Cohesible Co·he"si·ble adjective Capable of cohesion.
Cohesion Co·he"sion noun [ Confer French
cohésion . See
Cohere .]
1. The act or state of sticking together; close union. 2. (Physics) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion , which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion , which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid.
Arbuthnot.
3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.
Cohesive Co·he"sive adjective 1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. Cohesive attraction .
See under Attraction . --
Co*he"sive*ly ,
adverb --
Co*he"sive*ness ,
noun
Cohibit Co·hib"it transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Cohibited ;
present participle & verbal noun Cohibiting .] [ Latin
cohibitus , past participle of
cohibere to confine;
co- +
habere to hold.]
To restrain. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Cohibition Co`hi·bi"tion noun [ Latin
cohibitio .]
Hindrance; restraint. [ Obsolete]
Cohobate Co`ho·bate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Cohobated ;
present participle & verbal noun Cohobating .] [ Late Latin
cohobare ; probably of Arabic origin: confer French
cohober .]
(Anc. Chem.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel. Arbuthnot.
Cohobation Co`ho·ba"tion noun [ Confer French
cohobation .]
(Anc. Chem.) The process of cohobating. Grew.
Cohorn Co"horn noun (Mil.) See Coehorn .
Cohort Co"hort noun [ Latin
cohors , prop. an inclosure: confer French
cohorte . See
Court ,
noun ]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion. 2. Any band or body of warriors. With him the cohort bright
Of watchful cherubim.
Milton.
3. (Botany) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.
Cohosh Co"hosh noun (Botany) 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 Actæa , plants of the Crowfoot family.
Cohune Co·hune" noun , or
Cohune palm [ Prob. from a native name in Honduras.]
A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm ( Attalea cohune ), the very large and hard nuts of which are turned to make fancy articles, and also yield an oil used as a substitute for coconut oil.
Coif Coif (koif)
noun [ Old French
coife , French
coiffe , Late Latin
cofea ,
cuphia , from Old High German
kuppa ,
kuppha , miter, perhaps from Latin
cupa tub. See
Cup ,
noun ; but confer also
Cop ,
Cuff the article of dress,
Quoif ,
noun ]
A cap. Specifically:
(a) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape. (b) 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 Coif (koif)
transitive verb [ Confer French
coiffer .]
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif. And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers.
J. G. Cooper.
Coifed Coifed (koift)
adjective Wearing a coif.
Coiffeur Coif`feur" noun [ French]
A hairdresser.
Coiffure Coif"fure noun [ French, from
coiffer . See
Coif .]
A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. Addison.
Coign Coign noun A var. spelling of Coin , Quoin , a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage , a position advantageous for action or observation. From some shielded nook or coign of vantage.
The Century. The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . . the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents.
Nature.
Coigne Coigne (koin)
noun [ See
Coin ,
noun ]
A quoin. See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone?
Shak.
Coigne, Coigny Coigne, Coign"y noun The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [ Ireland]
Spenser.
Coil Coil (koil)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Coiled (koild);
present participle & verbal noun Coiling .] [ Old French
coillir , French
cueillir , to collect, gather together, Latin
coligere ;
col- +
legere to gather. See
Legend , and confer
Cull ,
transitive verb ,
Collect .]
1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing. 2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [ Obsolete or R.]
T. Edwards.
Coil Coil intransitive verb 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 Coil noun 1. 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.
2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity. 3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus. Induction coil .
(Electricity) See under Induction . --
Ruhmkorff's coil (Electricity) ,
an induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.
Coil Coil noun [ Of Celtic origin; confer Gael.
goil fume, rage.]
A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Coilon Coi"lon noun [ French See
Cullion .]
A testicle. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Coin Coin (koin)
noun [ French
coin , formerly also
coing , wedge, stamp, corner, from Latin
cuneus wedge; probably akin to English
cone ,
hone . See
Hone ,
noun , and confer
Coigne ,
Quoin ,
Cuneiform .]
1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne , and Quoin . 2. 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.
3. 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 Coin transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Coined (koind);
present participle & verbal noun Coining .]
1. 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. 2. 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.
3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day.
Locke.
Coin Coin intransitive verb To manufacture counterfeit money. They cannot touch me for coining .
Shak.
Coinage Coin"age noun [ From
Coin ,
transitive verb , confer
Cuinage .]
1. The act or process of converting metal into money. The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates.
Arbuthnot.
2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place. 3. The cost or expense of coining money. 4. 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.
Coincide Co`in·cide" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Coincided ;
present participle & verbal noun Coinciding .] [ Latin
co- +
incidere to fall on;
in + cadere to fall: confer French
coïncider . See
Chance ,
noun ]
1. 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.
2. To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America. 3. 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.
Coincidence Co·in"ci·dence (ko*ĭn"sĭ*d
e ns)
noun [ Confer French
coïncidence .]
1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley. 2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. 3. 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.
Coincidency Co·in"ci·den·cy noun Coincidence. [ R.]
Coincident Co·in"ci·dent (ko*ĭn"sĭ*d
e nt)
adjective [ Confer French
coïncident .]
Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with . Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man.
South.
Coincident Co·in"ci·dent noun One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence. [ R.] "
Coincidents and accidents."
Froude.
Coincidental Co·in`ci·den"tal adjective Coincident.
Coincidently Co·in"ci·dent·ly adverb With coincidence.
Coincider Co`in·cid"er noun One who coincides with another in an opinion.
Coindication Co·in`di·ca"tion noun [ Confer French
coïdication .]
One of several signs or symptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.
Coiner Coin"er noun 1. One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money. Precautions such as are employed by coiners and receivers of stolen goods.
Macaulay.
2. An inventor or maker, as of words. Camden.
Coinhabitant Co`in·hab"it·ant noun One who dwells with another, or with others. "
Coinhabitants of the same element."
Dr. H. More.
Coinhere Co`in·here" intransitive verb To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W. Hamilton.
Coinheritance Co`in·her"it·ance noun Joint inheritance.
Coinheritor Co`in·her"it·or noun A coheir.
Coinitial Co`in·i"tial adjective (Math.) Having a common beginning.
Coinquinate Co·in"qui·nate transitive verb [ Latin
coinquinatus , past participle of
coinquinare to defile. See
Inquinate .]
To pollute. [ Obsolete]
Skelton.
Coinquination Co·in`qui·na"tion noun Defilement. [ Obsolete]
Coinstantaneous Co·in"stan·ta"ne·ous adjective Happening at the same instant. C. Darwin.
Coinsurance Co`in·sur"ance noun [
Co- +
insurance .]
Insurance jointly with another or others; specif., that system of fire insurance in which the insurer is treated as insuring himself to the extent of that part of the risk not covered by his policy, so that any loss is apportioned between him and the insurance company on the principle of average, as in marine insurance or between other insurers.
Cointense Co`intense" adjective Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense . H. Spencer.
Cointension Co`in·ten"sion noun The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension . Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms.
H. Spencer.
Coir Coir (koir)
noun [ Tamil
kayiru .]
1. A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut. Homans. 2. Cordage or cables, made of this material.
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