Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C

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Coagulatory (a.) Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects. -- Boyle.

Coagula (n. pl. ) of Coagulum.

Coagulum (a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

Coaita (n.) (Zool.) The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

Coak (n.) See Coke, n.

Coak (n.) (Carp.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt coag.]

Coak (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.

Coak (v. t.) (Carp.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces. -- Totten.

Coke (n.) Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where ? smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.]

Gas coke, The coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Coal (n.) A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.

Coal (n.) (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.

Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc.

Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal.

Age of coal plants. See Age of Acrogens, under Acrogen.

Anthracite or Glance coal. See Anthracite.

Bituminous coal. See under Bituminous.

Blind coal. See under Blind.

Brown coal or Brown Lignite. See Lignite.

Caking coal, A bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left.

Cannel coal, A very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See Cannel coal.

Coal bed (Geol.), A layer or stratum of mineral coal.

Coal breaker, A structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal.

Coal field (Geol.), A region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called coal basins. See Basin.

Coal gas, A variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating.

Coal heaver, A man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships.

Coal measures. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks.

Coal measures. (Geol.) (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world.

Coal oil, A general name for mineral oils; petroleum.

Coal plant (Geol.), One of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation.

Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary.

To haul over the coals, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.]

Wood coal. See Lignite.

Coaled (imp. & p. p.) of Coal.

Coaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coal.

Coal (v. t.) To burn to charcoal; to char. [R.]

Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces. -- Bacon.

Coal (v. t.) To mark or delineate with charcoal. -- Camden.

Coal (v. t.) To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.

Coal (v. i.) To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.

Coal (n.) Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.

Coal (n.) A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering [syn: ember, coal].

Coal (v.) Burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" [syn: char, coal].

Coal (v.) Supply with coal.

Coal (v.) Take in coal; "The big ship coaled."

Coal, () It is by no means certain that the Hebrews were acquainted with mineral coal, although it is found in Syria. Their common fuel was dried dung of animals and wood charcoal. Two different words are found in Hebrew to denote coal, both occurring in Prov. 26:21, "As coal [Heb. peham; i.e., "black coal"] is to burning coal [Heb. gehalim]." The latter of these words is used in Job 41:21; Prov. 6:28; Isa. 44:19. The words "live coal" in Isa. 6:6 are more correctly "glowing stone." In Lam. 4:8 the expression "blacker than a coal" is literally rendered in the margin of the Revised Version "darker than blackness." "Coals of fire" (2 Sam. 22:9, 13; Ps. 18:8, 12, 13, etc.) is an expression used metaphorically for lightnings proceeding from God. A false tongue is compared to "coals of juniper" (Ps. 120:4; James 3:6). "Heaping coals of fire on the head" symbolizes overcoming evil with good. The words of Paul (Rom. 12:20) are equivalent to saying, "By charity and kindness thou shalt soften down his enmity as surely as heaping coals on the fire fuses the metal in the crucible."

Coal -- U.S. County in Oklahoma

Population (2000): 6031

Housing Units (2000): 2744

Land area (2000): 518.220288 sq. miles (1342.184327 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 3.074923 sq. miles (7.964014 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 521.295211 sq. miles (1350.148341 sq. km)

Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40

Location: 34.577081 N, 96.296455 W

Headwords:

Coal

Coal, OK

Coal County

Coal County, OK

Coal-black (a.) As black as coal; jet black; very black. -- Dryden.

Coal-black (a.) Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty].

Coalery (n.) [Obs.] See Colliery.

Coalesced (imp. & p. p.) of Coalesce.

Coalescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coalesce.

Coalesce (v. i.) 聯合；連結；（挫傷的骨頭）接合；（傷口）癒合 To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

Coalesce (v. i.) To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.

The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. -- Campbell.

Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. -- De Quincey.

Syn: See Add.

Coalesce (v.) Mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: {blend}, {flux}, {mix}, {conflate}, {commingle}, {immix}, {fuse}, {coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}, {merge}].

Coalesce (v.) Fuse or cause to grow together.

Coalescence (n.) The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.

Coalescence (n.) The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts [syn: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination].

Coalescent (a.) Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.

Coalescent (a.) Growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones" [syn: coalescent, coalescing].

Compare: Pollock

Pollock (n.) [See Pollack.] (Zool.) A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc.

Pollock (n.) United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956) [syn: Pollock, Jackson Pollock].

Pollock (n.) Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish [syn: pollack, pollock].

Pollock (n.) Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod [syn: pollack, pollock, Pollachius pollachius].

Pollock, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri

Population (2000): 131

Housing Units (2000): 62

Land area (2000): 0.166505 sq. miles (0.431247 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.166505 sq. miles (0.431247 sq. km)

FIPS code: 58898

Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29

Location: 40.359023 N, 93.084303 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 63560

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pollock, MO

Pollock

Pollock, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota

Population (2000): 339

Housing Units (2000): 204

Land area (2000): 0.319398 sq. miles (0.827238 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.319398 sq. miles (0.827238 sq. km)

FIPS code: 51260

Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46

Location: 45.899975 N, 100.288405 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 57648

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pollock, SD

Pollock

Pollock, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana

Population (2000): 376

Housing Units (2000): 204

Land area (2000): 1.258709 sq. miles (3.260041 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.258709 sq. miles (3.260041 sq. km)

FIPS code: 61580

Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22

Location: 31.524760 N, 92.408866 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 71467

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Pollock, LA

Pollock

Coalfish (n.) (Zool.) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock.

Coalfish (n.) (Zool.) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.

Coalfish (n.) (Zool.) The cobia.

Cobia (n.) (Zool.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

Coalgoose (n.) (Zool.) The cormorant; -- so called from its black color.

Coalite (v. i.) To unite or coalesce. [Obs.]

Let them continue to coalite. -- Bolingbroke.

Coalite (v. t.) To cause to unite or coalesce. [Obs.]

Time has by degrees blended . . . and coalited the conquered with the conquerors. -- Burke.

Coalition (n.) 結合，合併，聯合 The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms. -- Bentley.

Coalition (n.) A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.

A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg. -- J. Randolph.

The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. -- Macaulay.

Syn: Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.

Coalition (n.) An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: {alliance}, {coalition}, {alignment}, {alinement}] [ant: {nonalignment}, {nonalinement}].

Coalition (n.) The state of being combined into one body [syn: {coalition}, {fusion}].

Coalition (n.) The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts [syn: {coalescence}, {coalescency}, {coalition}, {concretion}, {conglutination}].

Coalition, () French law. By this word is understood an unlawful agreement among several persons, not to do a thing except on some conditions agreed upon.

Coalition, () The most usual coalitions are, 1st. those which take place among master workmen, to reduce, diminish or fix at a low rate the wages of journeymen and other workmen; 2d. those among workmen or journeymen, not to work except at a certain price. These offences are punished by fine and imprisonment. Dict. de Police, h.t. In our law this offence is known by the name of conspiracy. (q.v.)

Coalitioner (n.) A coalitionist.

Coalitionist (n.) One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.

Co-allies (n. pl. ) of Co-ally.

Co-ally (n.) A joint ally. -- Kent.

Coal-meter (n.) A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter. -- Simmonds.

Coalmouse (n.) (Zool.) A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Coletit or Coaltit (n.) (Zool.) A small European titmouse ({Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

Coalpit (n.) A pit where coal is dug.

Coalpit (n.) A place where charcoal is made. [U. S.]

Coalpit (n.) A mine where coal is dug from the ground [syn: coal mine, coalpit].

Compare: Tar

Tar (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary.

Compare: Mineral tar

Mineral tar (Min.), A kind of soft native bitumen.

Tar board, A strong quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope. -- Knight.

Tar water. (a) A cold infusion of tar in water, used as a medicine.

Tar water. (b) The ammoniacal water of gas works.

Wood tar, Tar obtained from wood. It is usually obtained by the distillation of the wood of the pine, spruce, or fir, and is used in varnishes, cements, and to render ropes, oakum, etc., impervious to water.

Coal (n.) A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.

Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc.

Age of coal plants. See Age of Acrogens, under Acrogen.

Anthracite or Glance coal. See Anthracite.

Bituminous coal. See under Bituminous.

Blind coal. See under Blind.

Brown coal or Brown Lignite. See Lignite.

Cannel coal, A very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See Cannel coal.

Coal bed (Geol.), A layer or stratum of mineral coal.

Coal breaker, A structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal.

Coal field (Geol.), A region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called coal basins. See Basin.

Coal gas, A variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating.

Coal heaver, A man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships.

Coal measures. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks.

Coal oil, A general name for mineral oils; petroleum.

Coal plant (Geol.), One of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation.

Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary.

To haul over the coals, To call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.]

Wood coal. See Lignite.

Coal tar () A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.

Note: Among its important ingredients are benzene, aniline, phenol, naphtalene, anthracene, etc., which are respectively typical of many dye stuffs, as the aniline dyes, the phthale["i]ns, indigo, alizarin, and many flavoring extracts whose artificial production is a matter of great commercial importance.

Coal tar (n.) A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds.

Coal-whipper (n.) One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [Eng.] -- Dickens.

Coal works () A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.

Coaly (n.) Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.

Coamings (n. pl.) (Naut.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges. [Written also combings.]

Coannex (v. t.) To annex with something else.

Coaptation (n.) The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint. Coarct

Coarct (a.) Alt. of Coarctate.

Coarctate (a.) 【生】密集的，狹縮的，（某些蟲蛹）密閉於最後一層蛹皮內的 To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Coarctate (a.) To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] -- Ayliffe.

Compare: Enclosed

Enclosed (a.) 與世隔絕的；enclose的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of unenclosed. [Narrower terms: basined; capsulate, capsulated; closed, closed in(predicate); coarctate; confined, fenced in, penned; embedded, fixed; embedded, surrounded; encircled; enveloped; fogbound; self-enclosed; surrounded, encircled].

Coarctate (a.) (Zool.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Coarctate pupa (Zool.), A pupa closely covered by the old

larval skin, as in most Diptera.

Coarct, Coarctate (v. t.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Coarct, Coarctate (v. t.) To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] -- Ayliffe.

Coarctate (a.) (Of an insect pupa) Enclosed in a rigid case.

Coarctation (n.) Confinement to a narrow space. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Coarctation (n.) Pressure; that which presses. [Obs.] -- Ray.

Coarctation (n.) (Med.) A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.

Coarctation (n.) Tight or narrow compression [syn: constriction, coarctation].

Coarctation (n.) (Biology) A narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta.

Coarse (a.) Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Coarse (a.) Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

I feel Of what coarse metal ye are molded. -- Shak.

To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions. -- Dryden.

Syn: Large; thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.

Coarse (a.) Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" [syn: coarse, harsh] [ant: fine].

Coarse (a.) Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar].

Coarse (a.) Of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common].

Coarse-grained (a.) Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

Coarse-grained (a.) Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy].

Coarse-grained (a.) Not having a fine texture; "coarse-grained wood"; "large-grained sand" [syn: coarse-grained, large-grained].

Coarsely (adv.) In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.

Coarsely (adv.) In coarse pieces; "the surfaces were coarsely granular" [ant: finely].

Coarsen (v. t.) To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] -- Graham.

Coarseness (n.) The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." -- Dr. H. More.

Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. -- L'Estrange.

A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. -- Burke.

Coarseness (n.) Language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" [syn: saltiness, coarseness].

Coarseness (n.) The quality of being composed of relatively large particles [syn: coarseness, graininess, granularity].

Coarseness (n.) Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn: coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness].

Coarseness (n.) The quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch].

Coarticulation (n.) (Anat.) The union or articulation of bones to form a joint.

Co-assessor (n.) A joint assessor.

Coast (n.) The side of a thing. [Obs.] -- Sir I. Newton.

Coast (n.) The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. [Obs.]

From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. -- Deut. xi. 24.

Coast (n.) The seashore, or land near it.

He sees in English ships the Holland coast. -- Dryden.

We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the species blow. -- Waller.

The coast is clear, The danger is over; no enemy in sight. -- Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. "Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus." -- Sir P. Sidney.

Coast guard. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.]

Coast guard. (b) The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.]

Coast rat (Zool.), A South African mammal ({Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole.

Coast waiter, A customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.]

Coasted (imp. & p. p.) of Coast.

Coasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coast.

Coast (v. i.) To draw or keep near; to approach. [Obs.]

Anon she hears them chant it lustily, And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. -- Shak.

Coast (v. i.) To sail by or near the shore.

The ancients coasted only in their navigation. -- Arbuthnot.

Coast (v. i.) To sail from port to port in the same country.

Coast (v. i.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]

Coast (v. t.) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. [Obs.] -- Hakluyt.

Coast (v. t.) To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.

Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. -- Sir T. Browne.

Coast (v. t.) To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.]

The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. -- Hakluyt.

Coast (n.) The shore of a sea or ocean [syn: seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast].

Coast (n.) A slope down which sleds may coast; "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course."

Coast (n.) The area within view; "the coast is clear."

Coast (n.) The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast].

Coast (v.) Move effortlessly; by force of gravity.

COAST, () Cache On A STick (Intel).

COAST, () Computer Operations, Audit and Security Technology (org.)

Cache On A STick

COAST, ()

(COAST) Intel Corporation attempt to's standardise the modular L2 cache subsystem in Pentium-based computers.

A COAST module should be about 4.35" wide by 1.14" high. According to earlier specifications from Motorola, a module between 4.33" and 4.36" wide, and between 1.12" and 1.16" high is within the COAST standard. Some module vendors, including some major motherboard suppliers, greatly violate the height specification.

Another COAST specification violated by many suppliers concerns clock distribution in synchronous modules. The specification requires that the clock tree to each synchronous chip be balanced, i.e. equal length from edge of the connector to individual chips. An unbalanced clock tree increases reflections and noise.

For a 256 kilobyte cache module the standard requires the same clock be used for both chips but some vendors use separate clocks to reduce loading on the clock driver and hence increase the clock speed. However, this creates unbalanced loading in other motherboard configurations, such as motherboards with soldered caches in the system. (1996-06-10)

COAST. () The margin of a country bounded by the sea. This term includes the natural appendages of the territory which rise out of the water, although they are not of sufficient firmness to be inhabited or fortified. Shoals perpetually covered with water are not, however, comprehended under the name of coast. The small islands, situate at the mouth of the Mississippi, composed of earth and trees drifted down by the river, which are not of consistency enough to support the purposes of life, and are uninhabited, though resorted to for shooting birds, were held to form a part of the coast. 5 Rob. Adm. R. 385. (c).

Coastal (a.) Of or pertaining to a coast.

Coastal (a.) Of or relating to a coast; "coastal erosion."

Coastal (a.) Located on or near or bordering on a coast; "coastal marshes"; "coastal waters"; "the Atlantic coastal plain" [ant: inland].

Coaster (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

Coaster (n.) One who sails near the shore.

Coaster (n.) A resident of a coastal area.

Coaster (n.) Someone who coasts.

Coaster (n.) A covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle).

Coaster (n.) Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at writing to writeable or re-writeable CD media. Certainly related to the coaster-like shape of a CD, and the relative value of these failures. ?I made a lot of coasters before I got a good CD.?

Coaster (n.) Useless CDs received in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$, Prodigy, ad nauseam.

In the U.K., beermat is often used in these senses.

Coasting (a.) Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

Coasting trade, Trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages.

Coasting vessel, A vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

Coasting (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

Coasting (n.) Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.] Coastwise

Coastwise (adv.) Alt. of Coastways.

Coastways (adv.) By way of, or along, the coast ; following a coastline; as, coastwise winds contributed to the storm.

Coastwise (adv.) By way of, or along the coast; "we were travelling Coastwise."

Coastwise (a.) Along or following a coast; "coastal shipping"; "coastwise winds contributed to the storm".

Coat (n.) [C] 外套，大衣；（西裝的）上衣；（動物的）皮毛；（植物的）表皮 An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

Let each His adamantine coat gird well. -- Milton.

Coat (n.) A petticoat. [Obs.] "A child in coats." -- Locke.

Coat (n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. -- Swift.

She was sought by spirits of richest coat. -- Shak.

Coat (n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. -- Milton.

Coat (n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.

Coat (n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below.

Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat. -- Shak.

Coat (n.) A coat card. See below. [Obs.]

Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. -- Massinger.

Coat armor. See under Armor.

Coat of arms (Her.), A translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together.

Coat card, A card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "`I am a coat card indeed.'

`Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'" -- Rowley.

Coat link, A pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat.

Coat of mail, A defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain.

Mast coat (Naut.), A piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below.

Sail coat (Naut.), A canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.

Coated (imp. & p. p.) of Coat.

Coating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coat.

Coat (v. t.) 塗在……上；覆蓋……的表面 [（+with/ in）]；給……穿上外套 To cover with a coat or outer garment.

Coat (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

Coat (n.) An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors.

Coat (n.) A thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint" [syn: coating, coat].

Coat (n.) Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal [syn: coat, pelage].

Coat (v.) Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: coat, surface].

Coat (v.) Cover or provide with a coat.

Coat (v.) Form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face" [syn: coat, cake].

Coat, () The tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). The "coats of skins" prepared by God for Adam and Eve were probably nothing more than aprons (Gen. 3:21). This tunic was sometimes woven entire without a seam (John 19:23); it was also sometimes of "many colours" (Gen. 37:3; R.V. marg., "a long garment with sleeves").

The "fisher's coat" of John 21:7 was obviously an outer garment or cloak, as was also the "coat" made by Hannah for Samuel (1 Sam. 2:19). (See DRESS.)

Coatee (n.) A coat with short flaps.

Coatee (n.) A short close-fitting coat.

Coati (n.) (Zool.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose ; -- called also coati mondi and coati mundi.

Syn: coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon cat, Nasua narica.

Note: The red coati ({Nasua socialis), called also coati mondi, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati ({Nasua narica) is found in Surinam and Brazil. coati-mondi, coati mundi, coati mondi.

Coati (n.) Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America [syn: coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon cat, Nasua narica].

Coating (n.) A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

Coating (n.) Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.

Coat (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Coated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coating.] To cover with a coat or outer garment.

Coat (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

Coating (n.) A thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint" [syn: coating, coat].

Coating (n.) A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly" [syn: coating, finish, finishing].

Coating (n.) A heavy fabric suitable for coats.

Coating (n.) The work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint"; [syn: application, coating, covering].

Coatless (a.) Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.

Coaxed (imp. & p. p.) of Coax.

Coaxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coax.

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