Chapter 338

Cook (?) , n. [AS. c\'d3c , fr. l. cocus , coquus , coquus , fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. <?/, Skr. pac , and to E. apricot , biscuit , concoct , dyspepsia , precocious . Cf. Pumpkin .] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

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Cook , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Cooked (?) ; p.pr & vb.n. Cooking .] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up ; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.]

They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison.

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Cook (?) , v. i. To prepare food for the table.

Cookbook <Xpage=319>

Cook"book` (?) , n. A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.]

"Just How": a key to the cookbooks . Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.

Cookee <Xpage=319>

Cook*ee" (?) , n. A female cook. [R.]

Cookery <Xpage=319>

Cook"er*y (?) , n. 1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.]

R. North.

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Cook"ey , Cook"ie (?) , n. See Cooky .

Cookmaid <Xpage=319>

Cook"maid` (?) , n. A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

Cookroom <Xpage=319>

Cook"room` (?) , n. A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Cookshop <Xpage=319>

Cook`shop (?) , n. An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop ."

Macaulay.

Cooky <Xpage=319>

Cook"y (?) , n. ; pl. Cookies (#) . [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje ; akin to G. kuchen , E. cake ; or cf. OE. coket , prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

Cool <Xpage=319>

Cool (?) , a. [ Compar. Cooler (?) ; superl. Coolest .] [AS. c\'d3l ; akin to D. koel , G. k\'81hl , OHG. chouli, Dan. k\'94lig , Sw. kylig , also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala . See Cold , and cf. Chill .] 1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

Fanned with cool winds. Milton.

2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

For a patriot, too cool . Goldsmith.

3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress .

4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner .

5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior .

Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. Hawthorne.

6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

He had lost a cool hundred. Fielding.

Leaving a cool thousand to Mr.Matthew Pocket. Dickens.

Syn. -- Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.

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Cool , n. A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

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Cool , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Cooled (?) ; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooling .] 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water .

Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke xvi. 24.

2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. Shak.

To cool the heels , to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.]

Dryden.

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Cool , v. i. 1. To become less hot; to lose heat.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool . Shak.

2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool . Congreve.

Cooler <Xpage=319>

Cool"er (?) , n. That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

if acid things were used only as coolers , they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot.

2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

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Cool"-head`ed (?) , a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. -- Cool"-head`ed*ness , n.

Coolie <Xpage=319>

Coo"lie (?) , n. Same as Cooly .

Cooling <Xpage=319>

Cool"ing (?) , p.a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook."

Goldsmith.

Cooling card , something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] -- Cooling time (Law) , such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked.

Wharton.

Coolish <Xpage=319>

Cool"ish , a. Somewhat cool.

The nights began to grow a little coolish . Goldsmith.

Coolly <Xpage=319>

Cool"ly , a. Coolish; cool. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Coolly <Xpage=319>

Cool"ly , adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

Coolness <Xpage=319>

Cool"ness , n. 1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.]

Coolung <Xpage=319>

Coo"lung (?) , n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The great gray crane of India ( Grus cinerea ). [Also written coolen and cullum .]

Cooly, Coolie <Xpage=319>

Coo"ly , Coo"lie (?) , n. ; pl. Coolies (#) . [Hind. k<?/l\'c6 a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k<?/l , ky<?/leh , slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Coom <Xpage=319>

Coom (?) , n. [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam , Sw. kimr\'94k pine soot, smoke black, Icel. k\'bem grime, film of dirt.] Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.

Phillips. Bailey.

Coomb <Xpage=319>

Coomb (?) , n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. <?/ hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb .]

Coomb, Coombe <Xpage=319>

Coomb , Coombe (?) , n. [See Comb , Combe , in this sense.] A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb , Combe .

Coon <Xpage=319>

Coon (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A raccoon. See Raccoon .

Coontie <Xpage=319>

Coon"tie (?) , n. (Bot.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia , from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Coop <Xpage=319>

Coop (?) , n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa , copa , cup. See Cup , and cf. Keeve .]

1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.]

Johnson.

2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch]

Coop <Xpage=319>

Coop , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Cooped (?) ; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooping .] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up , sometimes by in .

The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden.

The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped ."

Holland.

Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison.

Coopee <Xpage=319>

Coo*pee" (?) , n. See Coupe . [Obs.]

Johnson.

Cooper <Xpage=319>

Coop"er (?; 277) , n. [From Coop .] One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.

Cooper <Xpage=319>

Coop"er , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Coopered (?) ; p.pr. & vb.n. Coopering .] To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel .

Cooperage <Xpage=319>

Coop"er*age (?) , n. 1. Work done by a cooper.

2. The price paid for coopers; work.

3. A place where coopers' work is done.

Co\'94perant <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94p"er*ant (?) , a. [Cf. F. coop\'82rant .] Operating together; as, co\'94perant forces .

Co\'94perate <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94p"er*ate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p.p. Co\'94perated ; p.pr. & vb.n. Co\'94perating .] [L. co\'94peratus , p.p. of co\'94perari to co\'94perate; co + operari to work, opus work. See Operate .] To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.

Whate'er co\'94perates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

Co\'94peration <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94p`er*a"tion (?) , n. [L. co\'94peratio : cf. F. coop\'82ration .] 1. The act of co\'94perating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

Not holpen by the co\'94peration of angels. Bacon.

2. (Polit. Econ.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit.

Co\'94perative <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94p"er*a*tive (?) , a. Operating jointly to the same end.

Co\'94perative society , a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. -- Co\'94perative store , a store established by a co\'94perative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.

Co\'94perator <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94p"er*a`tor (?) , n. [L.: cf. F. coop\'82rateur .] One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. " Co\'94perators with the truth."

Boyle.

Cooper <Xpage=319>

Coop"er (?) , n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

Coopery <Xpage=319>

Coop"er*y , a. Relating to a cooper; coopered. [Obs.]

Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.

Coopery <Xpage=319>

Coop"er*y , n. The occupation of a cooper.

Crabb.

Co\'94pt <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94pt" (?) , v. t. [See Co\'94ptate . Cf. F. coopter .] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]

Each of the hundred was to co\'94pt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. ).

Co\'94ptate <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94p"tate (?) , v. t. [L. co\'94ptatus , p.p. of co\'94tare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.] To choose; to elect; to co\'94pt. [Obs.]

Cockeram.

Co\'94ptation <Xpage=319>

Co`\'94p*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. co\'94ptatio .] The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]

The first election and co\'94ptation of a friend. Howell.

Co\'94rdain <Xpage=319>

Co`\'94r*dain (?) , v. t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Co\'94rdinance <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r"di*nance (?) , n. Joint ordinance.

Co\'94rdinate <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r"di*nate (?) , a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus , p.p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain .] Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co\'94rdinate powers presiding over each country. Law.

Conjunctions joint sentences and co\'94rdinate terms. Rev. R. Morris.

Co\'94rdinate adjectives , adjectives disconnected as regards ane another, but referring equally to the same subject. -- Co\'94rdinate conjunctions , conjunctions joining independent propositions.

Rev. R. Morris.

Co\'94rdinate </ <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r"di*nate <?/ , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Co\'94rdinated ; p.pr. & vb.n. Co\'94rdinating .] 1. To make co\'94rdinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to co\'94rdinate ideas in classification .

2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to co\'94rdinate muscular movements .

Co\'94rdinate <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r"di*nate (?) , n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

It has neither co\'94rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.

2. pl. (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called co\'94rdinate axes and co\'94rdinate planes . See Abscissa . <-- this note refers to an accompanying diagram --> &hand; Co\'94rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co\'94rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole , P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co\'94rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co\'94rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector.

Cartesian co\'94rdinates . See under Cartesian . -- Geographical co\'94rdinates , the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third co\'94rdinate. -- Polar co\'94rdinates , co\'94rdinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. -- Rectangular co\'94rdinates , co\'94rdinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. -- Rectilinear co\'94rdinates , co\'94rdinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also Cartesian co\'94rdinates . -- Trigonometrical &or; Spherical co\'94rdinates , elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. -- Trilinear co\'94rdinates , co\'94rdinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.

Co\'94rdinately <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r"di*nate*ly (?) , adv. In a co\'94rdinate manner.

Co\'94rdinateness <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r"di*nate*ness , n. The state of being co\'94rdinate; equality of rank or authority.

Co\'94rdination <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r`di*na"tion (?) , n. 1. The act of co\'94rdinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the co\'94rdination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government ; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a co\'94rdination of functions . " Co\'94rdination of muscular movement by the cerebellum."

Carpenter.

2. The state of being co\'94rdinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc.

In this high court of parliament, there is a rare co\'94rdination of power. Howell.

Co\'94rdinative <Xpage=319>

Co*\'94r"di*na*tive (?) , a. (Gram.) Expressing co\'94rdination.

J. W. Gibbs.

Coot <Xpage=319>

Coot (?) , n. [Cf. D. koet , W. cwtair ; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau ro dock. Cf. Cut .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica . The common European or bald coot is F. atra (see under bald ); the American is F. Americana . (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of ( Edemia are called coots. See Scoter . "As simple as a coot ."

Halliwell.

2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot . [Colloq.]

Cooter <Xpage=319>

Coot"er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A fresh-water tortoise ( Pseudemus concinna ) of Florida. (b) The box tortoise.

Cootfoot <Xpage=319>

Coot`foot (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The pharalope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.

Cootthay <Xpage=319>

Coot*thay" (?) , n. A striped satin made in India.

McElrath.

Cop <Xpage=319>