CONVENIENCE; CONVENIENCY Con*ven"ience, Con*ven"ien*cy, n. Etym: [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See Convenient.]
1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak. With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation. Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. Cowper. We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. Jer. Taylor.
3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation. A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. Swift.
4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.
CONVENIENT Con*ven"ient, a. Etym: [L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p.pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, v. i.]
1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [Archaic] Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. Eph. v. 4.
2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.
3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. Acts xxiv. 25.
4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.
Syn. — Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.
CONVENIENTLYCon*ven"ient*ly, adv.
Defn: In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.
CONVENTCon"vent, n. Etym: [L. conventus a meeting, LL. also, a convent. SeeConvene, v. i.]
1. A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. B. Jonson.
2. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns. One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. Shak.
3. A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery. One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. Addison.
Syn.— Nunnery; monastery; abbey. See Cloister.
CONVENT Con*vent", v. i. Etym: [L. conventus, p.p. of convenire. See Convene, v. i.]
1. To meet together; to concur. [obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.] When that is known and golden time convents. Shak.
CONVENTCon*vent", v. t.
Defn: To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.[Obs.] Shak.
CONVENTICALCon*vent"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. "Conventical wages."Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior.
CONVENTICLE Con*ven"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. conventiculum, dim. of conventus: cf. F. conventicule. See Convent, n.]
1. A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly. They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe.
2. An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; — often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics. The first Christians could never have had recourse to nocturnal or clandestine conventicles till driven to them by the violence of persecution. Hammond. A sort of men who . . . attend its [the curch of England's] service in the morning, and go with their wives to a conventicle in the afternoon. Swift.
CONVENTICLERCon*ven"ti*cler, n.
Defn: One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden.
CONVENTICLINGCon*ven"ti*cling, a.
Defn: Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.]Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics.South.
CONVENTION Con*ven"tion, n. Etym: [L. conventio: cf. F. convention. See Convene, v. i.]
1. The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition. The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. Boyle.
2. General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage;conventionality.There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down.Tennyson.
3. A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, — civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical. He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles. Sir R. Baker. A convention of delegates from all the States, to meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system, and correcting its defects. W. Irving.
4. (Eng. Hist)
Defn: An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, — as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II. Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament, to the Convention, and to William of Orange. Macaulay.
5. An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a traety; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convetion between two governments. This convention, I think from my soul, is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce without a suspension of hostilities. Ld. Chatham. The convention with the State of georgia has been ratified by their Legislature. T. Jefferson.
CONVENTIONALCon*ven"tion*al, a. Etym: [L. conventionalis: cf. F. conventionnel.]
1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale.
2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal. "Conventional decorum." Whewell. The conventional language appropriated to monarchs. Motley. The ordinary salutations, and other points of social behavior, are conventional. Latham.
3. (Fine Arts) (a) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules. (b) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.
CONVENTIONALISMCon*ven"tion*al*ism, n.
1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. All the artifice and conventionalism of life. Hawthorne. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, — wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standart. F. W. Robertson.
2. (Fine Arts)
Defn: The principles or practice of conventionalizing. SeeConventionalize, v. t.
CONVENTIONALISTCon*ven"tion*al*ist, n.
1. One who adheres to a convention or treaty.
2. One who is governed by conventionalism.
CONVENTIONALITYCon*ven`tion*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Conventionalities (.
Defn: The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.
CONVENTIONALIZATION Con*ven`tion*al*i*za"tion, n. (Fine Arts) (a) The act of making conventional. (b) The state of being conventional.
CONVENTIONALIZE Con*ven"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conventionalized; p.pr. & vb.n. Conventionalizing.]
1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others. (b) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.
CONVENTIONALIZECon*ven"tion*al*ize, v. i. (Fine Arts)
Defn: To make designs in art, according to conventional principles.Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.
CONVENTIONALLYCon*ven"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conventional manner.
CONVENTIONARYCon*ven"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.
CONVENTIONERCon*ven"tion*er, n.
Defn: One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
CONVENTIONISTCon*ven"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
CONVENTUALCon*ven"tu*al, a. Etym: [LL. conventualis: cf. F. conventuel.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. "A conventual garb." Macaulay. Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery. Wordsworth.
CONVENTUALCon*ven"tu*al, n.
Defn: One who lives in a convent; a monk or num; a recluse. Addison.
CONVERGECon*verge", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Converged; p.pr. & vb.n. Converging.]Etym: [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger.See Verge, v. i.]
Defn: To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together;as, lines converge.The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.
CONVERGECon*verge", v. t.
Defn: To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approachnearer together.I converge its rays to a focus of dazzling brilliancy. Tyndall.
CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCYCon*ver"gence, Con*ver"gen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. convergence.]
Defn: The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil.Berkeley.
CONVERGENTCon*ver"gent, a. Etym: [Cf. F. convergent.]
Defn: tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other;converging.As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and madeconvergent. Boyle.The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curvesto heaven. Hallam.
CONVERGINGCon*ver"ging, a.
Defn: Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. Converging rays(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. — Converging series (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of the series; — opposed to a diverging series.
CONVERSABLECon*vers"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conversable.]
Defn: Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable;free in discourse.While young, humane, conversable, and kind. Cowper.
CONVERSABLENESSCon*vers"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability.
CONVERSABLYCon*vers"a*bly, adv.
Defn: In a conversable manner.
CONVERSANCECon"ver*sance, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. [R.]
CONVERSANCYCon"ver*san*cy, n.
Defn: Conversance [R.]
CONVERSANT Con"ver*sant, a. Etym: [L. conversans, p.pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.]
1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted. I have been conversant with the first persons of the age. Dryden.
2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; — generally used with with, sometimes with in. Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy. Dryden. he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all. Pope. Conversant only with the ways of men. Cowper.
3. Concerned; occupied. Education . . . is conversant about children. W. Wotton.
CONVERSANTCon*vers"ant, n.
Defn: One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]
CONVERSANTLYCon"ver*sant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a familiar manner.
CONVERSATION Con`ver*sa"tion, n. Etym: [OE. conversacio (in senses 1 & 2), OF. conversacion, F. conversation, fr. L. conversatio frequent abode in a place, intercourse, LL. also, manner of life.]
1. General course of conduct; behavior. [Archaic] Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel. Philip. i. 27.
2. Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance. "Conversation with the best company." Dryden. I set down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business. Bacon.
3. Commerce; intercourse; traffic. [Obs.] All traffic and mutual conversation. Hakluyt.
4. Colloqual discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue. The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel. Macaulay.
5. Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.
Syn. — Intercourse; communion; commerce; familiarity; discourse; dialogue; colloque; talk; chat. — Conversation, Talk. There is a looser sense of these words, in which they are synonymous; there is a stricter sense, in which they differ. Talk is usually broken, familiar, and versatile. Conversation is more continuous and sustained, and turns ordinarily upon topics or higher interest. Children talk to their parents or to their companions; men converse together in mixed assemblies. Dr. Johnson once remarked, of an evening spent in society, that there had been a great deal of talk, but no conversation.
CONVERSATIONALCon`ver*sa"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style. Thackeray.
CONVERSATIONALISTCon`ver*sa"tion*al*ist, n.
Defn: A conversationist.
CONVERSATIONEDConver*sa"tioned, a.
Defn: Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved. [Obs.] Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep As far from her as the gallows. Beau. & Fl.
CONVERSATIONISMCon`ver*sa"tion*ism, n.
Defn: A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloqualism.
CONVERSATIONISTCon`ver*sa"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. Byron.
CONVERSATIVECon*ver"sa*tive, a.
Defn: Relating to intercourse with men; social; — opposed tocontemplative.She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities ofyouth. Sir H. Wotton.
CONVERSAZIONECon`ver*sa`zio"ne (or ), n.; pl. Conversazioni. Etym: [It. SeeConversation.]
Defn: A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly onliterary or scientific subjects. Gray.These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card assemblies. A.Drummond.
CONVERSE Con*verse", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Conversed; p.pr. & vb.n. Conversing.] Etym: [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See Convert.]
1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; —followed by with.To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. Thomson.Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. Sir W. Scott.But to converse with heaven -This is not easy. Wordsworth.
2. To engage, in familiar colloqui; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; — followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing. Companions That do converse and waste the time together. Shak. We had conversed so often on that subject. Dryden.
3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; — said of things. According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. Locke.
Syn.— To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.
CONVERSECon"verse, n.
1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. Glanvill. "T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled. Byron.
2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.
CONVERSECon"verse
Defn: , a. Etym: [L. conversus, p.p. of convertere. See Convert.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
CONVERSECon"verse, n.
1. (Logic)
Defn: A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.
Note: It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed by introducing the negative not or no.
2. (Math.)
Defn: A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.
CONVERSELYCon"verse*ly ( or , adv.
Defn: In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. J. S. Mill.
CONVERSERCon*vers"er, n.
Defn: One who engages in conversation.
CONVERSIBLECon*ver"si*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being converted or reversed. Hammond.
CONVERSIONCon*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. SeeConvert.]
1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change. Artificial conversion of water into ice. Bacon. The conversion of the aliment into fat. Arbuthnot.
2. The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. "Conversion to Christianity." Prescott.
3. (Law)
Defn: An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of anotheras if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of ahorse.Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.
4. (Logic)
Defn: The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.
5. (Math.)
Defn: A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
6. (Mil.) (a) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank. (b) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.
7. (Theol.)
Defn: A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life. He oft Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached Conversion and repentance, as to souls In prison under judgments imminent. Milton.
CONVERSIVECon*ver"sive, a.
1. Capable of being converted or changed.
2. Ready to converse; social. [Archaic] Feltham.
CONVERTCon*vert", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Converted; p.pr. & vb.n. Converting.]Etym: [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F.convertir. See Verse.]
1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I first convert myself B. Jonson.
2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice. If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. T. Burnet. That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. Milton.
3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. Prescott.
4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. Lames v. 20.
5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. Cooley.
6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
7. (Logic)
Defn: To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.] Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. B. Jonson. Converted guns, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. Farrow. — Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.
Syn.— To change; turn; transmute; appropriate.
CONVERTCon*vert", v. i.
Defn: To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally. If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted. Latimer. A red dust which converth into worms. Sandys. The public hope And eye to thee converting. Thomson.
CONVERTCon"vert, n.
1. A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity. The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.
Syn. — Proselyte; neophyte. — Convert, Proselyte, Pervert. A convert is one who turns from what he believes to have been a decided error of faith or practice. Such a change may relate to religion, politics, or other subjects. properly considered, it is not confined to speculation alone, but affects the whole current of one's feelings and the tenor of his actions. As such a change carries with it the appearance of sincerity, the term convert is usually taken in a good sense. Proselyte is a term of more ambiguous use and application. It was first applied to an adherent of one religious system who had transferred himself externally to some other religious system; and is also applied to one who makes a similar transfer in respect to systems of philosophy or speculation. The term has little or no reference to the state of the heart. Pervert is a term of recent origin, designed to express the contrary of convert, and to stigmatize a person as drawn off perverted from the true faith. It has been more particulary applied by members of the Church of England to those who have joined the Roman Catholic Church.
CONVERTENDCon`ver*tend", n. Etym: [L. convertenus to be converted.] (Logic)
Defn: Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; — so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the conversae. See Converse, n. (Logic).
CONVERTERCon*vert"er, n.
1. One who converts; one who makes converts.
2. (Steel Manuf.)
Defn: A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
CONVERTIBILITYCon*vert`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The condition or quality of being convertible; capability ofbeing exchanged; convertibleness.The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of money into land.Burke.
CONVERTIBLECon*vert"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.]
1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable. Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. Harvey.
2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable. So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. Trench.
CONVERTIBLENESSCon*vert"i*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being convertible; convertibility.
CONVERTIBLYCon*vert"i*bly, adv.
Defn: In a convertible manner.
CONVERTITE Con"vert*ite, n. Etym: [Cf. It. convertito, p.p. of convertire to convert.]
Defn: A convert. [Obs.] Shak.
CONVEX Con"vex, a. Etym: [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See Vehicle.]
Defn: Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; — said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell. Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
CONVEXCon"vex, n.
Defn: A convex body or surface.Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. Tickell.
Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as byMilton, and occasionallyby later poets.
CONVEXEDCon"vexed ( or ), a.
Defn: Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne.
CONVEXEDLYCon*vex"ed*ly, dv.
Defn: In a convex form; convexly. Sir T. Browne.
CONVEXEDNESSCon*vex"ed*ness, n.
Defn: Convexity.
CONVEXITY Con*vex"i*ty, n.; pl. Convexities. Etym: [L. convexitas: cf. F. convexité.]
Defn: The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convexbody; roundness.A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. Bentley.
CONVEXLYCon"vex*ly, adv.
Defn: In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.
CONVEXNESSCon"vex*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being convex; convexity.
CONVEXO-CONCAVECon*vex"o-con"cave (or ), a.
Defn: Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.
CONVEXO-CONVEXCon*vex"o-con"vex, a.
Defn: Convex on botConvex, a.
CONVEXO-PLANECon*vex"o-plane`, a.
Defn: Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.
CONVEYCon*vey", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conveyed; p.pr. & vb.n. Conveying.]Etym: [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL.conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See Viaduct, Voyage, and cf.Convoy.]
1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport. I will convey them by sea in fleats. 1 Kings v. 9. Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. Shak.
2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas.
3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing. The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. Spenser.
4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information. Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts. Locke.
5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.] I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. Shak.
6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.]
7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn.— To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer.
CONVEYCon*vey", v. i.
Defn: To play the thief; to steal. [Cant]But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat uponSimplicius. Marston.
CONVEYABLECon*vey"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke.
CONVEYANCECon*vey"ance, n.
1. The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage. The long joirney was to be performed on horseback, — the only sure mode of conveyamce. Prescott. Following th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water. There pipes and these conveyances of our blood. Shak.
3. The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission. Tradition is no infallible way of conveyance. Stillingfleet.
4. (Law)
Defn: The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another. [He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon.
5. Dishonest management, or artifice. [Obs.] the very jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off. Hakewill.
CONVEYANCERCon*vey"an*cer, n. (Law)
Defn: One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.
CONVEYANCINGCon*vey"an*cing, n. (Law)
Defn: The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.
CONVEYERCon*vey"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.
2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. [Obs.] Shak.
CONVEYORCon*vey"or, n. (Mach.)
Defn: A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., — as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.
CONVICIATE Con*vi"ci*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. conviciatus, p.p. of conviciari to revile, fr. convicium loud reproach.]
Defn: To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.]To conviciate instead of accusing. Laud.
CONVICINITYCon`vi*cin"i*ty, n.; pl. Convicinities (.
Defn: Immediate vicinity; neighborhood.The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.
CONVICIOUSCon*vi"cious, a.
Defn: Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [Obs.]"Convicious words." Queen Elizabeth (1559).
CONVICT Con*vict", p.a. Etym: [L. convictus, p.p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.]
Defn: Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] Shak.Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.
CONVICTCon"vict, n.
1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Syn.— Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.
CONVICTCon*vict", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convicted; p.pr. & vb.n. Convicting.]
1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. Macaulay. They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. John viii. 9.
2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. Hooker.
4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] A whole armado of convicted sail. Shak.
Syn.— To confute; defect; convince; confound.
CONVICTIBLECon*victi*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being convicted. [R.] Ash.
CONVICTION Con*vic"tion, n. Etym: [L. convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See Convict, Convince.]
1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense. The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment. Hallam.
2. (Law)
Defn: A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone.
3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation. For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Milton.
4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience. To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. Swift. And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction Bunyan.
Syn. — Conviction; persuasion. — Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith; persuasion respects matters of belief or practice. Conviction respects our most important duties; persuasion is frequently applied to matters of indifference. Crabb. — Conviction is the result of the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind, persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. C. J. Smith. — Persuasion often induces men to act in opposition to their conviction of duty.
CONVICTISMCon"vict*ism, n.
Defn: The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. "The evils of convictism." W. Howitt.
CONVICTIVECon*vict"ive, a.
Defn: Convincing. [R.]The best and most convictive argument. Glanwill.— Con*vict"ive*ly, adv.— Con*vict"ive*ness, n.
CONVINCECon*vince", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convinced; p.pr. & vb.n. Convincing.]Etym: [L. convincere, -victum, to refute, prove; con- + vincere toconquer. See Victor, and cf. Convict.]
1. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obs.] His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. Shak.
2. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof. Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. Atterbury.
3. To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [Obs.] God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon.
4. To prove guilty; to convinct. [Obs.] Which of you convinceth me of sin John viii. 46. Seek not to convince me of a crime Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon. Dryden.
Syn. — To persuade; satisfy; convict. — To Convince, persuade. To convince is an act of the understanding; to persuade, of the will or feelings. The one is effected by argument, the other by motives. There are cases, however, in which persuade may seem to be used in reference only to the assent of the understanding; as when we say, I am persuaded it is so; I can not persuade myself of the fact. But in such instances there is usually or always a degree of awakened feeling which has had its share in producing the assent of the understanding.
CONVINCEMENTCon*vince"ment, n.
Defn: Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.[R.]The fear of a convincement. Milton.
CONVINCERCon*vin"cer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.
CONVINCIBLECon*vin"ci*ble, a.
1. Capable of being convinced or won over.
2. Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CONVINCINGLYCon*vin"cing*ly, adv.
Defn: in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.
CONVINCINGNESSCon*vin"cing*ness, n.
Defn: The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.
CONVIVALCon*viv"al, a. Etym: [L. convivalis. See Convive.]
Defn: pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] "A convival dish." Sir T. Browne.
CONVIVE Con*vive", v. i. Etym: [L. convivari; akin to convivium a feast, convivere to live or feast together; con- + vivere to live.]
Defn: To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." Shak.
CONVIVECon"vive, n. Etym: [L. conviva: cf. F. convive.]
Defn: A quest at a banquet. [R.] Beaumont.
CONVIVIAL Con*viv"i*al, a. Etym: [From L. convivium a feast; con- + vivere to live. See Victuals, and cf. Convive.]
Defn: Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial. Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. Denham.
CONVIVIALISTCon*viv"i*al*ist, n.
Defn: A person of convivial habits.
CONVIVIALITYCon*viv`i*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Convivialities (.
Defn: The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.
CONVIVIALLYCon*viv"i*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a convivial manner.
CONVOCATECon"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convocated; p.pr. & vb.n.Convocating.] Etym: [L. convocatus, p.p. of convocare to convocate;con- + vocare to call. See Vocal, and cf. Convoce.]
Defn: To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan).
CONVOCATIONCon`vo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. convocatio: cf. F. convocation. SeeConvoke.]
1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly or meeting. In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Ex. xii. 16.
3. (Ch. of Eng.)
Defn: An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have each their convocation, but no session for business were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation of York the business has been generally conducted in one assembly.
4. (Oxf. University)
Defn: An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.
Syn. — meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council.
CONVOCATIONALCon`vo*ca"tion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a convocation.
CONVOCATIONISTCon`vo*ca"tion*ist, n.
Defn: An advocate or defender of convocation.
CONVOKECon*voke", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convoked; p.pr. & vb.n. Convoking.]Etym: [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See Convocate.]
Defn: To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. palfrey.
Syn.— To summon; assemble; convene. See Call.
CONVOLUTECon"vo*lute, a. Etym: [L. convolutus, p.p. of convolvere. SeeConvolve.] (Bot.)
Defn: Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; — said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.
CONVOLUTEDCon"vo*lu`ted, a.
1. Having convolutions. beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. Pennant.
2. Folded in tortuous windings. A highly convoluted brain. North Amer. Rev.
CONVOLUTIONCon`vo*lu"tion, n.
1. The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion. O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. Thomson.
2. The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself. Blackmore.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.
CONVOLVECon*volve", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convolved; p.pr. & vb.n. Convolving.]Etym: [L. convolvere, -volutum; con- + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]
Defn: To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved.Milton.
CONVOLVULACEOUSCon*vol`vu*la"ceous, a. Etym: [From Convolvus.] (Bot.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples.
CONVOLVULINCon*vol"vu*lin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.
CONVOLVULUS Con*vol"vu*lus, n.; pl. L.Convolvuli, E. Convoluluses. Etym: [L., bindweed, fr. convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.] (Bot.)
Defn: A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomæa. The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson.
CONVOYCon*voy", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convoyed; p.pr. & vb.n. Convoying.]Etym: [F. convoyer, OF. conveier, convoier. See Convey.]
Defn: To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attendfor protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy.Emerson.
CONVOYCon"voy, n. Etym: [F. convoi.]
1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort. To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war. Macaulay.
2. A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.
3. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance. When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy on the road. Emerson.
4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] Shak.
5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. Knight.
CONVOY PENNANT Con"voy pen"nant. A white pennant with red border, carried : (a) Forward on all vessels on convoy duty. (b) Alone by a senior officer present during evolutions or drills, when it commands "Silence." (c) Over a signal number, when it refers to the signal number of an officer in the Annual Navy Register.
CONVULSECon*vulse", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convulsed; p.pr. & vb.n. Convulsing.]Etym: [L. convulsus, p.p. of convellere to tear up, to shake; con- +vellere to pluck, pull.]
1. To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain. With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. Macaulay.
2. To agitate greatly; to shake violently. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.
Syn.— To agitate; disturb; shake; tear; rend.
CONVULSIONCon*vul"sion, n. Etym: [L. convulsio: cf. F. convulsion.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.
2. Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion. Those two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion, to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton. Times of violence and convulsion. Ames.
Syn.— Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance.
CONVULSIONALCon*vul"sion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [R.]Lamb.
CONVULSIONARYCon*vul"sion*a*ry (, a. Etym: [Cf. F. convulsionnaire.]
Defn: Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. "Convulsionary struggles." Sir W. Scott.
CONVULSIONARYCon*vul"sion*a*ry, n.
Defn: A convulsionist.
CONVULSIONISTCon*vul"sion*ist, n.
Defn: One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics inFrance, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsionsunder the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists ofSt. Médard.
CONVULSIVECon*vul"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. convulsif.]
Defn: Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary. An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. Burke.
CONVULSIVELYCon*vul"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: in a convulsive manner.
CONY Co"ny ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.
Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.
2. A simpleton. [Obs.] It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).
3. (Zoöl.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
CONY-CATCHCo"ny-catch, v. t.
Defn: To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.
CONY-CATCHERCo"ny-catch`er, n.
Defn: A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.
CONYLENECon"y*lene, n. Etym: [Conine + acetylene.]
Defn: An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.
CONYRINECon"y*rine, n. Etym: [From Conine.] (Chem.)
Defn: A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.
COOCoo, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Cooed; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooing.]
1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic noteof pigeons or doves.The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse.Thomson.
2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." Byron.
COOEY; COOEECoo"ey, Coo"ee, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Defn: A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]
COOKCook, v. i. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Defn: To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599).
COOKCook, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. unknown.]
Defn: To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." Grose.
COOK Cook, n. Etym: [AS. coc, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish, the European striped wrasse.
COOKCook, 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.
COOKCook, v. i.
Defn: To prepare food for the table.
COOKBOOKCook"book`, n.
Defn: 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.
COOKEECook*ee", n.
Defn: A female cook. [R.]
COOKERYCook"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.
COOKEY; COOKIECook"ey, Cook"ie, n.
Defn: See Cooky.
COOKMAIDCook"maid`, n.
Defn: A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.
COOKROOMCook"room`, n.
Defn: A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.Sir W. Raleigh.
COOKSHOPCook`shop, n.
Defn: An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.
COOKY Cook"y, n.; pl. Cookies. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.
COOLCool, a. [Compar. Cooler; superl. Coolest.] Etym: [AS. col; akin toD. koel, G. kühl, OHG. chouli, Dan. kölig, 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.
COOLCool, n.
Defn: 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.
COOLCool, 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.
COOLCool, 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 moremoderate.I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool.Congreve.
COOLERCool"er, n.
Defn: 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.
COOL-HEADEDCool"-head`ed, a.
Defn: Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.— Cool"-head`ed*ness, n.
COOLIECoo"lie, n.
Defn: Same as Cooly.
COOLINGCool"ing, p.a.
Defn: 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.
COOLISHCool"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat cool.The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith.
COOLLYCool"ly, a.
Defn: Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spenser.
COOLLYCool"ly, adv.
Defn: In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.
COOLNESSCool"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.]
COOLUNGCoo"lung, n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]
COOLY; COOLIE Coo"ly, Coo"lie, n.; pl. Coolies. Etym: [Hind. k a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k, ky, slave.]
Defn: An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
COOM Coom, n. Etym: [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimrök pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kam grime, film of dirt.]
Defn: 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 Coomb, n. Etym: [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. kumpf bowl.]
Defn: A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]
COOMB; COOMBECoomb, Coombe, n. Etym: [See Comb, Combe, in this sense.]
Defn: A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.
COONCoon, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A raccoon. See Raccoon.
COONCANCoon"can, n. [Corrupt of conquian.]
Defn: A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards.
COONTIECoon"tie, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.
COOPCoop, n. Etym: [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. SeeCup, 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]