Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 79
Cockroach (n.) 蟑螂 An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
Cockroach (n.) [ C ] 蟑螂 A flat, brown or black insect sometimes found in the home.
Compare: Orthoptera
Orthoptera (pl. n.) (Entomology) [昆蟲] 直翅類 An order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, crickets, and their relatives. They have a saddle-shaped thorax, hind legs that are typically long and modified for jumping, and a characteristic song which the male produces by stridulation.
Compare: Orthopterous
Orthopterous (a.) (Entomology) [昆蟲] 直翅類的 Belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
Compare: Genus
Genus (n.) [ C ] (pl. Genera) (Biology) (Specialized) （動植物的）屬 A group of animals or plants, more closely related than a family, but less similar than a species.
Compare: Blatta
Blatta (n.) 蜚蠊屬 Type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide [syn: {Blatta}, {genus Blatta}].
Compare: Blattidae
Blattidae (n.) 蜚蠊科 Domestic cockroaches [syn: {Blattidae}, {family Blattidae}].
Compare: Genera
Genera (n.) （動植物的）屬 Plural of genus.
Cockscomb (n.) See Coxcomb.
Cockscomb (n.) 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.
Cockshead (n.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.
Cockshut (n.) A kind of net to catch woodcock.
Cockshy (n.) 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.
Cockshy (n.) An object at which stones are flung.
Cockspur (n.) A variety of Crataegus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.
Cocksure (a.) Perfectly safe.
Cocksure (a.) Quite certain.
Cockswain (n.) The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
Cocktail (n.) A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [U. S.]
Cocktail (n.) (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. -- Darwin.
Cocktail (n.) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.]
It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. -- Thackeray.
Cocktail (n.) (Zool.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
Cocktail (n.) A short mixed drink.
Cocktail (n.) An appetizer served as a first course at a meal.
GMD Toolbox for Compiler Construction
Cocktail (Or Cocktail), () A huge set of compiler building tools for MS-DOS, Unix and OS/2.
Parser generator (LALR -> C, Modula-2), documentation, parser generator (LL(1) -> C, Modula-2), tests, scanner generator (-> C, Modula-2), tests translator (Extended BNF -> BNF), translator (Modula-2 -> C), translator (BNF (yacc) -> Extended BNF), examples abstract syntax tree generator, attribute-evaluator generator, code generator
The MS-DOS version requires DJ Delorie's DOS extender ({go32) and the OS/2 version requires the emx programming environment.
Mailing list: listserv@eb.ele.tue.nl (subscribe to Cocktail). E-mail: Josef Grosch , Willem Jan Withagen (OS/2). (1992-01-01)
Cockup (n.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
Cockup (n.) Something badly botched or muddled [syn: ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up].
Cockweed (n.) (Bot.) Peppergrass. -- Johnson.
Cocky (a.) [See Cocket.] Pert. [Slang] Cockyolly.
Cocky (a.) Overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man."
Coco () Alt. of Coco palm.
Coco () See Cocoa. Cocoa
Coco (n.) Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics [syn: coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera].
CoCo, () The Tandy Color Computer with a Motorola MC6809E CPU. The Dragon is a CoCo clone. The CoCo was as powerful as the IBM XT at the time it was made, and could run OS-9.
(1997-02-12)
Coco, PR -- U.S. comunidad in Puerto Rico
Population (2000): 5803
Housing Units (2000): 1995
Land area (2000): 1.629045 sq. miles (4.219207 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003005 sq. miles (0.007782 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.632050 sq. miles (4.226989 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18891
Located within: Puerto Rico (PR), FIPS 72
Location: 18.000597 N, 66.260826 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Coco, PR
Coco
Cocoa () Alt. of Cocoa palm.
Cocoa 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.
Cocoa (n.) A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot [syn: cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate].
Cocoa (n.) Powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed.
Cocoa, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 16412
Housing Units (2000): 8064
Land area (2000): 7.458820 sq. miles (19.318255 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.064925 sq. miles (5.348130 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.523745 sq. miles (24.666385 sq. km)
FIPS code: 13150
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.369334 N, 80.743779 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 32922 32926
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cocoa, FL
Cocoa
Cocoa (n.) 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.
Cocoa shells, The husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use. Coconut
Coconut, Cocoanut (n.) The edible white meat of a coconut [3]; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.
Syn: coconut meat.
Coconut, Cocoanut (n.) The cocoa palm.
Syn: coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera.
Coconut, Cocoanut (n.) 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. Cocobolo
Cocoanut (n.) Large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk [syn: coconut, cocoanut].
Cocoanut (n.) The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.
Cocobolo (n.) Alt. of Cocobolas.
Cocobolas (n.) (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.
Cocobolo (n.) A valuable timber tree of tropical South America [syn: cocobolo, Dalbergia retusa].
Cocoon (n.) [C] 繭；卵袋，卵囊；繭狀物 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.
Cocoon (n.) (Zool.) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.
Cocoon (n.) (Zool.) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.
Cocoon (n.) (Zool.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.
Cocoon (n.) Silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs.
Cocoon (v.) (v. t.) 把……緊緊包住；使（自己）孤立 Retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment; "Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings"; "She loves to stay at home and cocoon."
Cocoon (v.) Wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection.
Cocoonery (n.) A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.
Coctible (a.) Capable of being cooked. -- Blount.
Coctile (a.) Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.
Coction (n.) Act of boiling.
Coction (n.) (Med.) Digestion. [Obs.]
Coction (n.) (Med.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. [Obs.] -- Dunglison.
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.
Cod (n.) A husk; a pod; as, a peascod. [Eng.] -- Mortimer.
Cod (n.) A small bag or pouch. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Cod (n.) The scrotum. -- Dunglison.
Cod (n.) A pillow or cushion. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Cod (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Note: 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 Buffalo.
Cod fishery, The business of fishing for cod.
Cod line, An eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. -- McElrath.
Cod (a.) (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.
Cod (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 payment in advance or terms or credit.
Syn: collect on delivery.
COD (adv.) Collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery].
COD (a.) Payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn: collect, cod].
COD (n.) The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase].
COD (n.) Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish].
COD (n.) Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn: cod, codfish].
COD (v.) Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across].
COD (v.) Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride].
COD, () Capacity On Demand (IBM, zSeries), "CoD."
COD, () Connection Oriented Data.
Coda (n.) (Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
Coda (n.) The closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale, coda].
Codder (n.) A gatherer of cods or peas. [Obs. or Prov.] -- Johnson.
Codding (a.) Lustful. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Coddled (imp. & p. p.) of Coddle.
Coddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coddle.
Coddle (v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling.
It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. -- Dampier.
Coddle (v. t.) To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! -- Thackeray.
He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. -- Southey.
Coddle (v.) Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge].
Coddle (v.) Cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs."
Coddymoddy (n.) (Zool.) A gull in the plumage of its first year.
Code (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence, "The Code" . -- Wharton.
Code (n.) Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.
Code (n.) Any set of symbols or combinations of symbols used for communication in any medium, such as by telegraph or semaphore. See Morse code, and error-correcting code.
Note: A system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals has been referred to as the naval code.
Code (n.) Any set of standards established by the governing authority of a geopolitical entity restricting the ways that certain activities may be performed, especially the manner in which buildings or specific systems within buildings may be constructed; as, a building code; a plumbing code; a health code.
Code (n.) Any system used for secrecy in communication, in which the content of a communication is converted, prior to transmission, into symbols whose meaning is known only to authorized recipients of the message; such codes are used to prevent unauthorized persons from learning the content of the communication. The process of converting a communication into secret symbols by means of a code is called encoding or encryption. However, unauthorized persons may learn the code by various means, as in code-breaking.
Code (n.) An error-correcting code. See below.
Code (n.) (Computers) The set of instructions for a computer program written by a programmer, usually in a programming language such as Fortran, C, Cobol, Java, C++, etc.; also, the executable binary object code. All such programs except for the binary object code must be converted by a compiler program into object code, which is the arrangement of data bits which can be directly interpreted by a computer.
Code civil or Code Napoleon, A code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. -- Abbot.
Error-correcting code (Computers) A set of symbols used to represent blocks of binary data, in which the original block of data is represented by a larger block of data which includes additional bits arranged in such a way that the original data may be read even if one or more of the bits of the encoded data is changed, as in a noisy communicaiton channel. Various codes are available which can correct different numbers or patterns of errors in the transmitted data. Such codes are used to achieve higher accuracy in data transmission, and in data storage devices such as disk drives and tape drives.
Object code (Computers) The arrangement of bits stored in computer memory or a data storage device which, when fed to the instruction processor of a computer's central processing unit, can be interpreted directly as instructions for execution.
Genetic code (Biochemistry, genetics) The set of correspondences between sequences of three bases (codons) in a RNA chain to the amino acid which those three bases represent in the process of protein synthesis. Thus, the sequence UUU codes for phenylalanine, and AUG codes for methionine. There are twenty-one naturally-occurring amino acids, and sixty-four possible arrangements of three bases in RNA; thus some of the amino acids are represented by more than one codon. Several codons do not represent amino acids, but cause termination of the synthesis of a growing amnio acid chain.
Note: The genetic code is represented by the following table:
The Genetic Code
UUU Phenylalanine (Phe) AUU Isoleucine (Ile)
UCU Serine (Ser) ACU Threonine (Thr)
UAU Tyrosine (Tyr) AAU Asparagine (Asn)
UGU Cysteine (Cys) AGU Serine (Ser)
UUC Phe AUC Ile
UCC Ser ACC Thr
UAC Tyr AAC Asn
UGC Cys AGC Ser
UUA Leucine (Leu) AUA Ile
UCA Ser ACA Thr
UAA STOP AAA Lysine (Lys)
UGA STOP AGA Arginine (Arg)
UUG Leu AUG Methionine (Met) or START
UCG Ser ACG Thr
UAG STOP AAG Lys
UGG Tryptophan (Trp) AGG Arg
CUU Leucine (Leu) GUU Valine Val
CCU Proline (Pro) GCU Alanine (Ala)
CAU Histidine (His) GAU Aspartic acid (Asp)
CGU Arginine (Arg) GGU Glycine (Gly)
CUC Leu GUC (Val)
CCU Pro GCC Ala
CAC His GAC Asp
CGC Arg GGC Gly
CUA Leu GUA Val
CCA Pro GCA Ala
CAA Glutamine (Gln) GAA Glutamic acid (Glu)
CGA Arg GGA Gly
CUG Leu GUG Val
CCG Pro GCG Ala
CAG Gln GAG Glu
CGG Arg GGG Gly
Code (v. t.) To convert (a text or other information) into a encoded form by means of a code [5].
Code (v. t.) To write a
computer program in a programming language; as, to code a sorting routine.
Code (v. i.) (Biochemistry, genetics) To serve as the nucleotide sequence
directing the synthesi of a particular amino acid or sequence of amino acids in
protein biosynthesis; as, this sequence of nucleotides encodes the hemoglobin
alpha chain..
Code (n.) A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) [syn: code, codification].
Code (n.) A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy.
Code (n.) (Computer science) The symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions [syn: code, computer code].
Code (v.) Attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later."
Code (v.) Convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code].
CODE, () Client/ server Open Development Environment (Powersoft).
CODE, () COlor Depth Enhancement (ATI).
Code (n.) The stuff that software writers write, either in source form or after translation by a compiler or assembler. Often used in opposition to ?data?, which is the stuff that code operates on. Among hackers this is a mass noun, as in ?How much code does it take to do a bubble sort??, or ?The code is loaded at the high end of RAM.? Among scientific programmers it is sometimes a count noun equilvalent to ?program?; thus they may speak of ? codes? in the plural. Anyone referring to software as ?the software codes? is probably a newbie or a suit.
Code (v.) To write code. In this sense, always refers to source code rather than compiled. ?I coded an Emacs clone in two hours!? This verb is a bit of a cultural marker associated with the Unix and minicomputer traditions (and lately Linux); people within that culture prefer v. ?code? to v. ?program? whereas outside it the reverse is normally true
Code, () Instructions for a computer in some programming language, often machine language (machine code).
The word "code" is often used to distinguish instructions from data (e.g. "The code is marked 'read-only'") whereas the word "{software" is used in contrast with "{hardware}" and may consist of more than just code. (2000-04-08)
Code, () Some method of encryption or the resulting encrypted message.
Code, legislation. Signifies in general a collection of laws. It is a name given by way of eminence to a collection of such laws made by the legislature. Among the most noted may be mentioned the following:
Code, () Of Louisiana. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. They were authorized to add a system of commercial law, and a code of practice. The code the prepared having been adopted, was promulgated in 1824, under the title of the "Civil Code of the State of Louisiana."
Code, () The code is based on the Code Napoleon, with proper and judicious modifications, suitable for the state of Louisiana. It is composed of three books: 1. the first treats of persons; 2. the second of things, and of the different modifications of property; 3. and the third of the different modes of acquiring the property of things. It contains 3522 articles, numbered from the beginning, for the convenience of reference.
Code, () This code, it is said, contains many inaccurate definitions. The legislature modified and changed many of the provisions relating to the positive legislation, but adopted the definitions and abstract doctrines of the code without material alterations. From this circumstance, as well as from the inherent difficulty of the subject, the positive provisions of the code are often at variance with the theoretical part, which was intended to elucidate them. 13 L. R. 237.
Code, () This code went into operation on the 20th day of May,. 1825. 11 L. R. 60. It is in both the French and English languages; and in construing it, it is a rule that when the expressions used in the French text of the code are more comprehensive than those used in English, or vice versa, the more enlarged sense will be taken, as thus full effect will be given to both clauses. 2 N. S. 582.
Code, Justinian, civil law. A collection of the constitutions of the emperors, from Adrian to Justinian; the greater part of those from Adrian to Constantine are mere rescripts; those from Constantine to Justinian are edicts or laws, properly speaking.
Code, Justinian, civil law. The code is divided into twelve books, which are subdivided into titles, in which the constitutions are collected under proper heads. They are placed in chronological order, but often disjointed. At the head of each constitution is placed the name of the emperor who is the author, and that of the person to whom it is addressed. The date is at the end. Several of these constitutions, which were formerly in the code were lost, it is supposed by the neglect of "copyists. Some of them have been restored by modern authors, among whom may be mentioned Charondas, Cugas, and Contius, who translated them from Greek, versions.
Code, Napoleon. () The Code Civil of France, enacted into law during the reign of Napoleon, bore his name until the restoration of the Bourbons when it was deprived of that name, and it is now cited Code Civil.
Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant. -- Blackstone.
Codefendant (n.) A defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action [syn: codefendant, co-defendant].
Codeine (n.) (Chem.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.
Codeine (n.) Derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain).
Codetta (n.) (Mus.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.
Codices (n. pl. ) of Codex.
Codex (n.) A book, especially an early form of book with pages stitched together, contrasting with the earlier scrolls; a manuscript; as, a DaVinci codex.
Codex (n.) A collection or digest of laws; a code(senses 2 or 4). [archaic] -- Burrill.
Codex (n.) An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.
Codex (n.) A collection of canons. -- Shipley.
Codex (n.) An official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
Codex (n.) An unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) [syn: codex, leaf-book].
Codex. () Literally, A volume or roll. It is particularly applied to the volume of the civil law, collected by the emperor Justinian, from all pleas and answers of the ancient lawyers, which were in loose scrolls or sheets of parchment. These he compiled into a book which goes by the name of Codex.
Codfish (n.) (Zool.) A kind of fish. Same as Cod.
Codfish (n.) Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish].
Codfish (n.) Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn: cod, codfish].
Codger (n.) A miser or mean person.
Codger (n.) A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. [Colloq.]
A few of us old codgers met at the fireside. -- Emerson.
Codger (n.) Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man [syn: codger, old codger].
Codical (a.) Relating to a codex, or a code.
Codicil (n.) (Law) 遺囑的附錄，附錄 A clause added to a will.
Codicil (n.) A supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will.
Codicil, () devises. An addition or supplement to a will; it must be executed with the same solemnities. A codicil is a part of the will, the two instruments making but one will. 4 Bro. C. C. 55; 2 Ves. sen. 242 4 Ves. 610; 2 Ridgw. Irish P. C. 11, 43.
Codicil, () There may be several codicils to one will, and the whole will be taken as one: the codicil does not, consequently, revoke the will further than it is in opposition to some of its particular dispositions, unless there be express words of revocation. 8 Cowen, Rep. 56.,
Codicil, () Formerly, the difference between a will and a codicil consisted in this, that in the former an executor was named, while in the latter none was appointed. Swinb. part 1, s. 5, pl. 2; Godolph. Leg. part 1, c. 6, s. 2. This is the distinction of the civil law, and adopted by the canon law. Vide Williams on Wills, ch. 2; Rob. on Wills, 154, n. 388, 476; Lovelass on Wills, 185, 289 4 Kent, Com. 516; 1 Ves. jr. 407, 497; 3 Ves. jr. 110; 4 Ves. jr. 610; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 116, 140.
Codicil, () Codicils were chiefly intended to mitigate the strictness of the ancient Roman law, which required that a will should be attested by seven Roman citizens, omni exceptione majores. A legacy could be bequeathed, but the heir could not be appointed by codicil, though he might be made heir indirectly by way of fidei commissum.
Codicil, () Codicils owe their origin to the following circumstances. Lucius Lentulus, dying in Africa, left. codicils, confirmed by anticipation in a will of former date, and in those codicils requested the emperor Augustus, by way of fidei commissum, or trust, to do something therein expressed. The emperor carried this will into effect, and the daughter of Lentulus paid legacies which she would not otherwise have been legally bound to pay. Other persons made similar fidei-commissa, and then the emperor, by the advice of learned men whom he consulted, sanctioned the making of codicils, and thus they became clothed with legal authority. Just. 2, 25; Bowy. Com. 155, 156.
Codicil, () The form of devising by codicil is abolished in Louisiana; Code, 1563; and whether the disposition of the property be made by testament, under this title, or under that of institution of heir, of legacy, codicil, donation mortis causa, or under any other name indicating the last will, provided it be clothed with the forms required for the validity of a testament, it is, as far as form is concerned, to be considered a testament. Ib. Vide 1 Brown's Civil Law, 292; Domat, Lois Civ. liv. 4, t. 1, s. 1; Lecons Element, du Dr. Civ. Rom. tit. 25.
Codicillary (a.) Of the nature of a codicil.
Codification (n.) The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Codification (n.) The act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order.
Codification (n.) A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) [syn: code, codification].
Codifier (n.) One who codifies.
Codified (imp. & p. p.) of Codify.
Codifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Codify.
Codify (v. t.) To reduce to a code, as laws.
Codify (v. t.) Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws."
Codilla (n.) (Com.) The coarse tow of flax and hemp. -- McElrath.
Codille (n.) A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. -- Pope.
Codist (n.) A codifier; a maker of codes. [R.]
Coddle (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (-dl[i^]ng).] [Written also codle.] To parboil, or soften by boiling.
It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. -- Dampier.
Coddle (v. t.) To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! -- Thackeray.
He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. -- Southey.
Codle (v. t.) See Coddle. Codlin
Codlin (n.) Alt. of Codling.
Codling (n.) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
Codling (n.) An immature apple.
A codling when 't is almost an apple. -- Shak.
Codling moth (Zool.), A small moth ({Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.
Hake (n.) [Also haak.] (Zool.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is Merlucius vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is Merlucius bilinearis. Two American species ({Phycis chuss and Phycis tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.
Codling (n.) (Zool.) A young cod; also, a hake.
Codlin, Codling (n.) (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
Codlin, Codling (n.) (b) An immature apple.
A codling when 't is almost an apple. -- Shak.
Codling moth (Zool.), A small moth ({Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.
Codling (n.) Young codfish.
Cod liver (n.) The liver of the common cod and allied species.
Cod-liver oil, An oil obtained from the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.
Codpiece (n.) A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. -- Shak. -- Fosbroke.
Codpiece (n.) (15th-16th century) A flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches.
Caecilian (n.) (Zool.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order C[ae]cili[ae] or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also c[oe]cilian.]
Coecilian (n.) (Zool.) See Caecilian.
Coeducation (n.) An educating together, of different sexes or races; -- now used almost exclusively in reference to the education males and females together. -- Co*ed`u*ca"tion*al, a.
Coeducation (n.) Education of men and women in the same institutions.
Coeducation (n.) [ U ] 男女同校教育，男女同校制 The teaching of male and female students together.
Coefficacy (n.) Joint efficacy.
Coefficiency (n.) Joint efficiency; cooperation. -- Glanvill.
Coefficient (a.) 共同作用的；合作的 Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect. Co`ef*fi"cient*ly, adv.
Coefficient (n.) 協同因素；【數】【物】係數 That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
Coefficient (n.) [Cf. F. coefficient.] (Math.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.
Coefficient (n.) (Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.
Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), A literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem.
Compare: Arbitrary
Arbitrary (a.) 隨心所欲的，武斷的；反覆無常的，任性多變的 Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
‘His mealtimes were entirely arbitrary.’
Arbitrary (a.) (Of power or a ruling body) Unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority.
‘Arbitrary rule by King and bishops has been made impossible.’
Arbitrary (a.) (Mathematics) (Of a constant or other quantity) Of unspecified value.
Coefficient (n.) A constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
Coehorn (n.) (Mil.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.
Coelacanth (a.) (Zool.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
Coelentera (n. pl.) Alt. of Coelenterata.
Coelenterata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.
Coelenterata (n.) 腔腸動物門 Coelenterata is a term encompassing the animal phyla Cnidaria (coral animals, true jellies, sea anemones, sea pens, and their allies) and Ctenophora (comb jellies). The name comes from the Greek "koilos" ("hollow") and "enteron" ("intestine"), referring to the hollow body cavity common to these two phyla. [1] [2] They have very simple tissue organization, with only two layers of cells (external and internal), and radial symmetry. Some examples are corals, which are typically colonial, and hydra, jelly fish and sea anemones which are solitary. Coelenterata lack a specialized circulatory system relying instead on diffusion across the tissue layers.
Coelenterate (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the Coelentera.
Coelenterate (n.) One of the Coelentera.
Coelenterate (n.) Radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms [syn: coelenterate, cnidarian].
Coelia (n.) (Anat.) A cavity.
Note: The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different ventricles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epic[oe]lia, mesoc[oe]lia, metac[oe]lia, proc[oe]lia, etc. -- B. G. Wilder. Coeliac
Coeliac (a.) Alt. of Celiac.
Celiac (a.) Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.
C[oe]liac artery (Anat.), The artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; -- called also c[oe]liac axis.
C[oe]liac flux, C[oe]liac passion (Med.), A chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food.
Coeliac (a.) Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen [syn: coeliac, celiac].
Coelodont (a.) (Zool.) Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.
Coelodont (n.) One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.