COALERY
COALERY, noun A coal-mine, coal-pit, or place where coals are dug, with the engines and machinery used in discharging the water and raising the coal.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COALESCE
COALESCE, verb intransitive1. To grow together; to unite, as separate bodies, or separate parts, into one body, as separate bones in an infant, or the fingers or toes.2. To unit...
COALESCENCE
COALESCENCE, noun The act of growing together; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.
COALESCING
COALESCING, participle present tense Growing or coming together; uniting in a body or mass; uniting and adhering together.
COALIER
COALIER.COALITE, verb transitive To unite or coalesce.
COALITE
COALITE, v.t. To unite or coalesce.
COALITION
COALITION, noun1. Union in a body or mass; a coming together, as of separate bodies or parts, and their union in one body or mass; as, a coalition of atoms or particles.2. Union...
COALLIER
COALLIER. [See Collier.]
COALY
COALY, adjective Like coal; containing coal.
COAMINGS
COAMINGS, noun In ships, the raised borders or edges of the hatches, made to prevent water from running into the lower apartments from the deck.
COAPPREHEND
COAPPREHEND, verb transitive To apprehend with another.
COAPTATION
COAPTATION, noun The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other.
COARCT
COARCT,COARCTATE, verb transitive1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.2. To restrain; to confine.
COARCTATE
COARCTATE, v.t.1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.2. To restrain; to confine.
COARCTATION
COARCTATION, noun1. Confinement; restraint to a narrow space.2. Pressure; contraction.3. Restraint of liberty.
COARSE
COARSE, adjective1. Thick; large or gross in bulk; comparatively of large diameter; as coarse thread or yarn; coarse hair; coarse sand. This seems to be the primary sense of the...
COARSELY
COARSELY, adverb Roughly; without fineness or refinement; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly; without art or polish.
COARSENESS
COARSENESS, noun1. Largeness of size; thickness; as the coarseness of thread.2. The quality of being made of coarse thread or yarn; whence thickness and roughness; as the coarse...
COASSESSOR
COASSESSOR, noun [See Assess.] A joint assessor.
COASSUME
COASSUME, verb transitive [con and assume.] To assume something with another.
COAST
COAST, noun1. The exterior line, limit or border of a country, as in Scripture. From the river to the uttermost sea shall your coast be. Deuteronomy 11:24. And ships shall come ...
COASTED
COASTED, participle passive Sailed by.
COASTER
COASTER, noun1. One who sails near the shore.2. A vessel that is employed in sailing along a coast, or is licensed to navigate or trade from port to port in the same country. In...
COASTING
COASTING, participle present tense Sailing along or near a coast.
COASTING-PILOT
COASTING-PILOT, noun A pilot who conducts vessels along a coast.
COASTING-TRADE
COASTING-TRADE, noun The trade which is carried on between the different ports of the same country, or under the same jurisdiction, as distinguished from foreign trade.
COASTING-VESSEL
COASTING-VESSEL, noun A vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.