COAT
COAT, noun1. An upper garment, of whatever material it may be made. The word is, in modern times, generally applied to the garment worn by men next over the vest.God made coats ...
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COAT-ARMOR
COAT-ARMOR, noun A coat of arms; armorial ensigns.
COATED
COATED, participle passive1. Covered with a coat; loricated; covered or overspread with any thing that defends; clothed with a membrane.2. Having concentric coats or layers, as ...
COATI
COATI, noun An animal of South America, resembling the raccoon, but with a longer body and neck, shorter fur and smaller eyes; the Viverra nasua of Linne.
COATING
COATING, participle present tense Covering with a coat; overspreading.COATING, noun1. A covering, or the act of covering; lorication; any substance spread over for cover or defe...
COAX
COAX, verb transitive To wheedle; to flatter; to soothe, appease or persuade by flattery and foundling.
COAXED
COAXED, participle passive Soothed or persuaded by flattery.
COAXER
COAXER, noun A wheedler; a flatterer.
COAXING
COAXING, participle present tense Wheedling; flattering.
COB
COB, noun1. The top or head; a covetous wretch; a foreign coin.2. In America, the receptacle of the maiz, or American corn; a shoot in form of a pin or spike, on which grows the...
COBALT
COBALT, noun A mineral of a reddish gray or grayish white color, very brittle, of a fine close grain, compact, but easily reducible to powder. It crystalizes in bundles of needl...
COBALTIC
COBALTIC, adjective Pertaining to cobalt, or consisting of it; resembling cobalt, or containing it.
COBBLE
COBBLE,COBBLE-STONE, noun A roundish stone; a pebble; supposed to be a fragment, rounded by the attrition of water. We give this name to stones of various sizes, from that of a ...
COBBLE-STONE
COBBLE-STONE, n. A roundish stone; a pebble; supposed to be a fragment, rounded by the attrition of water. We give this name to stones of various sizes, from that of a hens egg ...
COBBLER
COBBLER, noun1. A mender of shoes.2. A clumsy workman.3. A mean person.
COBBLING
COBBLING, participle present tense Mending coarsely.
COBBY
COBBY, adjective Stout; brisk.
COBCAL
COBCAL, noun A sandal worn by ladies in the east.
COBCOALS
COBCOALS, noun Large round coals.
COBELLIGERENT
COBELLIGERENT, adjective [See Belligerent.] Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.COBELLIGERENT, noun A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.
COBIRON
COBIRON, noun [See Cob.] An andiron with a knob at the top.
COBISHOP
COBISHOP, noun A joint or coadjutant bishop.
COBLE
COBLE, noun A boat used in the herring fishery.
COBLOAF
COBLOAF, noun A loaf that is irregular, uneven or crusty. Is it not a round loaf?
COBNUT
COBNUT, noun A boys play, or a hazle-nut so called, used in play; the conquering nut.
COBOOSE
COBOOSE, noun [See Caboose.]
COBSTONE
COBSTONE, noun [See Cobble.]