Chapter 295

Co`in*cide" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Coincided (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coinciding .] [L. co- + incidere to fall on; in + cadere to fall: cf. F. co\'8bncider . See Chance , n. ] 1. To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided , it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. Cheyne.

2. To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America .

3. To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide .

The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other. Watts.

Coincidence <Xpage=276>

Co*in"ci*dence (?) , n. [Cf. F. co\'8bncidence .] 1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc.

Bentley.

2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson .

3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.

The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many evidences . . . carries a great weight. Sir M. Hale.

Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. South.

Coincibency <Xpage=276>

Co*in"ci*ben*cy (?) , n. Coincidence. [R.]

Coincident <Xpage=276>

Co*in"ci*dent (?) , a. [Cf. F. co\'8bncident .] Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with .

Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man. South.

Coincident <Xpage=276>

Co*in"ci*dent (?) , n. One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence. [R.] " Coincidents and accidents."

Froude.

Coincidental <Xpage=276>

Co*in`ci*den"tal (?) , a. Coincident.

Coincidently <Xpage=276>

Co*in"ci*dent*ly (?) , adv. With coincidence.

Coincider <Xpage=276>

Co`in*cid"er (?) , n. One who coincides with another in an opinion.

Coindication <Xpage=276>

Co*in`di*ca"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. co\'8bdication .] One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease .

Coiner <Xpage=276>

Coin"er (?) , n. 1. One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money.

Precautions such as are employed by coiners and receivers of stolen goods. Macaulay.

2. An inventor or maker, as of words.

Camden.

Coinhabitant <Xpage=276>

Co`in*hab"it*ant (?) , n. One who dwells with another, or with others. " Coinhabitants of the same element."

Dr. H. More.

Coinhere <Xpage=276>

Co`in*here" (?) , v. i. To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Coinheritance <Xpage=276>

Co`in*her"it*ance (?) , n. Joint inheritance.

Coinheritor <Xpage=276>

Co`in*her"it*or (?) , n. A coheir.

Coinitial <Xpage=276>

Co`in*i"tial (?) , a. (Math.) Having a common beginning.

Coinquinate <Xpage=276>

Co*in"qui*nate (?) , v. t. [L. coinquinatus , p. p. of coinquinare to defile. See Inquinate .] Topollute. [Obs.]

Skelton.

Coinquination <Xpage=276>

Co*in`qui*na"tion (?) , n. Defilement. [Obs.]

Coinstantaneous <Xpage=276>

Co*in"stan*ta"ne*ous (?) , a. Happening at the same instant.

C. Darwin.

Cointense <Xpage=276>

Co`intense" (?) , a. Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense .

H. Spencer.

Cointension <Xpage=276>

Co`in*ten"sion (?) , n. The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3 : 6 and 6 : 12 are relations of cointension .

Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer.

Coir <Xpage=276>

Coir (koir) , n. [Tamil kayiru .] 1. A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.

Homans.

2. Cordage or cables, made of this material.

Coistril <Xpage=276>

Cois"tril (?) , n. [Prob. from OF. coustillier groom or lad. Cf. Custrel .] 1. An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries. [Written also coistrel .]

2. A mean, paltry fellow; a coward. [Obs.]

Shak.

Coit <Xpage=276>

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

Carew.

Coit <Xpage=276>

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

Coition <Xpage=276>

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

Grew.

Cojoin <Xpage=276>

Co*join" (?) , v. t. To join; to conjoin. [R.]

Shak.

Cojuror <Xpage=276>

Co*ju"ror (?) , n. One who swears to another's credibility.

W. Wotton.

Coke <Xpage=276>

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 in gas works. It is lagerly used where <?/ smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak .]

Gas coke , the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Coke <Xpage=276>

Coke , v. t. To convert into coke.

Cokenay <Xpage=276>

Coke"nay (?) , n. A cockney. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Cokernut <Xpage=276>

Co"ker*nut` (?) , n. (Com.) The cocoanut.

&hand; A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner.

Cokes <Xpage=276>

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

B. Jonson.

Cokewold <Xpage=276>

Coke"wold (?) , n. Cuckold. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Col <Xpage=276>

Col - (<?/). A prefix signifying with , together . See Com -.

Col <Xpage=276>

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

Colaborer <Xpage=276>

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

Colander <Xpage=276>

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 for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perfprated metal, or the like.

Colation <Xpage=276>

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

Colatitude <Xpage=276>

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.

Colature <Xpage=276>

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

Colbertine <Xpage=276>

Col"ber*tine (?) , n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert , a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.] A kind of lace. [Obs.]

Pinners edged with colbertine . Swift.

Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine . Young.

Colchicine <Xpage=276>

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 yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia .

Colchicum <Xpage=276>

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 Media the sorceress.] (Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.

&hand; Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds, and perhaps from the flowers, of the Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and rheumatism.

Colcothar <Xpage=276>

Col"co*thar (?) , n. [NL. colcothar vitrioli , fr. Ar. qolqotar .] (Chem.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis .

Cold <Xpage=276>

Cold (?) , a. [ Compar. Colder (?) ; 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. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf. Cool , a. , Chill , n. ] 1. Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. "The snowy top of cold Olympis."

Milton.

2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold .

3. Not pungent or acrid. " Cold plants."

Bacon

4. Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

A cold and unconcerned spectator. T. Burnet.

No cold relation is a zealous citizen. Burke.

5. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. " Cold news for me." " Cold comfort."

Shak.

6. Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! B. Jonson.

The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene. Addison.

7. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent .

8. Not sensitive; not acute.

Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose. Shak.

9. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

10. (Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm , 8.

Cold abscess . See under Abscess . -- Cold blast See under Blast , n. , 2. Cold blood . See under Blood , n. , 8. -- Cold chill , an ague fit. Wright. -- Cold chisel , a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale. -- Cold cream . See under Cream . -- Cold slaw . See Cole slaw . -- In cold blood , without excitement or passion; deliberately.

He was slain in cold blood after thefight was over. Sir W. Scott.

To give one the cold shoulder , to treat one with neglect.

Syn. -- Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.

Cold <Xpage=276>

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 ran shivering to her heart. Dryden.

3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

Cold sore (Med.) , a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever.<-- causative virus Herpes simplex --> -- To leave one out in the cold , to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.]

Cold, v. i. To become cold. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Cold-blooded <Xpage=276>

Cold"-blood`ed (?) , a. 1. Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

2. Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.

3. Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

Coldfinch <Xpage=276>

Cold"finch` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A British wagtail.

Cold-hearted <Xpage=276>

Cold"-heart`ed (?) , a. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.

-- Cold"-heart`ed*ness , n.

Coldish <Xpage=276>

Cold"ish (?) , a. Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.

Coldly <Xpage=276>

Cold"ly , adv. In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly.

Withdraw unto some private place, And reason coldly of your grievances. Shak.

Coldness <Xpage=276>

Cold"ness , n. The state or quality of being cold.

Cold-short <Xpage=276>

Cold"-short` (?) , a. Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron .

Cold-shut <Xpage=276>

Cold"-shut` (?) , a. (Metal.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

Cole <Xpage=276>

Cole (?) , n. [OE. col , caul , AS. cawl , cawel , fr. L. caulis , the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. <?/. Cf. Cauliflower , Kale .] (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed .

Co-legatee <Xpage=276>

Co-leg`a*tee" (?) , n. A joint legatee.

Colegoose <Xpage=276>

Cole"goose` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Coalgoose .

Colemanite <Xpage=276>

Cole"man*ite (?) , n. [From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco.] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

Colemouse <Xpage=276>

Cole"mouse` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Coletit .

Coleopter <Xpage=276>

Co`le*op"ter (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Coleoptera.

Coleoptera <Xpage=276>

Co`le*op"te*ra (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ sheath-winged; <?/ sheath + <?/ wing.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxill\'91) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.

Coleopteral, Coleopterous <Xpage=276>

Co`le*op"ter*al (?) , Co`le*op"ter*ous (?) a. [Gr. <?/.] (Zo\'94l.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

Coleopteran <Xpage=276>

Co`le*op"ter*an (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the order of Coleoptera.

Coleopterist <Xpage=276>

Co`le*op"ter*ist , n. One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.

Coleorhiza <Xpage=276>

Co`le*o*rhi"za (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ sheath + <?/ root.] A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.

Gray.

Coleperch <Xpage=276>

Cole"perch` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of small black perch.

Colera <Xpage=276>

Col"e*ra (?) , n. [L. cholera . See Choler .] Bile; choler. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Coleridgian <Xpage=276>

Cole*ridg"i*an (?) , a. Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge , or to his poetry or metaphysics.

Coleseed <Xpage=276>

Cole"seed` (?) , n. The common rape or cole.

Coleslaw <Xpage=276>

Cole"slaw` (?) , n. [D. kool slaa cabbage salad.] A salad made of sliced cabbage.

Co-lessee <Xpage=276>

Co`-les*see" (?) , n. A partner in a lease taen.

Co-lessor <Xpage=276>

Co`-les*sor" (?) , n. A partner in giving a lease.

Colestaff <Xpage=276>

Cole"staff` (?) , n. See Colstaff .

Colet, Collet <Xpage=276>

Col"et (?) , Col"let [Corrupted fr. acolyte .] An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte .

Coletit or Coaltit <Xpage=276>

Cole"tit` or Coal"tit (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small European titmouse ( Parus ater ), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse .

Coleus <Xpage=276>

Co"le*us (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a sheath; -- referring to the manner in which the stamens are united.] (Bot.) A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.

Colewort <Xpage=276>

Cole"wort` (?) , n. [AS. cawlwyrt ; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. Collards .] 1. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

2. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

Colfox <Xpage=276>

Col"fox` (?) , n. A crafty fox. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Colic <Xpage=276>

Col"ic (?) , n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. <?/, fr. <?/, <?/, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon .] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.

Hepatic colic , the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. -- Intestinal colic , &or; Ordinary colic , pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. -- Lead colic , Painter's colic , a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. -- Renal colic , the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. -- Wind colic . See Intestinal colic , above.

Colic <Xpage=276>