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Climate, region, tract of

—nò, mỏve, når, uốt;—tåbe, tüb, båll,-dil;-påånd;—thin, THIS. (LEF, klif. s. A mark at the beginning of the|| CLIME, klime. 8. lines of a song, which shows the tone or key in earth. which the piece is to begin. IF It is the common fault of Professions, liberal as well as mechanical, to vitiate their technical terins. Thus, even without the plea of brevity, clef is changed by musicians into cliff. CLEFT, kleft. part. pass. from Cleave. "Divi-||

ded.

CLEFT, kleft. s. A space made by the separa-
tion of parts, a crack; in farriery, clefts are
cracks in the heels of a horse.

To CLEFTGRAFT, kleft'gräft. v. a. To engraft
by cleaving the stock of a tree.
CLEMENCY, klem'mên-sẻ. s. Mercy, remission
of severity.

CLEMENT, klễm'ırênt. a. "Mild, gentle, merciful.
To CLEPE, klèpe. v. a. To call, to name. See
YCLEPED. Obsolete

CLERGY, klêr'jẻ. s. The body of men set apart
by due ordination for the service of God.
CLERGYMAN, kler'jè-mån. s. 88. A man in
holy orders, not a laick.

CLERICAL, klêr'è-kål. a. Relating to the clergy. CLERK, klärk. s. 100. A clergyman; a scholar,|| a man of letters; a man employed under another as a writer; a petty writer in publick offices; the layman who reads the responses to the congregation in the church, to direct the rest. CLERKSHIP, klark'ship. s. Scholarship; the office of a clerk of any kind.

CLEVER, klêv'år. a. 98. Dexterous, skilful; just, fit, proper, commodious; well-shaped,

handsome.

To CLINCH, klinsh. v. a. To hold in hand with the fingers bent; to contract or double the fin gers; to bend the point of a nail in the other side; to confirm, to fix, as To clinch an argu

ment.

CLINCH, klinsh. s. A pun, an ambiguity.
CLINCHER, klinsh'ûr. s. 92. A cramp, a hold-
fast.

To CLING, kling. v. n. To hang upon by twin-
ing round; to dry up, to consime.
CLINGY, kling'è. a. Clinging, adhesive.
CLINICAL, kiln'e-kal.a. Keeping the bed
CLINICK, klinik.

through sickness.

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To CLINK, klingk. v. u. 409. To utter a small interrupted noise.

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CLINK, klingk. s. 409. A sharp successive noise.
CLINQUANT, klingk'ånt. a. Shining, glittering
To CLIP, klip. v. a. To embrace, by throwing
the arms round; to cut with shears; it is
par-
ticularly used of those who diminish coin ;. to
curtail, to cut short; to confine, to hold.
CLIPPER, klip'půr. s. One that debases coin
by cutting.

CLIPPING, klip'ping. s.. The part cut or clip-
ped off.
CLOAK, kloke. s. The outer garment; a con-
cealment.

To CLOAK, kloke. v. a. To cover with a cloak
to hide, to conceal.

CLOAKBAG, kloke'båg. 8. A portmanteau, a bag in which clothes are carried. CLOCK, klök. s. Dexterously, fitly, CLOCK, klok. s. The instrument which tells the hour; The clock of a stocking, the flowers or inverted work about the ankle; a sort of beetle.

CLEVERLY, klêv'år-lè. ad. Dexterously, fitly,|| handsomely.

CLEVERNESS, klav'ar-nês. s. Dexterity, skill.
CLEW, kl. s. Thread wound upon a bottom
a guide, a direction.

To CLEW, klů. v. a. To clew the sails, is to
raise them in order to be furled.
To CLICK, klik. v. n

To make a sharp, suc

cessive noise.
CLIENT, klľẻnt. s. One who applies to an ad-
vocate for counsel and defence; a dependant.
CLIENTED, kli'ën-ted part. a. Supplied with
clients.

CLIENTELE, kll-ên-tèle'. 8. The condition or
The condition or
office of a client.
CLIENTSHIP, kll'ent-ship. s. The condition of
a client.

CLIFF, klf. s. A steep rock, a rock.
CLIFT, klift. s. The same with cliff.
CLIMACTER, kl-måk'tår. s. 122. A certain
progression of years, supposed to end in a dan-||
gerons time of life.

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CLIMACTERICK, klm-åk-tér'rik. 530.
CLIMACTERICAL, klim-åk-tér'ré-kål.
Containing a certain number of years, at the
end of which some great change is supposed to

befal the body

CLIMATE, kll'måte. s. 91. A space upon the surface of the earth, measured from the equator to the polar circles; in each of which spaces the longest day is half an hour longer than in that|| nearer to the equator. From the polar circles to the poles climates are measured by the increase of a month; a region or tract of land differing from another by the temperature of||

the air.

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CLOCKMAKER, klok'må-kůr. 8. An artificer whose profession is to make clocks. CLOCKWORK, klôk'wårk. s. Movements by weights or springs.

CLOD, klåd. s. A lump of earth or clay; a turf, the ground; any thing vile, base, and earthy; a duil fellow, a dolt.

To CLOD, klôd. v. n. To gather into concretions, to coagulate.

To CLOD, kiôl. v. a. To pelt with clods. CLODDY, klöd'dè. a. Consisting of earth or clods, to thy; full of clo1s, unbroken. CLODPATE, klôd'påte. s. A stupid fellow, a dolt, a thickskull.

CLODPATED, kiöd'påted. a. Doltish, thoughtless.

CLODPOLL, klôd'pole. s. A thickskull, a dolt. To CLOG, klög. v. a. To load with something that may hinder motion; to hinder, to obstruct; to load, to burthen.

To CLOG, klög. v n. To coalesce, to adhere; to be incumbered or impeded

The state of

CLOG, klog. s. Any incumbrance hung to hin-
der motion; a hindrance, an obstruction; a
kind of additional shoe worn by women, to
keep them from wet; a wooden shoe.
CLOGGINESS, klug'gè-nês. s.
being clogged.
CLOGGY, klög'gè. a. 393
power of clogging up.
CLOISTER, klöis tur. s.

That which has the

A religious retire

ment a peristile, a piazza. To CLOISTER, klois'tur. v. a. To shut up in a religious house; to immure from the world. CLOISTERAL, klõîs'tür-äl. a. 28. Solitary, retired.

CLOISTERED, klöis'tård. part. a. Solitary
inhabiting cloisters; built with peristiles or
piazzas.

CLOISTERESS, klôls'trẻs. s. A nun.
CLOMB, klům. Pret. of To climb.

To CLOOM, klöðin. v. a. To shut, with viscous
497. To shut, to lay

inatter.

To CLOSE, 4lòze, v. a

-CLU
IF 559.- Fåte, får, fåll, fât ;—mè, mêt;-pine, pîn ;—

together, to conclude, to finish; to enclose, to
confine; to join, to unité fractures.
To CLOSE, klóze. v. n. To coalesce, to join its
own parts together; To close upon, to agree
upon; To close with, or To close in with, to
come to an agreement with, to unite with.
CLOSE, klóse. s. A small field enclosed.

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pours in the air; the veins or stains in stones, or other bodies; any state of obscurity or darkness.

To CLOUD, klöůd. v. a. To darken with clouds, to obscure, to make less evident; to variegate with dark veins.

To CLOUD, klôåd. v. n. To grow cloudy.

CLOSE, klóze. s. The time of shutting up; a|CLOUDBERRY, klôûd'bèr-rè. s. A plant, callea grapple in wrestling; a pause or cessation; a also Kuotberry.

conclusion or end.

410. An epithet of Jupiter, by whom clouds were supposed to be collected. CLOUDITY, klöûd'dè-lé. ad. With clouds, darkly; obscurely, not perspicuousty. S. The state of CLOUDINESS, klou'dé-nês. being covered with clouds, darkness; want of brightness.

CLOUDCAPT, klöůd'kåpt. a. Topped with clouds. CLOSE, klóse. a. 437, 499. Shut fast; with-||CLOUDCOMPELLING, klöûd'köm-pêl-ling. a. out vent, without inlet; confined; compact, concise, brief; immediate, without any intervening distance or space; joined one to another; narrow, as a close alley; admitting small distance; hidden, secret, not revealed; having|| the quality of secrecy, trusty; reserved, covetGus; cloudy, without wandering, attentive; full to the point, home; retired, solitary; secluded from communication; dark, cloudy, not clear.

CLOSEBODIED, klòse-bûdîd. a. 99. Made to fit the body exactly.

CLOSEHANDED, klóse-hån'ded. a. Covetous; more commonly CLOSEFISTED.

CLOSELY, klóse'lè. ad. Without inlet or outlet ; without much space intervening, nearly; secretly, slily; without deviation.

luminous.

CLOÛDLESS, klõůd'lês. a. Clear, unclouded, CLOUDY, klöůd'dě. a. Obscured with clouds, dark, obscure, not intelligible; gloomy of look, not open, not cheerful; marked with spots or veins.

CLOUGH, or CLOFF, klôff. s. The cleft of a hill, a cliff'; an allowance in weight.

When this word signifies a deep descent between hills, it seems best to pronounce it so as to rhyme with plough; and when it means an allowance in weight, to rhyme it with enough: but this distinction of sound to distinguish the different meaning of a word, however plausible, is a great inconvenience in language. For the reason, see BowL.

CLOSENESS, klóse'nes. s. The state of being
shut; narrowness, straitness; want of air, or
ventilation, compactness, solidity; recluseness,
solitude, retirement; secrecy, privacy; covet-
ousness, sly avarice; connection, dependence.
CLOSER, kló'zår. s. A finisher, a concluder.
CLOSESTOOL, Klöse'stööl. s. A chamber im-||CLOVE, klóve. Preterit of Cleave.
plement.

CLOSET, klöz'ît. s. 99. A small room of pri-
vacy and retirement; a private repository of
curiosities.

To CLOSET, klözt. v. a. To shut up, or conceal in a closet; to take into a closet for a se cret interview.

S.

CLOVE, klöve. s. A valuable spice brought from Ternate; the fruit or seed of a very large tree; some of the parts into which garlick separates. CLOVE-GILLYFLOWER, klove-jil'lè-ülőür. A lower smelling like cloves. CLOVEN, klo'vn. 103. Part. pret. from Cleave. CLOVEN-FOOTED, kló'vn-fût-êd. CLOSURE, kló'zhůre. s. 452. The act of shut-||CLOVEN-HOOFED, klö'vn-hööft. ting up; that by which any thing is closed or shut; the parts enclosing, enclosure; sion, end.

CLOT, klôt. s. Concretion, grume,

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Having the foot divided into two parts. conclu-CLOVER, klo'vůr. s. A species of trefoil; live in clover, is to live luxuriously. CLOVERED, klö'vůrd. a. 359. Covered with clover.

CLOUT, klôåt. s. A cloth for any mean use; a patch on a shoe or coat; anciently the mark of white cloth at which archers shot; an iron plate to an axle-tree.

CLOUT, klôůt. v. a. To patch, to mend coarsely; to cover with a cloth; to join awkwardly together.

agulated.

To CLOT, klót. v. n. To form clots, to hang together; to concrete, to coagulate. CLOTH, klôth. s. 467. Any thing woven for dress or covering; the piece of linen spread upon a table; the canvass on which pictures are delineated; in the plural, dress, habit,||To garment, vesture. Pronounced Kloze. Tổ CLOTHE, klòтне. v. a. 467. To invest with garments, to cover with dress; to adorn with||CLOUTED, klöu'têd. part. a. Congealed, co dress; to furnish or provide with clothes. CLOTHES, klóze. s. Garment, raiment; those coverings of the body that are made of cloth. IF This word is not in Johnson's Vocabulary, though he has taken notice of it under the word || Cloth, and says it is the plural of that word. With great deference to his authority, I think || it is rather derived from the verb to clothe, than from the noun cloth, as this word has its regular || plural cloths, which plural regularly sounds the th as in this, 467, and not as z; which is a corruption, that, in my opinion, is not incurable. I see no reason why we may not as easily pro-CLOWN'S-MUSTARD, klöänz-inås‍tård. s. An nounce the th in this word as in the third person of the verb To clothe.

CLOTHIER, KlÓтнe'yễr. s. 113. A maker of cloth.

CLOTHING, klỏтнeîng s. 410. Dress, vesture, garments.

CLOUTERLY, klỏů'tůr-lè. a. Clumsy, awkward.
A rustick, a chur!; a coarse
CLOWN, Kióûn. s.
ill bred man.
8. Ill breeding,
CLOWNERY, klöůu'âr-rẻ.
churlishness.
CLOWNISH, klöån'ish. a. Consisting of rusticks
or clowns; uncivil, ill-bred; clumsy, ungainly.
Coarsely,
CLOWNISHLT, kloun'ish-le. ad.
rudely.
CLOWNISHNESS, klôånh-nês. s. Rusticity,
coarseness; incivility, brutality.

herb.

To CLOY, klôé, v. a. To satiate, to sate, to sur-
feit; to nail up guns, by striking a spike into
the touch-hole.

CLOYLESS," kidè'lës. a.
cause satiety.

That which cannot

CLOTHSHEARER, klótň'shéèr-år. s. One who CLOYMENT, klôè'mênt.s. Satiety, repletion.

trims the cloth.

CLOTPOLL, klôt pôle. s. Thickskull, blockhead.
To CLOTTER, klot'tur. v. n. To concrete, to
coagulate.
CLOTTY, klot'tè. a
CLOUD, kload. s

Full of clots, concreted.
The dark collection of va-||

CLUB, klib. s. A heavy stick the name of one
of the suits of cards; the shot or dividend of a
reckoning; an assembly of jovial fellows; con-
currence, contribution, joint charge.
To CLUB, klub. v. n. To contribute to comUMD
expense; to join to one effect.

—nỏ, môve, nỗr, nốt, tube, tủb, bull ;–ới ;pouri; Phin, THỊ3.

fo CLUB, klðb. v. a. To pay a common reckon- || COAGMENTATION, kỏ-âg-mên-tả’shủn. s. Coa ing. cervation into one mass, union

CLUBHEADED, klåb’hẻd-ẻd. a. Having a thick COAGULABLE, kò-åg'à-lâ-bl. a. That which is

head..

CLUBLAW, klúb’låw. s. The law of arms. CLUBROOM, klub'room. s. The room in which 8 chub or company assembles.

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capable of concretion.

To COAGULATE, kò-âg'ù-låte. v. a. 91. To
force into concretions.
To run

To COAGULATE, kò-åg'ù-låte. v. n
into concretions.
COAGULATION, kò-âg-d-lå'shun. s. Concretion,
congelation; the body formed by coagulation,
COAGULATIVE, kò-âg'ù-là-tiv. a. That which
has the power of causing concretion.
COAGULATOR, kò̟-åg'd-là-tûr. s. 521. That
which causes coagulation.

COAL, kole. s. 295. The common fossil fuel;
the cinder of burnt wood, charcoal.
To COAL, kóle. v. n. To burn wood to char-
coal: to delineate with a coal.
COAL-BLACK, köle’blâk. a. Black in the high-
est degree.
COAL-MINE, kòle'mine. s.
coals are dug.
COAL-PIT, kole'pit. s. A pit

A mine in which

CLUNG, klång. The preterit and participle of Cling. CLUSTER, klus'tur. s. 98. A bunch, a number of things of the same kind growing or joined|| together; a number of arimals gathered together; a body of people collected. To CLUSTER, klåstår. v. n. To grow in bun-COAL-STONE, köle'stone. s. A sort of cannel

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To COACERV ATE, kò-å-sêr ́våte. v. a. 91, 503, h.
To heap up together.

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coal.

for digging coals.

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ment, restraint to a narrow space; contraction of any space; restraint of liberty.

gross; inelegant; unaccomplished by educa tion; mean, vile.

Every Dictionary but Entick's has the ac-COARSE, korse. a. Not refined; rude, uncivil cent on the penultimate syllable of this word ; and that this is the true accentuation, we may gather from the tendency of the accent to rest rest|| on the same syllable as in the Latin word it is derived from, when the same number of syllables are in both; as in coacervo and coacervate. See ARIETATE.

COACERVATION, kỏ-is-ser-và snin. s. The act of heaping.

COACH, kotsh. s. A carriage of pleasure, or||

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To COACH, kôtsh. v. a. To carry in a coach.
COACH-BOX, kötsh'bôks. s. The seat on which
the driver of the coach sits.

COACH-HIRE, kòtsh'hire. s. Money paid for
the use of a hired coach.
COACH-MAN, kòtsḥ'mån. s. 88. The driver of
a coach.

To COACT, kỏ äkt. v. n. To act together in

concert.

COARSELY, korse'lè. ad. Without fineness, meanly, not elegantly; rudely, not civilly; in elegantly.

COARSENESS, korse'nês. s. Impurity, unrefined state; roughness, want of fineness; grossness, want of delicacy; rudeness of manners; meanness, want of nicety.

COAST, koste. s. The edge or margin of the land
next the sea, the shore; The coast is clear, the
danger is over.

To COAST, kòste. v. n. To sail by the coast.
To COAST, kòste, v. a. To sail by, or near a
place.

CÔASTER, kòs'tår. s. He that sails timorously

near the shore.

COAT, kote. s. The upper garment; petticoat, the habit of a boy in his infancy, the lower part of a woman's dress; vesture, as demonstrative COACTION, kò-åk'shûn. 8. Compulsion, force. of the office; the covering of any animal; any COACTIVE, kå-åk'tiv. a. 157 Having the force tegument; that on which the ensigns armorial of restraining or impelling, compulsory; acting are portrayed. in concurrence. To COAT, kote. v. a. To cover, to invest. COADJU MENT, kò-åd'jù-mênt. s. Mutual assist-COAT-CARD, kóte'kård. s. Now corrupted into Court-card. Mason.

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COADJUTANT, kò-åd'jù-tânt. a. Helping, co-To COAX, koks. v. a. To wheedle, to flatter. operation. COAXER, köks'ûr. s. A wheedler, a flatterer.

COADJUTOR, kò̟-åd-jú’tår. s. 166. A fellow- COB, kôb. s. The head of a top. helper, an assistant, an associate: in the canon | COB, kôb. s. A sort of sea-fowl. law', one who is empowered to perform the du-COBALT, kobalt. s. A whitish gray brittle metal, ties of aunther.

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nearly resembling fine hardened steel. It is dif
ficult of fusion and oxidizement, and obedient to
the magnet. Parkes Chemistry.

To CORBLE, köb'hl. v. a. ́105. To mend any
thing coarsely; to do or make any thing clum
sily.
COBBLER, kôb’lår. 8. 98, A mender of old

IF 559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât,-mè, mêt ;-plne, pîn ;

shoes; a clumsy workman in general; any|| COCKSWAIN, kôk'sn. 8. The officer that has the command of the cockboat. Corruptly Coxu-See BOATSWAIN.

mean person.

COBIRONS, kôb'l-urnz. s. Irons with a knob at

the upper end. COBISHOP, kò-bish up. s. A coadjutant bishop. COBNUT, kôb'nût. s. A boy's game. COBSWAN, kôb'swôn. s.

swan.

The head or leading
The head or leading||

Plants are

COBWEB, kôb'web. s. The web or net of a spider; any snare or trap. COCCIFEROUS, kök-sïf'fêr-růs. a. so called that have berries. COCHINEAL kötch'in-éél. s. 165. from which a red colour is extracted. COCHLEARY, kök’lê-á-rè. a. 353. Screwform. COCHLEATED. kók'le-â-têd. a. Of a screwed or turbinated form.

An insect

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COCK, kok. s. The male to the hen; the male||
of any small birds; the weathercock that shows
the direction of the wind; a spout to let out
water or any other liquor at will; the notch of
an arrow; the part of the lock of a gun that
strikes with flint; a cockboat, a small boat;
a small heap of hay; the form of a hat; the
style of a diar; the needle of a balance; Cock-
a-hoop, triumphant, exalting.

To COCK, kôk. v. a. To set erect, to hold bolt
upright; to set up the hat with an air of petu-
lance; to mould the form of the hat; to fix the
cock of a gun for a discharge; to raise hay in
small heaps.

To COCK, kôk. v. n. To strut, to hold up the he; to train or use fighting cocks. COCKÁDE, kôk-kåde'. s. A riband worn in the

hat.

COCKATRICE, kok'å-trise. s. 142. A serpent supposed to rise from a cock's egg.

COCKBOAT, kôk'bote. s. A small boat belonging to a ship.

COCKBROTH, kôk'brôth. s. Broth made by boiling a cock.

COCKCROWING, kôk'krô-ing. s. The time at which cocks crow; early morning.

To COCKER, kok'kår. v. a. To fondle, to indulge.

COCKER, kôk'kår. s. 9o. One who follows the sport of cockfighting.

COCKEREL, kök'kûr-11 s. 555. A A young cock. COCKET, kök'kit. s. 99. A seal belonging to the king's custom-house; likewise a scroll of parchment del vered by the officers of the custom-house to merchants as a warrant that their merchandize is entered.

COCKFIGHT, kök'tite. s. A match of cocks, COCKHORSE, kôk'horse. a. On horseback, triumpliant.

COCKLE, kôk'k!. s 405 A small shell-fish. COCKLESTAIRS, kök kl-stares. s. Winding or spiral stairs.

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COCKWEED, kôk’wèèd. 8. A plant, dittander

or pepperwort.

COCOA, ko'kò. s. A species of palm-tree.
COCTILE, kôk'til. a. 110. Made by baking
COCTION, kôk'shản. s. The act of boiling.
COD), kôd.

CODFISH, kôd'fish. s. A sea fish.

COD, kôd. s. Any case or husk in which seeda are lodged.

To COD, kôd. v. a. To enclose in a cod. CODE, kôde. s. A book; a book of the civil law CODICIL, kód'è-sil, s, An appendage to a will. CODILLE, kò-dil'. s. A term at ombre and quadrille. To CODLE, kêď'dl. v. a. 405. To parboil. How Dr. Johnson could be guilty of so gross an oversight as to spell this word and its compounds with que d' is inconceivable. By the general rule of English pronunciation, as the word stands here, it ought to be pronounced with the o long, the first syllable rhyming with and so. go, no, False and absurd, however, as this spelling is, the veneration I have for Dr. Johnson's authority forbids me to alter it in this Dictionary, though I shall never follow it in practice. Perhaps the sanie veneration induced Mr. Sheridan to let this word stand as he found it in Johnson. Dr. Kenrick has ventured to insert another d in the verb, but in the substantive, derived from the present participle Codling, lets it stand with one d. Some will be apt to think that when d ends a syllable, and a consonant follows the d, which begins another, that the business is done and that the quantity of the vowel is sufficiently secured but this is a mistake; for unless we previously un derstand the uple, the o in the compound, by the general rule, must be long. Now the first principle of orthography is, that, if possible, the letters should of themselves point out the sound of the word, without the necessity of re curring to etymology to find out the sound of the letters; and that we should never have recourse to etymology, but where fixing the sound would unsettle the sense. Thus Coddling, a kind of apple, ought to be written with double d, both because it determines the sound of the v, and shows its derivation from the verb to Coddle. And Codling, a small cod-fish, ought to have but one d, because putting two, in or der to fix the sound of o, would confound it with another word. To write Sudiler, therefore, with one d, as we frequently see it on shops, is an errour against the first principles of spelling; as, without necessity, it obliges us to understand the derivation of the word before we are sure of its sound. The word Stubling and Stabler, for stable-keeper in Scotland, with the word Fabled in Mahon, all present their true sound to the eye without knowing their primitives, and this essential rule has generated the double consonant in the participles and verbal nouns, beginning, regretted, complotter, &c. But this rule, rational and useful as it is, is a thou sand times violated by an affectation of a know ledge the learned languages, and an ignor ant prejudice against clusters of consonants, as they are called Tims comple, trouble, double, tre ble, and triple, have single consonants, because their ong.bals in Latin and French have no more, though double consonants would fix the sound of the preceding vowels, and be merely double to the eve.

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CODLING, Kód lng. 8 An apple generally codled; a small cod-fsh COEFFICACY, kő-éï'ïè kâ-sé. s. The power of several things acting together. COEFFICIENCY, kỗ-èf-fish ën-sè s. Co-oper ation, the state of acting together to some singie end.

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nổ, môve, nỗr, nốt ;—tube, tub, bull ; 3 ;p&and ;thin, THIS. COEFFICIENT, kỏ-êf-fish ent. s. That which | COGENCY, koʻjên-sè. s. Strungth, force. unites its action with the action of another.- COGENT, koʻjent. a. Forcible, resistless, com See EFFACE.

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COEMPTION, kỏ-êm'shun. s. 412. The act of buying up the whole quantity of any thing. COEQUAL, kó-é'quâl. a. Equal. COEQUALITY, kò-è̟-quôlé-tè. s. The state of being equal.

To COERCE, kò-êrse'. v. a. To restrain, to keep in order by force.

COERCIBLE, kò-êr'sè-bl. a. That may be re- || strained; that ought to be restrained. COERCION, ko-er'shûn. s. Penal restraint, check.

vincing.

COGENTLY. kò'jênt-lẻ, ad. With resistless
force, forcibly.
COGGER, kog'ür. s.

COGGLESTONE, kog gl-stone. s. A little stone
A flatterer, a wheedler.
COGITABLE, kôdje ́é-tå-bl. a. 405. What may
be the subject of thought.

To COGITÄTE, ködje'ě-tåte. v. n. 91. To think.
COGITATION, kôdjë-è-tá'shẩu. s. Thought, the
act of thinking; purpose, reflection previous to
action; meditation.

COGITATIVE, kôdje'èå-tiv. a.

Having the power of thought, given to meditation. COGNATION, kôg-na'shun. s. Kindred, relation, participation of the same nature. Participa-COGNISEE, kog-nè-zéé', or kôu-é-zéè'. s.-See COGNIZANCE. He to whom a fine in lands or tenements is acknowledged.

COERCIVE, kò-êr'siv. a. That which has the
power of laving restraint; that which has the
authority of restraining by punishment.
COESSENTIAL, ko-ês-sen'shai. a.
ting of the same essence.
COESSENTIALITY,

ko-as-sen-shè-ål'è-tè. Participation of the same essence. COETANEOUS, kò̟-è̟-tà'nè-ås. a. Of the same

age with another.

COETERNAL, kò̟-è̟-têr'nâl.' a. Equally eternal with another.

COETERNALLY, kó-é-têr’näl-lè. ad. In a state of equal eternity with another.

COETERNITY, kò̟-è-têr'ně-tè. s. Having exis-
tence from eternity equal with another eternal
being.

COEVAL, kò̟-è'vâl. a. Of the same age.
COEVAL, kò̟-è'vâl. 8. A contemporary.
COEVOUS, kò̟-è'vis. a. Of the same age.
To COEXIST, kò-ég-zist'. v. n. 478. To exist at
the same time with another.

COEXISTE VCE, kò-ég-zis'tênse. s. Existence
at
he same time with another.
COEXISTENT, kỏ-ég-zis'tênt. a. Having exis-
tence at the same time with another.

To COEXTEND, kò-êks-tend'. v. a. 477. To ex-
tend to the same space or duration with an-
other.
COEXTENSION, kò-êks-tën'shûn. s. The state
of extending to the same space with another.
COFFEE, köf'fè. s. The coffee-tree; the ber-
ries of the coffee-tree; a drink made by the
infusion of those berries in hot water.
COFFEE-HOUSE, köf'fè-house. s. A house
where coffee is sold.

COFFEE-MAN, kôf'fè̟-mân. s. 88. Que that
keeps a coffee-house.

COFFEE-POT, kôf'fè-pôt. s. The covered pot in which coffee is boiled.

COFFER, köf'får. s. A chest generally for keeping money: in fortification, a hollow lodgement across a dry moat.

I have in this word followed the genes al pronunciation, which I see is confirmed by Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, Messrs. Perry, Scott, and Buchanan; for as it stands in Mr. Sheridan with the o long, though not without respectable usage on its side, it is a gross irregularity, which ought, if possible, to be reduced to rule.

To COFFER, kôf'får. v. a. To treasure up m chests.

COFFERER, kôf'får-år. s. 555. A principal
officer of his majesty's court, next under the
comptroller.

COFFIN, kôf'fin. s. The chest in which dead
bodies are put into the ground; a mould of
paste for a pye; Coffin of a horse, is the whole
hoof of the foot above the coronet, including
the coffin-bone.
To COFFIN, kôf'fîn. v. a. To enclose in a coffin:
To COG, kôg. To flatter, to wheedle; to
ebtrude by falsehood; To cog a die, to secu} e
it, so as to direct its fall.

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To COG, kôg. v. n. To lie, to wheedle.

COG, kôg. s. The tooth of a wheel, by which it acts upon another wheel.

To COG, kôg. v. a. To fix cogs in wheel.

COGNISOUR, kig-n-zir, or kôn è-zör, s. 314
Is he that passeth or acknowledgeth a fine.
COGNITION, kôg-nish'un. s. Knowledge, com-
plete conviction.

CÓGNITIVE, kôg'né-tiv. a. Having the power
of knowing.

COGNIZABLE, kôg'ne-za-bl, or kôn'è-zä-bl. a. 405. That falls under judicial notice; proper to be tried, judged, or examined. COGNIZANCE, kôg'ne-zanse, or kön ́é-zänse, s, Judicial notice, trial; a badge, by which any one is known.

I have in this word and its relatives given the forensick pronunciation; but cannot help observing, that it is so gross a departure from the most obvious rules of the language, that it is highly incumbent on the gentlemen of the law to renounce it, and reinstate the excluded g in its undoubted rights.-See AUTHORITY ang CLEFF...

COGNOMINAL, kog-nom-nål. a. Having the

same name.

COGNOMINATION, kôg-nom-e-na'shun. s. A
surname, the natie of a family, a name added
from any accident or quality.
COGNOSCENCE, kôg-nòs-sẻnse. s. Knowledge.
COGNOSCIBLE, kôg-nös′sé-bl. a. That may be
koown.

To COHABIT, kỏ-háb′ît. v. n. To dwell with
another in the same place; to live together as
husband and wife.

COHABITANT. kò håb′é-tânt. s. An inhabitant
of the same place.

COHABITATION, ko-hâb-è-ta'shûn. 9. The
state of inhabiting the same place with another:
COHEIR ko-åre
the state of living together as married persons.
S. One of several among
whom an inheritance is divided.

HEIRESS, kò-àris s. 99. A woman who has
an equal share of an inheritance-
To COHERE, ko-hère v. n. To stick together;
to be well connected; to suit, to fit; to agree.
DHERENCE, kò-héʼrênce.
OHERENCY, ko hề rẻn sẻ.
he

8.

That state of bodies in which their parts are joined together, so that they resist separation; connection, dependency, the relation of parts, or things one to another; the texture of a discourse COHERENT. ko-ho-rẻnt. a. Sticking together; consistency in reasoning, or relating. suitable to 8mething else. regularly adopted; consistent, not contradictory.

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BHESION, hò hét: ủn. 5. The act of sticking together: the state of union: connection, depentienice,

OHESIVE, RO-hé'sîv. a

158 428 That has

the power of sticking together.
OHESIVE ESS, ko-he'siv-nês. s. The quality
of being conesive

To COHIBIT, ko-hibit. v. a. To restrain, to ninder.
To COHOBATE, koho-båte. v. n. 91. To pour

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