Webster's Dictionary 1913

8884

Coy (3)

Coy, v. i. 1. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.Thus to coy it,With one who knows you too!Rowe.2. To make difficulty; to be unwilling.If ...

8885

Coyish

Coy″ish, a. Somewhat coy or reserved. Warner.

8886

Coyly

Coy″ly, adv. In a coy manner; with reserve.

8887

Coyness

Coy″ness, n. The quality of being coy; feigned or bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.When the kind nymph would coyness feign,And hides but to be found again.Dryde...

8888

Coyote

Coy″o‐te (k?″?–t? or k?″?t), n. [Spanish Amer., fr. Mexican coyotl.] (Zoöl.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America;...

8889

Coyote State

Coyote State. South Dakota; — a nickname.

8890

Coyotillo

‖Co′yo‐til″lo (?), n. [Mex. Sp. dim. See Coyote.] A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to be pois...

8891

Coypu

‖Coy″pu (koi″p??), n.(Zoöl.) A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written also coypou.]

8892

Coystrel

Coys″trel (kois″trĕl), n. Same as Coistril.

8893

Coz

Coz (kŭz), n. A contraction of cousin. Shak.

8894

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.]...

8895

Cozen (2)

Coz″en, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.Some cogging, cozening slave.Shak.

8896

Cozenage

Coz″en‐age (–ā̍j), n. [See Cozen, and cf. Cousinage.] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak.

8897

Cozener

Coz″en‐er (k?z″'n–?r), n. One who cheats or defrauds.

8898

Cozier

Co‐zier (k?″zh?r), n. See Cosier.

8899

Cozily

Co″zi‐ly (k?″z?–l?), adv. Snugly; comfortably.

8900

Coziness

Co″zi‐ness, n. The state or quality of being cozy.

8901

Cozy

Co″zy (k?″z?), a. [Compar.Cozier (–z?–?r); superl.Coziest.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, s...

8902

Cozy (2)

Co″zy, n. [See Cozy,a.] A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.

8903

Crab

Crab (krăb), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. Crawfish.] 1. (Zoöl.) One of the brachyuran Cru...

8904

Crab (2)

Crab (krăb), v. t. 1. To make sour or morose; to embitter.Sickness sours or crabs our nature.Glanvill.2. To beat with a crabstick. J. Fletcher.

8905

Crab (3)

Crab, v. i.(Naut.)To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

8906

Crab (4)

Crab, a. [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.] Sour; rough; austere.The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast.Dryden.

8907

Crab tree

Crab″ tree (trē′). See under Crab.

8908

Crab-yaws

Crab″–yaws′ (kr?b″y?z′), n.(Med.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. Dunglison.

8909

Crabbed

Crab″bed (kr?b″b?d), a. [See Crab,n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; — applied to feelings, disposition, or man...

8910

Crabber

Crab″ber (kr?b″b?r), n. One who catches crabs.