Cone of rays (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely. -- Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary. -- Oblique or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base. -- Eight cone. See Cone, 1.
Cone (?), v. t. To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.
Cone"-in-cone" (?), a. (Geol.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.
Co*ne"ine (? or ?; 104), n. (Chem.) See Conine.
{ Co"ne*pate (?), Co"ne*patl (?) }, n. [Mexican conepatl and epatl.] (Zo÷l.) The skunk.
Cone" pul"ley (?). A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.
Co"ney (? or ?), n. 1. (Zo÷l.) A rabbit. See Cony.