CONY-CATCHING
CONY-CATCHING, noun Banter.
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COO
COO, verb intransitive [probably from the sound.] To cry, or make a low sound, as pigeons or doves.
COOING
COOING, participle present tense Uttering a low sound, as a dove.COOING, noun Invitation, as the note of the dove.
COOK
COOK, verb transitive [Latin]1. To prepare, as victuals for the table, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc. To dress, as meat or vegetables, for eating.2. To prepare for...
COOKED
COOKED, participle present tense Prepared for the table.
COOKERY
COOKERY, noun The art or the practice of dressing and preparing victuals for the table.
COOKING
COOKING, participle present tense Preparing victuals for the table.
COOKMAID
COOKMAID, noun [cook and maid.] A female servant or maid who dresses provisions.
COOKROOM
COOKROOM, noun [cook and room.] A room for cookery; a kitchen. On board of ships, a galley or caboose.
COOL
COOL, adjective [G., cold, to cool; chilliness; to blow strong.]1. Moderately cold; being of a temperature between hot and cold; as cool air; cool water.2. Not ardent or zealous...
COOL-CUP
COOL-CUP, noun A beverage that is cooling.
COOL-HEADED
COOL-HEADED, adjective Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.
COOLED
COOLED, participle passive Made less hot, or less ardent.
COOLER
COOLER, noun1. That which cools; any substance which abates heat or excitement; as, acids are coolers to the body.2. A vessel in which liquors or other things are cooled.
COOLING
COOLING, participle present tense Abating heat or excitement; making or becoming cool.
COOLISH
COOLISH, adjective Somewhat cool.
COOLLY
COOLLY, adverb1. Without heat or sharp cold.2. In a cool or indifferent manner; not cordially; without passion or ardor. He was coolly received at court.3. Without haste; calmly...
COOLNESS
COOLNESS, noun1. A moderate degree of cold; a temperature between cold and heat; as the coolness of the summers evening.2. A moderate degree, or a want of passion; want of ardor...
COOM
COOM, noun Soot that gathers over an ovens mouth; also, the matter that works out of the naves or boxes of carriage wheels. In Scotland, the useless dust which falls from coals.
COOMB
COOMB, COMB, noun [Gr.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter.
COOP
COOP, noun [L, from bending, hollowness, or containing, holding. See Cup.]1. A box of boards, grated or barred on one side, for keeping fowls in confinement. It is usually appli...
COOPED
COOPED, participle passive Shut up in a coop; confined to narrow limits.
COOPER
COOPER, noun [G.] One whose occupation is to make barrels, hogsheads, butts, tubs and casks of various kinds.
COOPERAGE
COOPERAGE, noun The price paid for coopers work; also, a place where coopers work is done.
COOT
COOT, noun A fowl of the genus Fulica, frequenting lakes and other still waters. The common coot has a bald forehead, a black body, and lobated toes, and is about fifteen inches...
COP
COP, noun [G.] The had or top of a thing, as in cob-castle for cop-castle, a castle on a hill; a tuft on the head of birds. This word is little used in America, unless cob, the ...
COPAIBA
COPAIBA, noun Balsam of copaiba or capivi, is a liquid resinous juice, flowing from incisions made in the stem of a tree called Copaifera officinalis, growing in Spanish America...