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Chapter 293
2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.
Wharton.
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Co*er"ci*tive (?) , a. Coercive. " Coercitive power in laws."
Jer. Taylor.
Coercive <Xpage=273>
Co*er"cive (?) , a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain.
-- Co*er"cive*ly , adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.
Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp. Warburton.
Coercive ∨ Coercitive force (Magnetism) , the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal.
Nichol.
The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force . S. Thompson.
C\'d2rulignone <Xpage=273>
C\'d2`ru*lig"none (?) , n. [L. coeruleus cerulean + lignum wood + E. quin one .] (Chem.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret .
Coessential <Xpage=273>
Co`es*sen"tial (?) , a. Partaking of the same essence. -- Co`es*sen"tial*ly , adv.
We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker.
Coessentiality <Xpage=273>
Co`es*sen`ti*al"i*ty (? ∨ ?; 106) , n. Participation of the same essence.
Johnson.
Coestablishment <Xpage=273>
Co`es*tab"lish*ment (?) , n. Joint establishment.
Bp. Watson.
Coestate <Xpage=273>
Co`es*tate" (?) , n. Joint estate.
Smolett.
Coetanean <Xpage=273>
Co`e*ta"ne*an (?) , n. A personcoetaneous with another; a contemporary. [R.]
A . . . coetanean of the late earl of Southampto<?/. Aubrey.
Coetaneous <Xpage=273>
Co`e*ta"ne*ous (?) , a. [L. coaetaneus ; co- + aetas age.] Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous.
-- Co`e*ta"ne*ous*ly , adv.
And all [members of the body] are coetaneous . Bentley.
Coeternal <Xpage=273>
Co`e*ter"nal (?) , a. Equally eternal. -- Co`e*ter"nal*ly , adv .
Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. Milton.
Coeternity <Xpage=273>
Co`e*ter"ni*ty (?) , n. Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.
Coeval <Xpage=273>
Co*e"val (?) , a. [L. coaevus ; co- + aevum lifetime, age. See Age , n. ] Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with .
Silence! coeval with eternity! Pope.
Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. Cowper.
Coeval <Xpage=273>
Co*e"val , n. One of the same age; a contemporary.
As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit. Pope.
Coevous <Xpage=273>
Co*e"vous (?) , a. Coeaval [Obs.]
South.
Coexecutor <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ec"u*tor (?) , n. A joint executor.
Coexecutrix <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ec"u*trix (?) , n. A joint executrix.
Coexist <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ist (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Coexisted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coexisting .] To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with .
Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. Locke.
So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities. Warburton.
Coexistence <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ist"ence (?) , n. Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.
Without the help, or so much as the coexistence , of any condition. Jer. Taylor.
Coexistent <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ist"ent (?) , a. Existing at the same time with another. -- n. That which coexists with another.
The law of coexistent vibrations. Whewell.
Coexisting <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ist"ing , a. Coexistent.
Locke.
Coextend <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*tend , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coextended ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coextending .] To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
According to which the least body may be coextended with the greatest. Boyle.
Has your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations? Bentley.
Coextension <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ten"sion (?) , n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
Coextensive <Xpage=273>
Co`ex*ten"sive (?) , a. Equally extensive; having <?/ extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive .
Sir W. Hamilton. -
- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly , adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.
Coffee <Xpage=273>
Cof"fee (?; 115) , n. [Turk. qahveh , Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. Caf\'82 .] 1. The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea , growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
2. The coffee tree.
&hand; There are several species of the coffee tree, as, Coffea Arabica , C. occidentalis , and C. Liberica . The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called "beans" or "berries".
3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
They have in Turkey a drink called coffee . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. Bacon.
&hand; The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London.
Coffee bug (Zo\'94l.) , a species of scale insect ( Lecanium coff\'91a ), often very injurious to the coffee tree. -- Coffee rat (Zo\'94l.) See Musang .
Coffeehouse <Xpage=273>
Cof"fee*house` (?) , n. A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
The coffeehouse must not be dismissed with a cursory mention. It might indeed, at that time, have been not improperly called a most important political institution . . . The coffeehouses were the chief organs through which the public opinion of the metropolis vented itself . . . Every man of the upper or middle class went daily to his coffeehouse to learn the news and discuss it. Every coffeehouse had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration, and who soon became what the journalists of our own time have been called -- a fourth estate of the realm. Macaulay.
Coffeeman <Xpage=273>
Cof"fee*man (?) , n. One who keeps a coffeehouse.
Addison.
Coffeepot <Xpage=273>
Cof"fee*pot (?) , n. A covered pot im which coffee is prepared, <?/r is brought upon the table for drinking.
Coffeeroom <Xpage=273>
Cof"fee*room` (?) , n. A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
Coffer <Xpage=273>
Cof"fer (?; 115) , n. [OF. cofre , F. coffre , L. cophinus basket, fr. Gr. <?/. Cf. Coffin , n. ] 1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
Chaucer.
In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.
2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers , for honor sake. Bacon.
Hold, here is half my coffer . Shak.
3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
4. (Fort.) A trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.
Coffer dam . (Engin.) See Cofferdam , in the Vocabulary. -- Coffer fish . (Zo\'94l.) See Cowfish .
Coffer <Xpage=273>
Cof"fer , v. t. 1. To put into a coffer.
Bacon.
2. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.
Raymond.
3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to turnish with a coffer or coffers.
Cofferdam <Xpage=273>
Cof"fer*dam (?) , n. A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
Cofferer <Xpage=273>
Cof"fer*er (?) , n. One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]
Cofferwork <Xpage=273>
Cof"fer*work` (?) , n. (Masonry) Rubblework faced with stone.
Knight.
Coffin <Xpage=273>
Cof"fin (?; 115) , n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin , fr. L. cophinus . See Coffer , n. ] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin . Gen. 1. 26.
2. A basket. [Obs.]
Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).
3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
Of the paste a coffin I will rear. Shak.
4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.]
Nares.
5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
Coffin bone , the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coffin joint , the joint next above the coffin bone.
Coffin <Xpage=273>
Cof"fin , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coffined (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coffining .] To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home? Shak.
Devotion is not coffined in a cell. John Hall (1646).
Coffinless <Xpage=273>
Cof"fin*less , a. Having no coffin.
Coffle <Xpage=273>
Cof"fle (?; 115) , n. [Ar. kafala caravan.] A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.
Cog <Xpage=273>
Cog (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cogged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cogging .] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. Coax , v. t. ]
1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.]
I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. Shak.
2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word ; to palm off. [R.]
Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. J. Dennis
To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. Swift.
Cog <Xpage=273>
Cog (?) , v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
For guineas in other men's breeches, Your gamesters will palm and will cog . Swift.
Cog <Xpage=273>
Cog , n. A trick or deception; a falsehood.
Wm. Watson.
Cog <Xpage=273>
Cog , n. [Cf. Sw. kugge a cog, or W. cocos the cogs of a wheel.] 1. (Mech.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.
2. (Carp.) (a) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface. (b) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
Knight.
3. (Mining.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
Cog <Xpage=273>
Cog , v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs.
Cogged breath sound (Auscultation) , a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration.
Quain.
Cog <Xpage=273>
Cog , n. [OE. cogge ; cf. D. kog , Icel. kuggr Cf. Cock a boat.] A small fishing boat.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Cogency <Xpage=273>
Co"gen*cy (?) , n. [See Cogent .] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
An antecedent argument of extreme cogency . J. H. Newman.
Cogenial <Xpage=273>
Co*ge"ni*al (?) , a. Congenial. [Obs.]
Cogent <Xpage=273>
Co"gent (?) , a. [L. cogens , p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent , a. , and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate , p . a. ] 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]
The cogent force of nature. Prior.
2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.
No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More.
Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall.
The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.
Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential.
Cogently <Xpage=273>
Co"gent*ly , adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincigly; conclusively.
Locke.
Cogger <Xpage=273>
Cog"ger (?) , n. [From Cog to wheedle.] A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.
Coggery <Xpage=273>
Cog"ger*y , n. Trick; deception.
Bp. Watson.
Coggle <Xpage=273>
Cog"gle (?) , n. [See Cog small boat.] A small fishing boat.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Coggle <Xpage=273>
Cog"gle , n. [Cf. Cobble a cobblestone.] A cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Cogitability <Xpage=273>
Cog`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.
Cogitable <Xpage=273>
Cog"i*ta*ble (?) , a. [L. cogitabilis , fr. cogitare to think.] Capable of being brought before the mind as a throught or idea; conceivable; thinkable.
Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.
Cogitabund <Xpage=273>
Cog"i*ta*bund` (?) , a. [L. cogitabundus .] Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.]
Leigh Hunt.
Cogitate <Xpage=273>
Cog"i*tate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cogitated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cogitating .] [L. cogitatus , p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. Adage .] To engage in continuous thought; to think.
He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth . Bacon.
Cogitate <Xpage=273>
Cog"i*tate , v. t. To think over; to plan.
He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. Foxe.
Cogitation <Xpage=273>
Cog`i*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. cogitatio : cf. F. cogitation .] The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. "Fixed in cogitation deep."
Milton.
Cogitative <Xpage=273>
Cog"i*ta*tive (?) , a. [Cf. LL. cogitativus .] 1. Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. " Cogitative faculties."
Wollaston.
2. Given to thought or contemplation.
Sir H. Wotton.
Cogman <Xpage=273>
Cog"man (?) , n. A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.]
Wright.
Cognac <Xpage=273>
Co"gnac` (?) , n. [F.] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac .
Cognate <Xpage=273>
Cog"nate (?) , a. [L. cognatus ; co- + gnatus , natus , p. p. of nasci , anciently gnasci , to be born. See Nation , and cf. Connate .] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law) , related on the mother's side.
2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language .
Cognate <Xpage=273>
Cog"nate , n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side.
Wharton.
2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates .
Cognateness <Xpage=273>
Cog"nate*ness , n. The state of being cognate.
Cognati <Xpage=273>
Cog*na"ti (?) , n. pl. [L.] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side.
Wharton.
Cognation <Xpage=273>
Cog*na"tion (?) , n. [L. cognatio .] 1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.
2. Participation of the same nature.
Sir T. Browne.
A like temper and cognation . Sir K. Digby.
3. (Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation .
Cognatus <Xpage=273>
Cog*na"tus (?) , n. [L., a kinsman.] (Law) A person cinnected through cognation.
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