COFFERER
COFFERER, noun The cofferer of the kings household in Great Britain, a principal officer of the court, next under the Controller. He was also a white-staff officer, and a member...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COFFIN
COFFIN, noun1. The chest or box in which a dead human body is buried, or deposited in a vault.2. A mold of paste for a pie.3. A paper case, in the form of a cone, used by grocer...
COFFIN-MAKER
COFFIN-MAKER, noun One who makes, or whose occupation is to make coffins.
COFFINED
COFFINED, participle passive Inclosed in a coffin.
COFOUNDER
COFOUNDER, noun A joint founder.
COG
COG, verb transitive1. To flatter; to wheedle; to seduce or draw from, by adulation or artifice.2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word to se...
COGENCY
COGENCY, noun Force; strength; power of compelling; literally, urgency, or driving. It is used chiefly of moral subjects, and in relation to force or pressure on the mid; as the...
COGENIAL
COGENIAL, for congenial.
COGENT
COGENT, adjective [See Cogency.]1. Forcible, in a physical sense; as the cogent force of nature.2. Urgent; pressing on the mind; forcible; powerful; not easily resisted; as a co...
COGENTLY
COGENTLY, adverb With urgent force; with powerful impulse; forcibly.
COGGED
COGGED, participle passive Flattered; deceived; cheated; thrust in deceitfully; falsified; furnished with cogs.
COGGER
COGGER, noun A flatterer, or deceiver.
COGGERY
COGGERY, noun Trick; falsehood.
COGGING
COGGING, participle present tense Wheedling; deceiving; cheating; inserting deceitfully; fixing cogs.COGGING, noun Cheat; deception; fallacy.
COGGLE
COGGLE, noun A boat; a fishing boat. [See cock.]
COGITABLE
COGITABLE, adjective [See Cogitate.] That may be thought on; that may be meditated on.
COGITATE
COGITATE, verb intransitive To think; to meditate.
COGITATION
COGITATION, noun1. The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.2. Thought directed to an object; purpose.
COGITATIVE
COGITATIVE, adjective1. Thinking; having the power of thinking, or meditating; as a cogitative substance.2. Given to thought, or contemplation.
COGNATE
COGNATE, adjective1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth.2. Related in origin; proceeding from the same stock; of the same family; as a cognate dialect.3. Allied in the manner of ...
COGNATION
COGNATION, noun1. In the civil law, kindred or natural relation between males and females, both descended from the same father; as agnation is the relation between males only de...
COGNITION
COGNITION, noun Knowledge or certain knowledge, as from personal view or experience.
COGNITIVE
COGNITIVE, adjective Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as cognitive power.
COGNIZABLE
COGNIZABLE, adjective1. That falls or may fall under judicial notice; that may be heard, tried, and determined; as, a cause or action in cognizable before the circuit court.Thes...
COGNIZANCE
COGNIZANCE, noun1. Judicial notice or knowledge; the hearing, trying and determining of a cause or action in court.The court of kings bench takes cognizance of civil and crimina...
COGNIZEE
COGNIZEE, noun In law, one to whom a fine is acknowledged, or the plaintiff in an action for the assurance of land by fine.
COGNIZOR
COGNIZOR, noun One who acknowledges the right of the plaintiff or cognizee, in a fine; otherwise called the defendant or deforciant.