COBWEB
COBWEB, noun1. The line, thread or filament which a spider spins from its abdomen; the net-work spread by a spider to catch its prey. Hence,2. Any snare, implying insidiousness ...
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COBWEBBED
COBWEBBED, noun1. In botany, covered with a thick interwoven pubescence.2. Covered with cobwebs.
COCALON
COCALON, noun A large cocoon, of a weak texture.
COCCIFEROUS
COCCIFEROUS, adjective Bearing or producing berries; as cocciferous trees or plants.
COCCOLITE
COCCOLITE, noun A variety of augite or pyroxene; called by Hauy, granuliform pyroxene. Its color is usually some shade of green. It is composed of granular distinct concretions,...
COCHINEAL
COCHINEAL, noun An insect, the Coccus cacti, of the genus Coccus, a native of the warmer climates of America, particularly of Oaxaca, in Mexico. It is found on a plant called no...
COCHLEARY
COCHLEARY,COCHLEATE,COCHLEATED, adjective Having the form of a screw; spiral; turbinated; as a cochleate pod.
COCHLEATE
COCHLEATE,
COCHLITE
COCHLITE, noun A fossil shell having a mouth like that of a snail.
COCK
COCK, noun1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls, which having no appropriate or distinctive name, are called dunghill fowls or barn-door fowls.2. ...
COCK-BILL
COCK-BILL. In seamens language, the anchor is a cock-bill when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cat-head, ready to be let go in a moment.
COCK-BOAT
COCK-BOAT, noun A small boat. [See Cock, No. 11.]
COCK-BRAINED
COCK-BRAINED, adjective Giddy; rash.
COCK-BROTH
COCK-BROTH, noun Broth made by boiling a cock.
COCK-CHAFFER
COCK-CHAFFER, noun The May-bug or dorr-beetle, a species of Scarabaeus.
COCK-CROWING
COCK-CROWING, noun The time at which cocks crow; early morning. Mark 13:1.
COCK-FIGHT
COCK-FIGHT,COCK-FIGHTING, noun A match or contest of cocks; a barbarous sport of the ancients, and moderns, in which cocks are set to fight with each other, till one or the othe...
COCK-HORSE
COCK-HORSE, adjective On horse back; triumphant; exulting.
COCK-LOFT
COCK-LOFT, noun [See Cock.] The top-loft; the upper room in a house or other building; a lumber room.
COCK-MASTER
COCK-MASTER, noun One who breeds game cocks.
COCK-MATCH
COCK-MATCH, noun A match of cocks; a cock-fight.
COCK-PADDLE
COCK-PADDLE, noun The lump fish or sea-owl.
COCK-WEED
COCK-WEED, noun A plant called also dittander and pepperwort.
COCKADE
COCKADE, noun A ribin or knot of ribin, or something similar, worn on the hat, usually by officers of the army or navy, sometimes by others. It most usually designates the milit...
COCKADED
COCKADED, adjective Wearing a cockade.
COCKAL
COCKAL, noun A game called huckle bone.
COCKATRICE
COCKATRICE, noun A serpent imagined to proceed from a cocks egg.