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.
Coil (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
Coil (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
Coil (n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
Coil (n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
Coilon (n.) A testicle.
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.
Coin (n.) That which serves for payment or recompense.
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.
Coin (v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
Coin (v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.
Coinage (v. t.) The act or process of converting metal into money.
Coinage (v. t.) Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.
Coinage (v. t.) The cost or expense of coining money.
Coinage (v. t.) The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.
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.