Cog"man (?), n. A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.] Wright.
Co"gnac` (?), n. [F.] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.
Cog"nate (?), a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.
2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.
Cog"nate, n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.
2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.
Cog"nate*ness, n. The state of being cognate.
||Cog*na"ti (?), n. pl. [L.] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.
Cog*na"tion (?), n. [L. cognatio.] 1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam.
Jer. Taylor.