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Cachinnation \Cach`in*na"tion\ (k[acr]k`[icr]n*n[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr. kacha`zein.] Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections. Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Cachinnatory \Ca*chin"na*to*ry\, a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter. Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. --Carlyle. | |
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Caisson disease \Cais"son dis*ease"\ (Med.) A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic symptoms. It is variously explained, most probably as due to congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the blood. | |
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Casemate \Case"mate\, n. [F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate.] 1. (Fort.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. 2. (Arch.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices. | |
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Casemated \Case"ma`ted\, a. Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. --Campbell. | |
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Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[adot]*sh[oomac]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k[be]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. {Acajou}.] (Bot.) A tree ({Anacardium occidentale}) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. {Cashew nut}, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut. | |
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Leather \Leath"er\, n. [OE. lether, AS. le[?]er; akin to D. leder, le[88]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le[?]r, Sw. l[84]der, Dan. l[91]der.] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. {Leather board}, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. {Leather carp} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under {Carp}. {Leather jacket}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A California carangoid fish ({Oligoplites saurus}). (b) A trigger fish ({Balistes Carolinensis}). {Leather flower} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Clematis Viorna}) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. {Leather leaf} (Bot.), a low shrub ({Cassandra calyculata}), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. {Leather plant} (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus {Celmisia}, which have white or buff tomentose leaves. {Leather turtle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leatherback}. {Vegetable leather}. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure. | |
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Cassinette \Cas`si*nette"\, n. [Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet.] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk. | |
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Cassonade \Cas`son*ade"\, n. [F., fr. casson, for caisson a large chest. This sugar comes from Brazil in large chests.] Raw sugar; sugar not refined. --Mc Elrath. | |
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Cessant \Ces"sant\a. [L. cessans, p. pr. of cessare. See {Cease}.] Inactive; dormant [Obs.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Chasmed \Chasmed\, a. Having gaps or a chasm. [R.] | |
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Nut \Nut\, n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[94]t, Dan. n[94]d.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel. 2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst {Bolt}. 3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight. 4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. {Check nut}, {Jam nut}, {Lock nut}, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut. {Nut buoy}. See under {Buoy}. {Nut coal}, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; -- called also {chestnut coal}. {Nut crab} (Zo[94]l.), any leucosoid crab of the genus {Ebalia} as, {Ebalia tuberosa} of Europe. {Nut grass} (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family ({Cyperus rotundus}, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields. {Nut lock}, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring. | |
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Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [82]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [82]checs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh[be]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. 2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. --Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. --Wordsworth. 3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. --Washington. A man whom no check could abash. --Macaulay. 4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. 5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See {Bank check}, below. 6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure. 7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 8. Small chick or crack. {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. --Knight. {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft. | |
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Checkmate \Check"mate\, n. [F. [82]chec et mat, fr. Per. sh[be]h m[be]t ceckmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. m[be]ta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See {Chess}.] 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. 2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. | |
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Checkmate \Check"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkmated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkmating}.] 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. 2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford. | |
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Checkmate \Check"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkmated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkmating}.] 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. 2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford. | |
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Checkmate \Check"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkmated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkmating}.] 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. 2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford. | |
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Cheese \Cheese\, n. [OE. chese, AS. c[c7]se, fr. L. caseus, LL. casius. Cf. {Casein}.] 1. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. 2. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese. 3. The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow ({Malva rotundifolia}). [Colloq.] 4. A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. --De Quincey. --Thackeray. {Cheese cake}, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. --Prior. {Cheese fly} (Zo[94]l.), a black dipterous insect ({Piophila casei}) of which the larv[91] or maggots, called skippers or hoppers, live in cheese. {Cheese mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute mite ({Tryoglyhus siro}) in cheese and other articles of food. {Cheese press}, a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold. {Cheese rennet} (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family ({Golium verum}, or {yellow bedstraw}), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. {Cheese vat}, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making. | |
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Coagent \Co*a"gent\, n. An associate in an act; a coworker. --Drayton. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak. 3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison. 4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.] He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. 5. A faucet or valve. Note: Jonsons says, [bd]The handly probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason.[b8] Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit[91] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb. 6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers. 7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson. 8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight. {Ball cock}. See under {Ball}. {Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}. {Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a canard. {Cock of the plains} (Zo[94]l.) See {Sage cock}. {Cock of the rock} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest. {Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. {Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}. | |
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Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy}, {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea parrot}. Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill. {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}. 2. (Bot.) The puffball. 3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640). | |
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Cockmatch \Cock"match`\, n. A cockfight. | |
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Cockneydom \Cock"ney*dom\ (k[ocr]k"n[icr]*d[ucr]m), n. The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively. --Thackeray. | |
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Cocoanut \Co"coa*nut`\, 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. | |
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Coessential \Co`es*sen"tial\, a. Partaking of the same essence. -- {Co`es*sen"tial*ly}, adv. We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. --Hooker. | |
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Coessentiality \Co`es*sen`ti*al"i*ty\ (? [or] ?; 106), n. Participation of the same essence. --Johnson. | |
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Coessential \Co`es*sen"tial\, a. Partaking of the same essence. -- {Co`es*sen"tial*ly}, adv. We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. --Hooker. | |
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Cogent \Co"gent\ (k[omac]"j[ecr]nt), a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See {Agent}, a., and cf. {Coact} to force, {Coagulate}, p. a.] 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.] The cogent force of nature. --Prior. 2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted. No better nor more cogent reason. --Dr. H. More. Proofs of the most cogent description. --Tyndall. The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. --Cowper. Syn: Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential. | |
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Cogently \Co"gent*ly\, adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively. --Locke. | |
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Cognate \Cog"nate\, a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See {Nation}, and cf. {Connate}.] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side. 2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language. | |
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Cognate \Cog"nate\, n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. --Wharton. 2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates. | |
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Cognateness \Cog"nate*ness\, n. The state of being cognate. | |
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Cognation \Cog*na"tion\, n. [L. cognatio.] 1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Participation of the same nature. --Sir T. Browne. A like temper and cognation. --Sir K. Digby. 3. (Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from {agnation}. | |
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Cognition \Cog*ni"tion\, n. [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See {Know}, v. t.] 1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. --Shak. 2. That which is known. | |
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Cognitive \Cog"ni*tive\, a. Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. --South. | |
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Cookmaid \Cook"maid`\, n. A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook. | |
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Cosentient \Co*sen"tient\ (k?-s?n"shent), a. Perceiving together. | |
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Cosmetic \Cos*met"ic\, n. Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion. | |
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Cosmetic \Cos*met"ic\ (k?z-m?t"?k), Cosmetical \Cos*met"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmitiko`s skilled in decorating, fr. ko`smos order, ornament: cf. F. cosm[82]tique. See {Cosmos}.] Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. --Pope. | |
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Cosmetic \Cos*met"ic\ (k?z-m?t"?k), Cosmetical \Cos*met"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmitiko`s skilled in decorating, fr. ko`smos order, ornament: cf. F. cosm[82]tique. See {Cosmos}.] Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. --Pope. | |
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Cosmotheism \Cos"mo*the`ism\ (k?z"m?-th?`?z'm), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + [?][?][?] god.] Same as {Pantheism}. [R.] | |
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Cosmothetic \Cos`mo*thet"ic\ (k?z`m?-th?t"?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos universe + [?][?][?] to place or arrange.] (Metaph.) Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. {Cosmothetic idealists} (Metaph.), those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of external objects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance. The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Cosmothetic \Cos`mo*thet"ic\ (k?z`m?-th?t"?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos universe + [?][?][?] to place or arrange.] (Metaph.) Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. {Cosmothetic idealists} (Metaph.), those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of external objects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance. The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Couchant \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See {Couch}, v. t.] 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting. 2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast. {Couchant and levant} (Law), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Couchant \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See {Couch}, v. t.] 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting. 2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast. {Couchant and levant} (Law), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cousinhood \Cous"in*hood\ (-h??d), n. The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coussinet \Cous"si*net`\ (k??s"s?-n?t`), n. [F., dim. of coussin cushion. See {Cushionet}.] (Arch.) (a) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch. (b) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. --Gwilt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cozen \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. --Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. --Clarendon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. [?][?][?][?], Skr. k[?]ki[?]a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many species. Note: The European cuckoo ({Cuculus canorus}) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo ({Coccyzus Americanus}) and the black-billed cuckoo ({C. erythrophthalmus}) build their own nests. {Cuckoo bee} (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta}, {Epeolus}, and others. {Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. {Cuckoo dove} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus {Macropygia}. Many species inhabit the East Indies. {Cuckoo fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. {Cuckoo falcon} (Zo[94]l.), any falcon of the genus {Baza}. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. {Cuckoo maid} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo mate}. {Cuckoo ray} (Zo[94]l.), a British ray ({Raia miraletus}). {Cuckoo spit}, [or] {Cuckoo spittle}. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also {toad spittle} and {frog spit}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to {Aphrophora}, {Helochara}, and allied genera. {Ground cuckoo}, the chaparral cock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. [?][?][?][?], Skr. k[?]ki[?]a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many species. Note: The European cuckoo ({Cuculus canorus}) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo ({Coccyzus Americanus}) and the black-billed cuckoo ({C. erythrophthalmus}) build their own nests. {Cuckoo bee} (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta}, {Epeolus}, and others. {Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. {Cuckoo dove} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus {Macropygia}. Many species inhabit the East Indies. {Cuckoo fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. {Cuckoo falcon} (Zo[94]l.), any falcon of the genus {Baza}. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. {Cuckoo maid} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo mate}. {Cuckoo ray} (Zo[94]l.), a British ray ({Raia miraletus}). {Cuckoo spit}, [or] {Cuckoo spittle}. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also {toad spittle} and {frog spit}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to {Aphrophora}, {Helochara}, and allied genera. {Ground cuckoo}, the chaparral cock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See {Quilt}, and cf. {Counterpoint} a {coverlet}.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also {cushion dance}. --Halliwell. {Cushion capital}.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. {Cushion star} (Zo[94]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to {Goniaster}, {Astrogonium}, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cushion tire \Cushion tire\ A thick solid-rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollow groove running lengthwise on the inside. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cushioned} (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. {Cushioning}.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. {Cushioned hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer. See under {Dead-stroke}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cushioned} (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. {Cushioning}.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. {Cushioned hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer. See under {Dead-stroke}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cushionet \Cush"ion*et\ (k??sh"?n-?t), n. [OF. coissinet, F. coussinet. See {Cushion}, and cf. {Coussinet}.] A little cushion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cygnet \Cyg"net\ (s[icr]g"n[ecr]t), n. [Dim. of F. cygne swan, L. cycnus. cygnus, fr. Gr. ky`klos: but F. cygne seems to be an etymological spelling of OF. cisne, fr. LL. cecinus, cicinus, perh. ultimately also fr. Gr. ky`klos.] (Zo[94]l.) A young swan. --Shak. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cass County, IA (county, FIPS 29) Location: 41.32999 N, 94.93289 W Population (1990): 15128 (6788 housing units) Area: 1461.7 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Cass County, IL (county, FIPS 17) Location: 39.97673 N, 90.24683 W Population (1990): 13437 (5698 housing units) Area: 973.7 sq km (land), 20.2 sq km (water) Cass County, IN (county, FIPS 17) Location: 40.76085 N, 86.34656 W Population (1990): 38413 (15633 housing units) Area: 1069.4 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) Cass County, MI (county, FIPS 27) Location: 41.91399 N, 85.99332 W Population (1990): 49477 (22644 housing units) Area: 1274.9 sq km (land), 42.1 sq km (water) Cass County, MN (county, FIPS 21) Location: 46.94620 N, 94.32194 W Population (1990): 21791 (18863 housing units) Area: 5225.8 sq km (land), 1027.2 sq km (water) Cass County, MO (county, FIPS 37) Location: 38.64681 N, 94.35449 W Population (1990): 63808 (24337 housing units) Area: 1810.7 sq km (land), 9.4 sq km (water) Cass County, ND (county, FIPS 17) Location: 46.92706 N, 97.25219 W Population (1990): 102874 (42407 housing units) Area: 4573.3 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water) Cass County, NE (county, FIPS 25) Location: 40.91335 N, 96.13904 W Population (1990): 21318 (8951 housing units) Area: 1448.6 sq km (land), 18.0 sq km (water) Cass County, TX (county, FIPS 67) Location: 33.07105 N, 94.34584 W Population (1990): 29982 (13191 housing units) Area: 2428.0 sq km (land), 59.4 sq km (water) | |
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Cassandra, PA (borough, FIPS 11616) Location: 40.40807 N, 78.64160 W Population (1990): 192 (74 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Chocowinity, NC (town, FIPS 12580) Location: 35.51389 N, 77.09969 W Population (1990): 624 (271 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27817 | |
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Coconut Creek, FL (city, FIPS 13275) Location: 26.27940 N, 80.18457 W Population (1990): 27485 (15773 housing units) Area: 28.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
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Cook County, GA (county, FIPS 75) Location: 31.15478 N, 83.43077 W Population (1990): 13456 (5340 housing units) Area: 593.4 sq km (land), 10.7 sq km (water) Cook County, IL (county, FIPS 31) Location: 41.89810 N, 87.65017 W Population (1990): 5105067 (2021833 housing units) Area: 2449.3 sq km (land), 1785.1 sq km (water) Cook County, MN (county, FIPS 31) Location: 47.72570 N, 90.44216 W Population (1990): 3868 (4312 housing units) Area: 3757.4 sq km (land), 4891.3 sq km (water) | |
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Coos County, NH (county, FIPS 7) Location: 44.68708 N, 71.30172 W Population (1990): 34828 (18712 housing units) Area: 4663.7 sq km (land), 80.5 sq km (water) Coos County, OR (county, FIPS 11) Location: 43.18447 N, 124.09231 W Population (1990): 60273 (26668 housing units) Area: 4145.4 sq km (land), 533.3 sq km (water) | |
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Cygnet, OH (village, FIPS 19820) Location: 41.24013 N, 83.64380 W Population (1990): 560 (216 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43413 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
case and paste n. [from `cut and paste'] 1. The addition of a new {feature} to an existing system by selecting the code from an existing feature and pasting it in with minor changes. Common in telephony circles because most operations in a telephone switch are selected using `case' statements. Leads to {software bloat}. In some circles of EMACS users this is called `programming by Meta-W', because Meta-W is the EMACS command for copying a block of text to a kill buffer in preparation to pasting it in elsewhere. The term is condescending, implying that the programmer is acting mindlessly rather than thinking carefully about what is required to integrate the code for two similar cases. At {DEC} (now Compaq), this is sometimes called `clone-and-hack' coding. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
chicken head n. [Commodore] The Commodore Business Machines logo, which strongly resembles a poultry part (within Commodore itself the logo was always called `chicken lips'). Rendered in ASCII as `C='. With the arguable exception of the Amiga (see {amoeba}), Commodore's machines are notoriously crocky little {bitty box}es (see also {PETSCII}). Thus, this usage may owe something to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (the basis for the movie "Blade Runner"; the novel is now sold under that title), in which a `chickenhead' is a mutant with below-average intelligence. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cough and die v. Syn. {barf}. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare {die}, {die horribly}, {scream and die}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
case and paste {feature} to an existing system by selecting the code from an existing feature and pasting it in with minor changes. Common in telephony circles because most operations in a telephone switch are selected using "case" statements. Leads to {software bloat}. In some circles of {Emacs} users this is called "programming by Meta-W", because Meta-W is the Emacs command for copying a block of text to a {kill buffer} in preparation to pasting it in elsewhere. The term is condescending, implying that the programmer is acting mindlessly rather than thinking carefully about what is required to integrate the code for two similar cases. At {DEC}, this is sometimes called "clone-and-hack" coding. [{Jargon File}] (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Case Integration Services {CASE} tool integration standards related to {ATIS}. (1994-10-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CASE*Method An analysis and design method from {Oracle} targeted at information management applications. (1994-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chicken head The {Commodore} Business Machines logo, which strongly resembles a poultry part. Rendered in ASCII as "C=". With the arguable exception of the {Amiga}, Commodore's computers are notoriously crocky little {bitty box}es (see also {PETSCII}). Thus, this usage may owe something to Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (the basis for the movie "Blade Runner"; the novel is now sold under that title), in which a "chickenhead" is a mutant with below-average intelligence. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COGENT COmpiler and GENeralized Translator. A {compiler} writing language with pattern-directed string and list processing features, for {CDC 3600} and {CDC} 3800. A program consists of {production}s defining a {context-free} language, plus analysis and synthesis function generators. ["COGENT Programming Manual", J.C. Reynolds, ANL-7022, Argonne, Mar 1965]. [Sammet 1969, p.638]. ["An Introduction to the COGENT System", J.C. Reynolds, Proc ACM 20th Natl Conf, 1965]. (1994-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cogent Prolog {listener}, {DCG}, many {built-ins}, text windows, support for {modules}, and support for both 16-bit and 32-bit {protected mode}. Contact: Dennis C. Merritt. (1999-11-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cognitech A French software house specialising in {artificial intelligence}. (1995-01-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cognitive architecture {non-deterministic}, multiple {inference} processes, as found in {neural networks}. Cognitive architectures model the human brain and contrast with single processor computers. The term might also refer to software architectures, e.g. {fuzzy logic}. [Origin? Better definition? Reference?] (1995-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cough and die hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare {die}, {die horribly}, {scream and die}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-07) |