E. Giles.
Coon"can (?), n. [Corrupt of conquian.] A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards.
Co"palm` (?), n. The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself.
Co`pen*ha"gen (?), n. [From Copenhagen, Denmark.] 1. A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Cop"pice (kp"ps), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coppiced (-pst); p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing (?).] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots.
Coptic Church. The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria, which in general organization and doctrines resembles the Roman Catholic Church, except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which was condemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows its priests to marry. The "pope and patriarch" has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive Christian rites and ceremonies. But centuries of subjection to Moslem rule have weakened and degraded it.
Coque (?), n. [F., prop., a shell.] A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
Co*quille" (k*kl"; F. k`k"y'), n. [F.] Lit., a shell; hence: (a) A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served. (b) The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc. (c) A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Co"rah (?), n. [Hind. kr virgin, plain.] Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n. Corah silk.
{ Cor"bel*ing, Cor"bel*ling }, n. Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.
Cord"ite (?), n. [From Cord, n.] (Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.
Cór"do*ba (kôr"d*vä), n. [Prob. fr. the Spanish explorer Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.] The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar.
Cord"y (kôr"d), a. [Compar. Cordier (?); superl. Cordiest.] Of, or like, cord; having cords or cordlike parts.
Core, n. (Elec.) A mass of iron, usually made of thin plates, upon which the conductor of an armature or of a transformer is wound.
Core loss. (Elec.) Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc.
Cor"e*plas`ty (kr"*pls`t), n. [Gr. ko`rh pupil + -plasty.] (Med.) A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificial pupil. -- Cor`e*plas"tic (- pls"tk), a.
Co*rin"thi*an, n. A man of fashion given to pleasuring or sport; a fashionable man about town; esp., a man of means who drives his own horse, sails his own yacht, or the like.