Coo"lung (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo÷l.) The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]
{ Coo"ly, Coo"lie } (?), n.; pl. Coolies (#). [Hind. k&?;lī a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k&?;l, ky&?;leh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
Coom (?), n. [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimr÷k pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kām grime, film of dirt.] Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.
Coomb (?), n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. &?; hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]
{ Coomb, Coombe } (?), n. [See Comb, Combe, in this sense.] A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.
Coon (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.
Coon"tie (?), n. (Bot.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.
Coop (k&oomac;p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]