Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 82
Cohort (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.
Cohort (n.) Any band or body of warriors.
With him the cohort bright Of watchful cherubim. -- Milton.
Cohort (n.) (Bot.) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.
Cohort (n.) A company of companions or supporters.
Cohort (n.) A band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion).
Cohort (n.) A group of people having approximately the same age [syn: age group, age bracket, cohort].
Compare: Papooseroot
Papooseroot, Papoose root (n.) (Bot.) A tall herb ({Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the Cohosh. See also Cohosh.
Syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides.
Papooseroot (n.) Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally [syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides].
Cohosh (n.) (Bot.) A perennial American herb ({Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family. Cohune
Cohosh (n.) A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries [syn: baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher].
Coif (n.) A cap. Specifically:
Coif (n.) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape.
Coif (n.) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. [Written also quoif.]
From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown. -- H. Brocke.
The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable. -- Bacon.
Coif (n.) A coiffure.
Coif (v. t.) To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. -- J. G. Cooper.
Coif (n.) The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) [syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif].
Coif (n.) A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law.
Coif (v.) Cover with a coif.
Coif (v.) Arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure].
COIF, () Fortran with interactive graphic extensions for circuit design, on UNIVAC 1108.
["An Interactive Software System for Computer-Aided Design: An Application to Circuit Projects", CACM 9(13), Sep 1970]. (1995-01-04)
COIF. () A head-dress. In England there are certain serjeants at law, who are called serjeants of the coif, from the lawn coif they wear on their heads under their thin caps when they are admitted to that order.
Coifed (a.) Wearing a coif.
Coiffure (n.) A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. -- Addison.
Coiffure (n.) The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) [syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif].
Coiffure (v.) Arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure].
Coigne (n.) A quoin.
Coigne (n.) Alt. of Coigny.
Coigny (n.) The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.
Coiled (imp. & p. p.) of Coil.
Coiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coil.
Coil (v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
Coil (v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.] -- T. Edwards.
Coil (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
You can see his flery serpents . . . Coiting, playing in the water. -- Longfellow.
Coil (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree. -- W. Irving.
Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
Coil (n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
Induction coil. (Elec.) See under Induction.
Ruhmkorff's coil (Elec.), An induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff, a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.
Coil (n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Coil (n.) A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix].
Coil (n.) A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll].
Coil (n.) A transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine.
Coil (n.) A contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb.
Coil (n.) Tubing that is wound in a spiral.
Coil (n.) Reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit.
Coil (v.) To wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: gyrate, spiral, coil].
Coil (v.) Make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" [syn: handbuild, hand-build, coil].
Coil (v.) Wind around something in coils or loops [syn: coil, loop, curl] [ant: uncoil].
Coilon (n.) A testicle. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.
Coin (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.
It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the current coin of the realm. -- Hallam.
Coin (n.) That which serves for payment or recompense.
The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. -- Hammond.
Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance.
To pay one in his own coin, To return to one the same kind of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him. [Colloq.]
Coin (v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.
They cannot touch me for coining. -- Shak.
Coined (imp. & p. p.) of Coin.
Coining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coin.
Coin (v. t.) To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.
Coin (v. t.) To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.
Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined, To soothe his sister and delude her mind. -- Dryden.
Coin (v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day. -- Locke.
Coin (n.) A flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money.
Coin (v.) Make up; "coin phrases or words."
Coin (v.) Form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike].
Coin, () Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they weighed out (Gen. 23:16; Ex. 38:24; 2 Sam. 18:12). Probably the silver ingots used in the time of Abraham may have been of a fixed weight, which was in some way indicated on them. The "pieces of silver" paid by Abimelech to Abraham (Gen. 20:16), and those also for which Joseph was sold (37:28), were proably in the form of rings. The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the Captivity. Only once is a shekel of gold mentioned (1 Chr. 21:25). The "six thousand of gold" mentioned in the transaction between Naaman and Gehazi (2 Kings 5:5) were probably so many shekels of gold. The "piece of money" mentioned in Job 42:11; Gen. 33:19 (marg., "lambs") was the Hebrew _kesitah_, probably an uncoined piece of silver of a certain weight in the form of a sheep or lamb, or perhaps having on it such an impression. The same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 24:32, which is rendered by Wickliffe "an hundred yonge scheep."
Coin, () commerce, contracts. A piece of gold, silver or other metal stamped by authority of the government, in order to determine its value, commonly called money. Co. Litt. 207; Rutherf. Inst. 123. For the different kinds of coins of the United States, see article Money. As to the value of foreign coins, see article Foreign Coins.
Coin, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 252
Housing Units (2000): 118
Land area (2000): 0.801642 sq. miles (2.076243 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.801642 sq. miles (2.076243 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14970
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 40.656943 N, 95.234142 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51636
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Coinage (n.) The act or process of converting metal into money.
The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. -- Arbuthnot.
Coinage (n.) Coins; the aggregate
coin of a time or place.
Coinage (n.) The cost or expense of coining money.
Coinage (n.) The act or process of fabricating or inventing;
formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. "Unnecessary
coinage . . . of words." -- Dryden.
This is the very coinage of your brain. --Shak.
Coinage (n.) Coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, specie, metal money].
Coinage (n.) A newly invented word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage].
Coinage (n.) The act of inventing a word or phrase [syn: neologism, neology, coinage].
Coincided (imp. & p. p.) of Coincide.
Coinciding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coincide.
Coincide (v. i.) [(with)] 同時發生；同位，重疊 To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. -- Cheyne.
Coincide (v. i.) To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.
Coincide (v. i.) To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.
The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other. -- Watts.
Coincide (v.) Go with, fall together [syn: coincide, co-occur, cooccur].
Coincide (v.) Happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn: concur, coincide].
Coincide (v.) Be the same; "our views on this matter coincided."
Coincidence (n.) 巧合；巧事；同時發生 [U] [C]；符合，一致 [U] The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. -- Bentley.
Coincidence (n.) The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Coincidence (n.) Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.
The very concurrence and coincidence of so many evidences . . . carries a great weight. -- Sir M. Hale.
Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. -- South.
Coincidence (n.) An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental [syn: coincidence, happenstance].
Coincidence (n.) The quality of occupying the same position or area in space; "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs."
Coincidence (n.) The temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" [syn: concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence].
Coincidence (n.) (Same time) (B2) [ C ] 同時發生；（尤指令人吃驚的）巧合，碰巧的事 An occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely and surprising.
// You chose exactly the same wallpaper as us - what a coincidence!
// Is it just a coincidence that the wife of the man who ran the competition won first prize?
// A series of strange/amazing coincidences.
Coincidence (n.) (Chance) (B2) [ U ] 偶然的機遇，運氣 Chance or luck.
// Just by coincidence, I met my old schoolmate again 50 years later.
// [ + that ] It was pure/sheer coincidence that I remembered his phone number.
// By some strange coincidence, he was passing the house just when it happened.
Coincibency (n.) Coincidence.
Coincident (a.) Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.
Coincident (n.) One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence.
Coincidental (a.) Coincident.
Coincidental (a.) 碰巧的；巧合的；同時發生的 Happening by coincidence.
Coincidently (adv.) With coincidence.
Coincider (n.) One who coincides with another in an opinion.
Coindication (n.) One of several signs or symptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.
Coiner (n.) One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money.
Coiner (n.) An inventor or maker, as of words.
Coinhabitant (n.) One who dwells with another, or with others.
Coinhere (v. i.) To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.
Coinheritance (n.) Joint inheritance.
Coinheritor (n.) A coheir.
Coinitial (a.) Having a common beginning.
Coinquinate (v. t.) To pollute.
Coinquination (n.) Defilement.
Coinstantaneous (a.) Happening at the same instant.
Cointense (a.) Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense.
Cointension (n.) The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.
Coir (n.) A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Coir (n.) Cordage or cables, made of this material.
Coistril (n.) An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.
Coistril (n.) A mean, paltry fellow; a coward.
Coit (n.) A quoit.
Coit (v. t.) To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit.
Coition (n.) A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.
Cojoin (v. t.) To join; to conjoin.
Cojuror (n.) One who swears to another's credibility.
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.
Coke (v. t.) (v.i.) (使)成焦炭 To convert into coke.
Coke (n.) [ U ] (Fuel) 焦炭，焦煤 A solid, grey substance that is burned as a fuel, left after coal is heated and the gas and tar removed.
Coke (n.) [ U ] (Drug) (Slang) 古柯鹼，古柯鹼 For cocaine.
Coke (n.) [ C or U ] (Trademark) 可口可樂 → Coca-Cola.
Cokenay (n.) A cockney.
Cokernut (n.) The cocoanut.
Cokes (n.) A simpleton; a gull; a dupe.
Cokewold (n.) Cuckold.
Col- () A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-.
Col (n.) A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.
Colaborer (n.) One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
Colander (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.
Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.
Colatitude (n.) The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.
Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.
Colbertine (n.) A kind of lace.
Colchicine (n.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia.
Colchicum (n.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.
Colcothar (n.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.
Cold (a.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. "The snowy top of cold Olympis." -- Milton.
Cold (a.) Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.
Cold (a.) Not pungent or acrid. "Cold plants." -- Bacon
Cold (a.) Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.
A cold and unconcerned spectator. -- T. Burnet.
No cold relation is a zealous citizen. -- Burke.
Cold (a.) Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. "Cold news for me." "Cold comfort." -- Shak.
Cold (a.) Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.
What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! -- B. Jonson.
The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene. -- Addison.
Cold (a.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.
Cold (a.) Not sensitive; not acute.
Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose. -- Shak.
Cold (a.) Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.
Cold (a.) (Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8.
Cold abscess. See under Abscess.
Cold blast. See under Blast, n., 2.
Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8.
Cold chill, An ague fit. -- Wright.
Cold chisel, A chisel of peculiar strength and hardness,
for cutting cold metal. -- Weale.
Cold cream. See under Cream.
Cold slaw. See Cole slaw.
In cold blood, Without excitement or passion; deliberately.
He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over. -- Sir W. Scott.
To give one the cold shoulder, To treat one with neglect.
Syn: Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.
Cold (n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth.