse (v.) Contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; "The muscles in her face convulsed".
Convulsion (n.) (Med.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.
Convulsion (n.) Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.
Those two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion, to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came. -- Milton.
Times of violence and convulsion. -- Ames.
Syn: Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance.
Convulsion (n.) A sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" [syn: paroxysm, fit, convulsion].
Convulsion (n.) Violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles.
Convulsion (n.) A violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market" [syn: convulsion, turmoil, upheaval].
Convulsion (n.) A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval.
Convulsional (a.) Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [R.] -- Lamb.
Convulsionary (a.) Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. "Convulsionary struggles." -- Sir W. Scott.
Convulsionary (n.) A convulsionist.
Convulsionist (n.) One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. Medard.
Convulsive (a.) 驚厥的，抽筋的；驟發的；震動性的 Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. -- Burke.
Convulsive (a.) Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: {convulsive}, {spasmodic}, {spastic}].
Convulsive (a.) Resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter".
Convulsively (adv.) 痙攣性地 In a convulsive manner.
Convulsively (adv.) With convulsions, in a convulsive way; "her leg twitched convulsively".
Cony (n.) (Zool.) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus cuniculus).
Cony (n.) (Zool.) The chief hare.
Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.
Cony (n.) A simpleton. [Obs.]
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. -- Diet's Dry Dinner (1599)
Cony (n.) (Zool.) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.
Cony (n.) (Zool.) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
Chief hare (Zool.) A small rodent ({Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.
Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyid[ae].
Cony (n.) Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das].
Cony (n.) Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony].
Cony (n.) Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food [syn: rabbit, coney, cony].
Cony-catch (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.]
Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. -- Shak.
Cony-catcher (n.) A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] -- Minsheu.
Conylene (n.) An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.
Conyrine (n.) (Chem.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.
Cooed (imp. & p. p.) of Coo
Cooing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coo
Coo (v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.
The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse. -- Thomson.
Coo (v. i.) To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." -- Byron. Cooey
Coo (n.) The sound made by a pigeon.
Coo (v.) Speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was cooing softly".
Coo (v.) Cry softly, as of pigeons.
Cooey (n.) Alt. of Cooee
Cooey, Cooee, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cooeyed or Cooeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooeying or Cooeeing.] To call out cooee. [Australia]
I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. -- E. Giles.
Cooey, Cooee, (n.) [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar cry uttered by the Australian aborigines as a call to attract attention, and also in common use among the Australian colonists. In the actual call the first syllable is much prolonged (k[=oo]"-) and the second ends in a shrill, staccato [=e]. To represent the sound itself the spelling cooee is generally used. [Written also cooie.]
Within cooey, Within earshot. Cooey
Peacock (n.) (Zool.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is Pavo cristatus. The Javan peacock ({Pavo muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species.
Peacock (n.) In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
Peacock butterfly (Zool.), A handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.
Peacock fish (Zool.), The European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus); -- So called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.
Peacock pheasant (Zool.), Any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color.
Peacock (n.) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot [syn: peacock, peacock butterfly, Inachis io].
Peacock (n.) Male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots.
Peacock, () (Heb. tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei). This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21), which in this case was probably a district on the Malabar coast of India, or in Ceylon. The word so rendered in Job 39:13 literally means wild, tumultuous crying, and properly denotes the female ostrich (q.v.).
Cook (v. i.) To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]
Constant cuckoos cook on every side. -- The Silkworms (1599).
Cook (v. t.) To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." -- Grose.
Cook (n.) One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.
Cook (n.) (Zool.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.
Cooked (imp. & p. p.) of Cook
Cooking (p. pr & vb. n.) of Cook
Cook (v. t.) To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
Cook (v. t.) To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.]
They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. -- Addison.
Cook (v. i.) To prepare food for the table.
Cook (n.) Someone who cooks food.
Cook (n.) English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) [syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook].
Cook (v.) Prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook".
Cook (v.) Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare].
Cook (v.) Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes".
Cook (v.) Tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent].
Cook (v.) Transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle".
Cook, () A person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4, 9, 10). Professional cooks were afterwards employed (1 Sam. 8:13; 9:23). Few animals, as a rule, were slaughtered (other than sacrifices), except for purposes of hospitality (Gen. 18:7; Luke 15:23). The paschal lamb was roasted over a fire (Ex. 12:8, 9; 2Chr. 35:13). Cooking by boiling was the usual method adopted (Lev. 8:31; Ex. 16:23). No cooking took place on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3).
Cook -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 5376741
Housing Units (2000): 2096121
Land area (2000): 945.680365 sq. miles (2449.300798 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 689.360841 sq. miles (1785.436307 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1635.041206 sq. miles (4234.737105 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.837649 N, 87.767817 W
Headwords:
Cook
Cook, IL
Cook County
Cook County, IL
Cook -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 5168
Housing Units (2000): 4708
Land area (2000): 1450.604787 sq. miles (3757.048990 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1889.112522 sq. miles (4892.778762 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3339.717309 sq. miles (8649.827752 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.856408 N, 90.497890 W
Headwords:
Cook
Cook, MN
Cook County
Cook County, MN
Cook -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 15771
Housing Units (2000): 6558
Land area (2000): 229.018029 sq. miles (593.153947 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.203139 sq. miles (10.886080 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 233.221168 sq. miles (604.040027 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.154793 N, 83.429366 W
Headwords:
Cook
Cook, GA
Cook County
Cook County, GA
Cook, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 322
Housing Units (2000): 175
Land area (2000): 0.173598 sq. miles (0.449617 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.173598 sq. miles (0.449617 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10390
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.510526 N, 96.161506 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68329
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cook, NE
Cook
Cook, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 622
Housing Units (2000): 302
Land area (2000): 0.787253 sq. miles (2.038976 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.787253 sq. miles (2.038976 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13006
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.852989 N, 92.686755 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55723
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cook, MN
Cook
Cookbook
<programming> (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs.
One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10179-3), also known as the Blue Book which has recipes for things like wrapping text around arbitrary curves and making 3D fonts.Cookbooks, () Slavishly followed, can lead one into {voodoo programming}, but are useful for hackers trying to monkey up small programs in unknown languages. This function is analogous to the role of phrasebooks in human languages. [Jargon File] (1994-11-04)
Cookbook (n.) [From amateur electronics and radio] A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various {magic} things in programs. Cookbooks, slavishly followed, can lead one into {voodoo programming}, but are useful for hackers trying to {monkey up} small programs in unknown languages. This function is analogous to the role of phrasebooks in human languages.
Cookbook (n.) A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.] "Just How": a key to the cookbooks. -- Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
Cookbook (n.) A book of recipes and cooking directions [syn: {cookbook}, {cookery book}].
Cookee (n.) A female cook. [R.]
Cookery (n.) The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat. cooking.
Cookery (n.) A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] -- R. North.
Cookey (n.) The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" [syn: cooking, cookery, preparation].
Cookey (n.) Alt. of Cookie
Cookie (n.) See Cooky.
HTTP cookie (n.) Cookie（複數形態Cookies），中文名稱為「小型文字檔案」或「小甜餅」[1]，指某些網站為了辨別用戶身分而儲存在用戶端（Client Side）上的資料（通常經過加密）。定義於RFC2109。是網景公司的前雇員盧·蒙特利在1993年3月的發明 [2]。 An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) or to record the user's browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past). They can also be used to remember arbitrary pieces of information that the user previously entered into form fields such as names, addresses, passwords, and credit card numbers.
Other kinds of cookies perform essential functions in the modern web. Perhaps most importantly, authentication cookies are the most common method used by web servers to know whether the user is logged in or not, and which account they are logged in with. Without such a mechanism, the site would not know whether to send a page containing sensitive information, or require the user to authenticate themselves by logging in. The security of an authentication cookie generally depends on the security of the issuing website and the user's web browser, and on whether the cookie data is encrypted. Security vulnerabilities may allow a cookie's data to be read by a hacker, used to gain access to user data, or used to gain access (with the user's credentials) to the website to which the cookie belongs (see cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery for examples). [1]
The tracking cookies, and especially third-party tracking cookies, are commonly used as ways to compile long-term records of individuals' browsing histories – a potential privacy concern that prompted European [2] and U.S. lawmakers to take action in 2011. [3] [4] European law requires that all websites targeting European Union member states gain "informed consent" from users before storing non-essential cookies on their device.
HTTP cookie
Computer cookie
A small string of information sent by a web server to a web browser that will be sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server.
Cookies were invented by Netscape to make it easier to maintain state between HTTP transactions. They can contain any arbitrary information the server chooses to put in them.
The most common use of cookies is to identify and authenticate a user who has logged in to a website, so they don't have to sign in every time they visit. Other example uses are maintaining a shopping basket of goods you have selected to purchase during a session at an online shop or site personalisation (presenting different pages to different users).
The browser limits the size of each cookie and the number each server can store. This prevents a malicious site consuming lots of disk space on the user's computer. The only information that cookies can return to the server is what that server previously sent out.
The main privacy concern is that it is not obvious when a site is using cookies or what for. Even if you don't log in or supply any personal information to a site, it can still assign you a unique identifier and store it in a "tracking cookie". This can then be used to track every page you ever visit on the site. However, since it is possible to do the same thing without cookies, the UK law requiring sites to declare their use of cookies makes little sense and has been widely ignored.
After using a shared computer, e.g. in an Internet cafe, you should remove all cookies to prevent the browser identifying
the next user as you if they happen to visit the same sites. Stupid cookie law (2013-12-05)
Cookmaid (n.) A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.
Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Cookshop (n.) An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." -- Macaulay.
Cookies (n. pl. ) of Cooky
Cooky (n.) A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.
Cooky (n.) The cook on a ranch or at a camp [syn: cookie, cooky]
Cooky (n.) Any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) [syn: cookie, cooky, biscuit].
Cookie
Cooky, () HTTP cookie.
Cookie
Cooky, () A handle, transaction ID, or other token of agreement between cooperating programs. "I give him a packet, he gives me back a cookie".
The ticket you get from a dry-cleaning shop is an example of a cookie; the only thing it's useful for is to relate a later transaction to this one (so you get the same clothes back).
Compare magic cookie; see also fortune cookie.
Cookie
Cooky, () A cracker term for the password list on a multi-user computer.
Cookie
Cooky, () An adjective describing a computer that just became toast. (1997-04-14)
Cool (a.) Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
Fanned with cool winds. -- Milton.
Cool (a.) Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
For a patriot, too cool. -- Goldsmith.
Cool (a.) Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
Cool (a.) Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
Cool (a.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. -- Hawthorne.
Cool (a.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
He had lost a cool hundred. -- Fielding.
Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket. -- Dickens.
Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
Cool (v. i.) To 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.
Cool (v. i.) To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. -- Congreve.
Cool (n.) A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
Cooled (imp. & p. p.) of Cool
Cooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cool