Webster's Dictionary 1913

5320

Coit

Coit (koit), n. [See Quoit.] A quoit. Carew.

5321

Coit (2)

Coit, v. t. To throw, as a stone. See Quoit.

5322

Coition

Co‐i″tion (?), n. [L. coitio, fr. coire to come together; co- + ire to go.] A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. Grew.

5323

Cojoin

Co‐join″ (?), v. t. To join; to conjoin. Shak.

5324

Cojuror

Co‐ju″ror (?), n. One who swears to another's credibility. W. Wotton.

5325

Coke

Coke (?), n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as i...

5326

Coke (2)

Coke, v. t. To convert into coke.

5327

Cokenay

Coke″nay (?), n. A cockney. Chaucer.

5328

Cokernut

Co″ker‐nut′ (?), n.(Com.) The cocoanut.☞ A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the sam...

5329

Cokes

Cokes (?), n. [OE. Cf. Coax.] A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. B. Jonson.

5330

Cokewold

Coke″wold (?), n. Cuckold. Chaucer.

5331

Col

‖Col (?), n. [F., neck, fr. L. collum neck.] A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

5332

Col-

Col– (�). A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-.

5333

Cola

‖Co″la, n., L. pl. of Colon.

5334

Cola (2)

‖Co″la (?), n.(Bot.) (a) A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil. (...

5335

Cola nut

{ Cola nut, Cola seed }. (Bot.) The bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a stimulant, which is used in medicine.

5336

Colaborer

Co‐la″bor‐er (?), n. One who labors with another; an associate in labor.

5337

Colander

Col″an‐der (?), n. [L. colans, -antis, p. pr. of colare to filter, to strain, fr. colum a strainer. Cf. Cullis, Culvert.] A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes fo...

5338

Colation

Co‐la″tion (?), n. [See Colander.] The act or process of straining or filtering.

5339

Colatitude

Co‐lat″i‐tude (?; 134), n. [Formed like cosine. See Cosine.] The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.

5340

Colature

Col″a‐ture (?; 135), n. [L. colatura, from colare: cf. F. colature. See Colander.] The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

5341

Colbertine

Col″ber‐tine (?), n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.] A kind of lace.Pinners edged with colbertine.Swift.Di...

5342

Colchicine

Col″chi‐cine (? or?), n. [Cf. F. colchicine.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowis...

5343

Colchicum

Col″chi‐cum (?), n. [L., a plant with a poisonous root, fr. Colchicus Colchian, fr. Colchis, Gr. �, an ancient province in Asia, east of the Black Sea, where was the home of Med...

5344

Colcothar

Col″co‐thar (kŏl″kō̍‐thẽr), n. [NL. colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqoṭar.] (Chem.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment...

5345

Cold

Cold (kōld), a. [Compar.Colder (–ẽr); superl.Coldest.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. ge...

5346

Cold (2)

Cold, n. 1. The relative absence of heat or warmth.2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.When she saw her lord prepared to part,A deadly cold ...