Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 77
Coax (v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.
Syn: To wheedle; cajole; flatter; persuade; entice.
Coax (n.) A simpleton; a dupe. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Coax (n.) A transmission line for high-frequency signals [syn: coaxial cable, coax, coax cable].
Coax (v.) Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" [syn: wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle].
Coaxial cable
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A kind of cable with a solid central conductor surrounded by insulator, in turn surrounded by a cylindrical shield woven from fine wires. It is used to carry high frequency signals such as video or radio. The shield is usually connected to electrical ground to reduce electrical interference. (1995-03-28)
Coaxation (n.) The act of croaking. [R] -- Dr. H. More.
Coaxer (n.) One who coaxes.
Coaxer (n.) Someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing [syn: wheedler, coaxer].
Coaxingly (adv.) In a coaxing manner; by coaxing.
Coaxingly (adv.) In a cajoling manner; "`Come here,' she said coaxingly" [syn: coaxingly, cajolingly].
Cob (n.) The top or head of anything. [Obs.] -- W. Gifford.
Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person. [Obs.]
All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs. -- Nash.
Cob (n.) The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.]
Cob (n.) (Zool.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.
Cob (n.) (Zool.) A young herring. -- B. Jonson.
Cob (n.) (Zool.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.
Cob (n.) A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle. [Eng.]
Cob (n.) (Zool.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull ({Larus marinus). [Written also cobb.]
Cob (n.) A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.
Cob (n.) A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut. [Eng.]
Cob (n.) Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.]
The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. -- R. Carew.
Cob (n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. -- Wright.
Cob (n.) A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d. [Obs.] -- Wright.
Cob coal, Coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to that of a football; -- called also cobbles. -- Grose.
Cob loaf, A crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. -- Wright.
Cob money, A kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts.
Cobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Cob.
Cobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cob.
Cob (v. t.) To strike. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Cob (v. t.) (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.
Cob (v. t.) (Naut.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like. Cobaea
Cob (n.) Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn: hazelnut, filbert, cobnut, cob].
Cob (n.) Stocky short-legged harness horse.
Cob (n.) White gull having a black back and wings [syn: black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, cob, Larus marinus].
Cob (n.) Adult male swan.
Cobaea (n.) A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. Cobaea scandens (called cup-and-saucer vine, monastery bells, or Mexican ivy) is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.
Cobalt (n.) (Chem.) A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co.
Note: It occurs in nature in combination with arsenic, sulphur, and oxygen, and is obtained from its ores, smaltite, cobaltite, asbolite, etc. Its oxide colors glass or any flux, as borax, a fine blue, and is used in the manufacture of smalt. It is frequently associated with nickel, and both are characteristic ingredients of meteoric iron.
Cobalt (n.) A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison.
Cobalt bloom. Same as Erythrite.
Cobalt blue, A dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; -- called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue.
Cobalt crust, Earthy arseniate of cobalt.
Cobalt glance. (Min.) See Cobaltite.
Cobalt green, A pigment consisting essentially of the oxides of cobalt and zinc; -- called also Rinman's green.
Cobalt yellow (Chem.), A yellow crystalline powder, regarded as a double nitrite of cobalt and potassium.
Cobalt (n.) A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition [syn: cobalt, Co, atomic number 27].
Cobaltic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide.
Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), An extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts.
Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), An extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds.
Cobaltiferous (a.) (Min.) Containing cobalt. Cobaltine.
Cobaltine (n.) Alt. of Cobaltite.
Cobaltite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.
Cobaltous (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.
Cobaltous chloride, A crystalline compound, CoCl2, of a pale rose color when hydrous, blue when dehydrated. Its solution is used for a sympathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when dried in the air, owing to absorbed moisture, and becoming bright blue when warmed.
Cobbing (a.) Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [Obs.] -- Withals (1608).
Cobble (n.) A fishing boat. See Coble.
Cobble (n.) A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." -- Fairfax.
Cobble (n.) pl. Cob coal. See under Cob.
Cobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Cobble.
Cobbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cobble.
Cobble (v. t.) To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. -- Shak. "A cobbled saddle." --Thackeray.
Cobble (v. t.) To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." -- Dryden.
Cobble (v. t.) To pave with cobblestones.
Cobble (n.) Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett].
Cobble (v.) Pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone].
Cobble (v.) Repair or mend; "cobble shoes".
Cobbler (n.) A mender of shoes. -- Addison.
Cobbler (n.) A clumsy workman. -- Shak.
Cobbler (n.) A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry.
Cobbler fish (Zool.), A marine fish ({Blepharis crinitus"> Cobbler fish (Zool.), a marine fish ({Blepharis crinitus).
of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.
Cobbler (n.) A person who makes or repairs shoes [syn: cobbler, shoemaker].
Cobbler (n.) Tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit.
Cobbler (n.) A pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit [syn: deep-dish pie, cobbler].
Cobblestone (n.) A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.
Cobblestone (n.) Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett].
Cobblestone (v.) Pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone].
Cobby (n.) Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] -- Brockett.
Cobby (n.) Stout; hearty; lively. [Obs.]
Cobelligerent (a.) Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.
Cobelligerent (n.) A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.
Cobia (n.) (Zool.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.
Cobia (n.) Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters [syn: cobia, Rachycentron canadum, sergeant fish].
Cobiron (n.) An andiron with a knob at the top. -- Bacon.
Cobishop (n.) A joint or coadjutant bishop. -- Ayliffe.
Compare: Hawfinch
Hawfinch (n.) (Zool.) The common European grosbeak ({Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.
Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.
Cobnut (n.) (Com.) A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.
Cobnut (n.) A game played by children with nuts.
Cobnut (n.) Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe [syn: cobnut, filbert, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis].
Cobnut (n.) Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus [syn: hazelnut, filbert, cobnut, cob].
Coboose (n.) See Caboose.
Cobourg (n.) A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.
Compare: Copra
Copra (n.) (Com.) The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed. [Written also cobra, copperah, coppra.].
Cobra (n.) See Copra.
Cobra (n.) The cobra de capello.
Cobra (n.) Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
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Cobra de capello () (Zool.) The hooded snake ({Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.
Cobstone (n.) Cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.]
Cobswan (n.) A large swan. -- B. Jonson.
Cobwall (n.) A wall made of clay mixed with straw.
Compare: Spider web
Spider web or Spider's web (Zool.) The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.
Cobweb (n.) The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
Cobweb (n.) A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.
I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. -- Cowper.
Cobweb (n.) That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.
The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Cobweb (n.) (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher.
Cobweb lawn, A fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. -- Beck. Draper's Dict.
Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. -- Beau. & Fl.
Cobweb micrometer, A micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires.
Cobweb (n.) A fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider.
Cobweb (n.) Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn: cobweb, gossamer].
Cobweb (n.) A dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web.
COBWEB, () COntent-Based image retrieval on the WEB (WWW, ESPRIT).
Cobwebbed (a.) Abounding in cobwebs. "The cobwebbed cottage." -- Young.
Cobwebby (a.) Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.
Cobwebby (a.) So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby].
Cobwebby (a.) Covered with cobwebs.
Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.
Coca (n.) The dried leaf of a South American shrub ({Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.
Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food.
Mexican coca, An American herb ({Richardsonia scabra"> Mexican coca, an American herb ({Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.
Coca (n.) A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine [syn: Erythroxylon coca, coca, coca plant].
Coca (n.) United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001) [syn: Coca, Imogene Coca].
Coca (n.) Dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect.
COCA, () Cost Of Cracking Adjustment (cryptography).
Cocagne (n.) An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.
Cocagne (n.) The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs. -- Smart.
Cocaine (n.) (Chem.) A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.
It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack.
Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported.
Cocaine (n.) A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive [syn: cocaine, cocain].
Cocaine (n.) [ U ] 可卡因，古柯鹼 A drug used in medicine to prevent pain and also used illegally, often in the form of a white powder that is breathed in through the nose.
Cocciferous (a.) Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants.
Coccinella (n.) (Zool.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larvae feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.
Coccobacteria (n. pl. ) of Coccobacterium.
Coccobacterium (n.) (Biol.) One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.
Coccolite (n.) (Min.) A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.
Coccolith (n.) (Biol.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.
Coccosphere (n.) (Biol.) A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths.
Coccosteus (n.) (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.
Compare: Multum
Multum (n.) An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. -- Craig.
Hard multum, A preparation made from Cocculus Indicus, etc., used to impart an intoxicating quality to beer.
Cocculus Indicus (n.) (Bot.) The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.
Cocci (n. pl. ) of Coccus.
Coccus (n.) (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
Coccus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect ({Coccus cacti).
Coccus (n.) (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
Cocci (n.) Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus, cocci].
Coccygeal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebrae.
Coccygeous (a.) Coccygeal. [R.]
Coccyges (n. pl. ) of Coccyx.
Coccyx (n.) (Anat.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
Cochineal (n.) A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.
Note: These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry.
When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds, of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also as a red dye.
Note: Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which yields carmine red.
Cochineal (n.) A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects.
Cochineal (n.) Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye [syn: cochineal insect, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus].
Cochineal (n.) [ U ] （用作食物色素的）胭脂蟲紅，洋紅顏料 A bright red substance used to make food red in colour, made from a type of small South American insect.
Cochineal fig (n.) (Bot.) 臙脂蟲仙人掌A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.
Compare: Fig
Fig (n.) (Bot.) A small fruit tree ({Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
Fig (n.) The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.
Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See Caprification.
Fig (n.) A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
Fig (n.) The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt. "A fig for Peter." -- Shak.
Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig.
Fig dust, A preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds.
Fig faun, One of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. "Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns." -- Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).
Fig gnat (Zool.), A small fly said to be injurious to figs.
Fig leaf, The leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
Fig marigold (Bot.), The name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree (Bot.), Any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.
Cochin fowl (n.) (Zool.) 交趾雞 A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).
Cochlea (n.) (Anat.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.
Cochlea (n.) 【解】耳蝸 The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti.
Cochlea (n.) (pl. Cochleae) [C] (Anatomy) (Specialized) 耳蝸 A twisted tube inside the inner ear that is the main organ of hearing.
Cochlear (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
Cochlear (a.) Of or relating to the cochlea of the ear; "cochlear implant".
Cochlear implant (n.) A cochlear implant is an electronic device that improves hearing. It can be an option for people who have severe hearing loss from inner-ear damage who are not able to hear well with hearing aids.
Unlike hearing aids, which amplify sound, a cochlear implant bypasses damaged portions of the ear to deliver sound signals to the hearing (auditory) nerve.
Cochleare (n.) A spoon. -- Andrews.
Cochleare (n.) (Med) A spoonful. -- Dungleson.
Cochleariform (a.) Spoon-shaped.
Cochleary (a.) Same as Cochleate. Cochleate
Cochleate (a.) Alt. of Cochleated