Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony- catched in the this business.
Shak.
Co"ny-catch`er (?), n. A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.
Con"y*lene (?), n. [Conine + acetylene.] An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.
Con"y*rine (?), n. [From Conine.] (Chem.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.
Coo (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cooing.] 1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of 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.
{ Coo"ey, Coo"ee } (?), n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]
Cook (k&oomac;k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]
Constant cuckoos cook on every side.
The Silkworms (1599).
Cook (k&oocr;k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." Grose.
Cook (k&oocr;k), n. [AS. cōc, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. &?;, Skr. 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.