COARB. See COMARB.
COARCTATE, k[=o]-ark't[=a]t, _adj._ compressed.--_n._ COARCT[=A]'TION. [L.
_coart[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to compress together.]
COARSE, k[=o]rs, _adj._ rough: rude: uncivil: vulgar: harsh: gross.--_adj._
COARSE'-GRAINED, coarse in the grain, as wood: (_fig._) inelegant,
gross.--_adv._ COARSE'LY.--_v.t._ COARS'EN, to make coarse.--_n._
COARSE'NESS.--_adj._ COARS'ISH, somewhat coarse. [From phrase 'in course,'
hence _ordinary_.]
COAST, k[=o]st, _n._ side or border of land next the sea: the seashore:
limit or border of a country.--_v.i._ to sail along or near a coast: to
travel downhill on a bicycle with the feet on the foot-rests.--_v.t._ to
sail by or near to.--_ns._ COAST'ER, a vessel that sails along the coast;
COAST'-GUARD, a body of men organised to act as a guard along the coast,
originally intended to prevent smuggling.--_adj._ COAST'ING, keeping near
the coast: trading between ports in the same country.--_n._ the act of
sailing, or of trading, along the coast: advances towards acquaintance,
courtship: riding downhill on a bicycle with the feet up.--_ns._
COAST'-LINE, the line or boundary of a coast: shore-line; COAST'-WAIT'ER, a
custom-house officer who waits upon and superintends the cargoes of vessels
engaged in the coasting trade.--_advs._ COASTWARD, -S, toward the coast;
COAST'WISE, along the coast.--_adj._ carried on along the coast. [O. Fr.
_coste_ (Fr. _côte_)--L. _costa_, a rib, side.]
COAT, k[=o]t, _n._ a kind of outer garment: the hair or wool of a beast:
vesture or habit: any covering: a garment worn by women and children, and
hanging from the waist downwards: a membrane or layer, such as paint, &c.:
a coat of arms.--_v.t._ to clothe: to cover with a coat or layer.--_ns._
COAT'-ARM'OUR, coat of arms: armorial devices; COAT'-CARD, a card bearing
the representation of a coated figure, the king, queen, or knave--now, less
correctly, called _Court-card_; COATEE', a close-fitting coat with short
tails; COAT'ING, a covering: cloth for coats.--COAT OF ARMS, the family
insignia embroidered on the surcoat worn over the hauberk, or coat of mail:
the heraldic bearings of a gentleman; COAT OF MAIL, a piece of armour for
the upper part of the body, made of metal scales or rings linked one with
another.--TURN ONE'S COAT, to change one's principles, or to turn from one
party to another. [O. Fr. _cote_ (Fr. _cotte_)--Low L. _cottus_, _cotta_, a
tunic; the further ety. is uncertain.]
COATI, k[=o]-ä'ti, or k[=o]'a-ti, _n._ an American plantigrade carnivorous
mammal allied to the raccoons.--Also COÄ'TI-MUN'DI. [Tupi.]
COAX, k[=o]ks, _v.t._ to persuade by fondling or flattery: to humour or
soothe: to pet.--_ns._ COAX, COAX'ER, one who coaxes.--_adv._ COAX'INGLY.
[M. E. _cokes_, a simpleton; of obscure origin.]
CO-AXIAL, k[=o]-ak'si-al, _adj._ having the same axis.--_adv._ COAX'IALLY.
COB, kob, _n._ a head of maize: a short-legged strong horse for heavy
weights: a male swan--also COB'-SWAN.--_ns._ COB'LOAF, a large loaf:
(_Shak._) an expression of contempt; COB'NUT, a large variety of the
hazel-nut: a game played by children with nuts. [Prob. conn. with COP.]
COB, kob, _n._ a kind of composition of clay and straw for building.--_n._
COB'-WALL, a wall built of this.
COB, kob, _v.t._ to strike, to thump the buttocks.
COBALT, k[=o]'bawlt, _n._ a metal the ores of which are sparingly
distributed--in the metallic state found in meteoric stones or aerolites,
generally occurring combined with arsenic: a blue pigment, prepared from
the foregoing--also C[=O]'BALT-BLUE.--_adj._ of this deep-blue
colour.--_adjs._ COBALT'IC; COBALTIF'EROUS.--_n._ C[=O]'BALTITE, a
sulpharsenide of cobalt. [Ger. _kobalt_, from _kobold_, a demon, a nickname
given by the German miners, because they supposed it to be a mischievous
and hurtful metal.]
COBBLE, kob'l, _n._ a stone worn smooth by water.--_n._ COBB'LE-STONE, a
rounded stone used in paving.--_v.t._ to pave with such. [Ety. dub.]
COBBLE, kob'l, _v.t._ to patch up or mend coarsely, as shoes.--_ns._
COBB'LER, one who cobbles or mends shoes: a drink made up of wine, sugar,
&c., and sucked through a straw; COBBLER'S PUNCH, a warm drink made of
beer, with the addition of spirit, sugar, and spice. [Der. unknown.]
CO-BELLIGERENT, k[=o]-be-lij'e-rent, _adj._ and _n._ co-operating in
warfare.
COBLE, COBBLE, kob'l, _n._ a small flat-bottomed fishing-boat. [Cf. W.
_ceubal_, a hollow trunk, a boat.]
COBRA, COBRA DA CAPELLO, k[=o]'bra da ka-pel'o, _n._ a poisonous snake,
native of the East Indies, which dilates the back and sides of the neck so
as to resemble a hood. [Port., lit. 'snake of the hood.']
COBURG, k[=o]'burg, _n._ a thin fabric of worsted with cotton or silk,
twilled on one side. [_Coburg_, a town in Germany.]
COBWEB, kob'web, _n._ the spider's web or net: any snare or device intended
to entrap: anything flimsy or easily broken: anything that obscures.--_n._
COBWEB'BERY.--_adj._ COB'WEBBY. [Prob. shortened from M. E.
_atter-cop-web_--A.S. _átor_, poison, and _coppa_--W. _cop_, a head, tuft.
See also WEB.]
COCA, k[=o]'ka, _n._ a shrub of six or eight feet high, of which the leaves
furnish an important narcotic and stimulant.--_ns._ COCAINE (k[=o]'kä-in),
a local anæsthetic made from coca-leaves, and much used in dentistry and
surgical operations; COCAINIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ C[=O]'CAINISE.--_n._
C[=O]'CAINISM, a morbid condition induced by over-use of cocaine.
[Sp.,--Peruv.]
COCAGNE, COCAIGNE. Same as COCKAIGNE.
COCCIFEROUS, kok-sif'[.e]r-us, _adj._ berry-bearing. [L. _coccum_ (--Gr.
_kokkos_), a berry, and _ferre_, to bear.]
COCCOLITE, kok'[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ a variety of pyroxene: a small rounded
body found in deep-sea mud.--Also COCC'OLITH. [Gr. _kokkos_, a berry,
_lithos_, a stone.]
COCCUS, kok'us, _n._ one of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit:
(_zool._) a genus of insects in the order _Hemiptera_, and type of a family
including many forms injurious to plants, and a few others useful to
man.--_n._ COCC'ULUS, a tropical genus of climbing plants
(_Menispermaceæ_).--COCCULUS INDICUS, a drug consisting of the dried fruit
of _Anamirta cocculus_, having narcotic and poisonous properties--yielding
_picrotoxin_. [L.,--Gr. _kokkos_, a berry.]
COCCYX, kok'siks, _n._ (_anat._) the lower bone of the vertebral
column:--_pl._ COC'CYGES.--_adjs._ COCCYG'[=E]AL, COCCYG'IAN. [Gr.
_kokkyx_, the cuckoo, from its bill.]
COCH, koch, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as COACH.
COCHIN, k[=o]'chin, _n._ a large-sized variety of the domestic hen, with
feathered legs, full breast, small tail.--_n._ C[=O]'CHIN-CHIN'A, a
large-sized hen originally from _Cochin-China_.--_adj._
C[=O]'CHIN-CHINESE'.
COCHINEAL, koch'i-n[=e]l, _n._ a scarlet dye-stuff consisting of the dried
bodies of certain insects gathered from the cactus plant in Mexico, the
West Indies, &c.: the insect itself. [Sp. _cochinilla_, dim. of L.
_coccinus_--Gr. _kokkos_, a berry, as the cochineal was formerly supposed
to be the berry or seed of the plant.]
COCHLEA, kok'le-a, _n._ a spiral-shaped shell, esp. the snail-shell:
(_anat._) the spiral cavity of the ear.--_adjs._ COCHLEAR'IFORM;
COCH'LEARY, COCH'LE[=A]TE, COCH'LE[=A]TED, twisted. [L.,--Gr. _kochlias_, a
snail.]
COCK, kok, _n._ the male of birds, particularly of the domestic fowl: the
time of cock-crowing: a weathercock: a plucky chap, a term of familiarity,
as 'Old cock:' a strutting chief or leader: anything set erect: a tap for
liquor: part of the lock of a gun, held back by a spring, which, when
released by the trigger, produces the discharge.--_v.t._ to set erect or
upright: to set up, as the hat: to draw back the cock of a gun: to turn up
to one side: to tilt up knowingly, inquiringly, or scornfully.--_v.i._ to
strut: to swagger.--_ns._ COCK[=A]DE', a knot of ribbons or something
similar worn on the hat as a badge; COCKAL[=O]'RUM, a bumptious little
person: a boy's game; COCK'-BROTH, the broth made from a boiled cock;
COCK'CHAFER, the May-bug, an insect of a pitchy-black colour, most
destructive to vegetation; COCK'-CROW, -ING, early morning, the time at
which cocks crow.--_adj._ COCKED, set erect: turned up at one side.--_ns._
COCK'ER, one who follows cock-fighting: a small dog of the spaniel kind
employed by sportsmen in pheasant and woodcock shooting; COCK'EREL, a young
cock: a young man--also COCK'LE, whence COCK'LE-BRAINED, foolish;
COCK'-EYE, a squinting eye: the loop by which a trace is attached to the
whipple-tree.--_adj._ COCK'-EYED.--_ns._ COCK'-FIGHT, -ING, a fight or
contest between game-cocks: a fight; COCK'-HORSE, a child's
rocking-horse.--_adj._ prancing, proud.--_adv._ properly _a-cock-horse_ =
_on cock-horse_, on horseback: exultingly.--_ns._ COCK'LAIRD (_Scot._), a
yeoman; COCK'LOFT, the room in a house next the roof; COCK'-MATCH, a
cock-fight; COCK'PIT, a pit or enclosed space where game-cocks fought: a
room in a ship-of-war for the wounded during an action; COCK'ROACH, the
common black beetle; COCKS'COMB, the comb or crest on a cock's head: a fop:
the name of various plants; COCK'SHUT (_Shak._), twilight, probably
referring to the time when poultry are shut up; COCK'-SHY, a free throw at
a thing, as for amusement.--_adj._ COCK'-SURE, quite sure, often without
cause.--_n._ COCK'SWAIN (see COXSWAIN).--_adjs._ COCK'SY, COX'Y,
bumptious.--_n._ COCK'TAIL, a racing horse that is not thoroughbred: one
who apes the gentleman: (_U.S._) a drink of spirits flavoured with various
ingredients.--_adjs._ COCK'TAILED, having the tail cocked or tilted up;
COCK'Y, impudent.--_ns._ COCK'Y-LEEK'Y, soup made of a fowl boiled with
leeks; COCK'YOLLY, a nursery or pet name for a bird.--COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO,
the cry of the cock; COCK-A-HOOP, a phrase expressing reckless exultation;
COCK AND PIE, used as an exclamation (see PIE, 2); COCKED HAT, the
old-fashioned three-cornered hat, the triangular pointed hat worn as part
of some full-dress uniforms: a note folded into a three-cornered shape;
COCK OF THE WALK, chief of a set; COCK'S-FOOT GRASS, a genus of grasses
very abundant in Britain, and furnishing an important part of both natural
and artificial pastures; COCK THE EYE (_coll., humorous_), to wink.--A
COCK-AND-BULL STORY, an incredible tale.--FULL-COCK, when the cock of a gun
is drawn full back: when a tap is full open; HALF-COCK, the position of the
cock of a gun when drawn back half the whole distance.--KNOCK INTO A COCKED
HAT, 'to lick out of shape:' to give a profound beating. [A.S. _coc_; Ice.
_kokkr_.]
COCK, kok, _n._ a small pile of hay.--_adj._ COCKED, heaped up in cocks.
[Sw. _koka_, a lump of earth; Dut. _kogel_; Ger. _kugel_, a ball.]
COCK, kok, _n._ (_Shak._) a cock-boat. Now COCK-BOAT.
COCK, perversion of the word _God_.--COCK AND PIE (see PIE, 2).
COCK-A-BON'DY, kok-a-bon'di, _n._ a fly for angling. [A corr. of Welsh
_coch a bon ddu_, red, with black stem.]
COCKAIGNE, COCKAYNE, kok-[=a]n', _n._ an imaginary country of luxury and
delight. [Ety. dub.; Fr. _cocagne_, acc. to some from L. _coqu[)e]re_, to
cook.]
COCKATOO, kok-a-t[=oo]', _n._ a popular name for several genera and species
of parrots. [Malay, _kakatúa_, prob. from its cry.]
COCKATRICE, kok'a-tr[=i]s, _n._ a fabulous monster like a serpent, often
confounded with the Basilisk (q.v.), and regarded as possessing similar
deadly powers. [O. Fr. _cocatrice_.]
COCK-BOAT, kok'-b[=o]t, _n._ a small ship's boat: a small frail boat. [See
COG, a small boat.]
COCKER, kok'[.e]r, _v.t._ to pamper: to fondle: to indulge. [Ety. dub.; cf.
Dut. _kokelen_, O. Fr. _coqueliner_, to dandle.]
COCKERNONY, kok'[.e]r-non-i, _n._ (_Scot._) the gathering of a young
woman's hair, when it is wrapped up in a band or fillet, commonly called a
'snood' (_Jamieson_).
COCKET, kok'et, _n._ the custom-house official seal: a document given by
the officers of the custom-house to merchants, as a warrant that their
goods are duly entered: the office where such goods are entered. [Perh. a
corr. of the words _quo quietus_.]
COCKLE, kok'l, _n._ a troublesome weed among corn, with a purple flower.
[A.S. _coccel_.]
COCKLE, kok'l, _n._ a large and typical genus of bivalve molluscs, having a
thick, ribbed, heart-shaped, equal-valved shell.--_adj._ COCK'LED, shelled
like a cockle.--_ns._ COCK'LE-HAT, a hat bearing a scallop-shell, the badge
of a pilgrim; COCK'LE-SHELL, the shell of a cockle: a frail boat.--THE
COCKLES OF THE HEART, the heart itself. [Fr. _coquille_--Gr.
_kongchylion_--_kongch[=e]_, a cockle.]
COCKLE, kok'l, _v.i._ to pucker into wrinkles or ridges.--_v.t._ to cause
to pucker.
COCKLE, kok'l, _n._ the fire-chamber of an air-stove.
COCKNEY, kok'ne, _n._ (_Shak._) an affected, effeminate person, knowing the
manners of the town, but a stranger to what every child else knows: a
townsman as opposed to a countryman: one born in London, but strictly in a
particular part of London.--_ns._ COCK'NEYDOM, the domain of Cockneys;
COCKNEYFIC[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ COCK'NEYFY, to make Cockney.--_adj._
COCK'NEYISH.--_n._ COCK'NEYISM, the dialect or manners of a Cockney.--THE
COCKNEY SCHOOL, a school of writers belonging to London, who flourished in
the first half of the nineteenth century. [M. E. _coken-ey_, prob. lit.
'cock's egg;' cf. Fr. _coco_, an egg, a darling, a chap. Others would
connect with Fr. _coquin_, a rogue--L. _coquus_, a cook.]
COCO, COCOA, k[=o]'k[=o], _n._ a palm-tree growing in tropical countries,
and producing the coco-nut.--_ns._ C[=O]'CO-NUT, C[=O]'COA-NUT, the
well-known fruit of the coco-palm: (_slang_) a man's head. [Port. and Sp.
_coco_, a bugbear; applied to the nut from the three marks at the end of
it, which form a grotesque face.]
COCOA, k[=o]'k[=o], _n._ the seed of the cacao or chocolate tree: a
beverage made from the seeds crushed and ground. [A corr. of CACAO.]
COCOON, ko-k[=oo]n', _n._ the silken sheath spun by the larvæ of many
insects in passing into the pupa or resting stage.--_n._ COCOON'ERY, a
place for keeping silkworms when feeding and spinning cocoons. [Fr.
_cocon_, from _coque_, a shell--L. _concha_, a shell.]
COCTION, kok'shun, _n._ the act of boiling or cooking.--_adj._ COC'TILE,
baked: hardened by fire, as a brick. [L. _coqu[)e]re_, _coctum_, to boil,
to cook.]
COD, kod, CODFISH, kod'fish, _n._ a species of fish much used as food,
found in the northern seas.--_ns._ COD'-FISHER; COD'-FISH'ERY;
COD'-FISH'ING; COD'LING, a small cod.--COD-LIVER OIL, a medicinal oil
extracted from the fresh liver of the common cod. [Ety. dub.]
COD, kod, _n._ a husk or shell containing seeds: the scrotum.--_adjs._
COD'DED, enclosed in a cod; COD'DING (_Shak._), wanton.--_n._ COD'-PIECE, a
baggy appendage worn in front of the tight hose of the middle ages. [A.S.
_codd_, a small bag.]
COD, kod, _n._ (_Scot._), a pillow. [Old Dan. _kodde_, Ice. _koddi_, a
pillow.]
COD, kod, _n._ (_slang_) applied to persons, with various meanings: a
joke.--_v.t._ to impose on. [Ety. dub.; conn. with CODGER.]
CODDLE, kod'l, _v.t._ to pamper: to fondle: to parboil.--_n._ an effeminate
person. [Ety. dub.]
CODE, k[=o]d, _n._ a collection or digest of laws: a system of rules and
regulations: a system of signs used in the army.--_ns._ CODIFIC[=A]'TION;
CODI'F[=I]ER, COD'IST, one who codifies.--_v.t._ COD'IFY, to put into the
form of a code: to digest: to systematise:--_pr.p._ cod'ifying; _pa.p._
cod'ified.--CODE TELEGRAM, a telegram whose text in itself has no meaning,
but where the words are merely arbitrary symbols for other words known to
the receiver.--THE CODE, esp. the rules and regulations regarding
government schools and teachers. [Fr. _code_--L. _codex_.]
CODEX, k[=o]'deks, _n._ a code: a manuscript volume:--_pl._ CODICES
(kod'i-s[=e]z). [L. _codex_ or _caudex_, the trunk of a tree, a set of
tablets, a book.]
CODGER, koj'[.e]r, _n._ a mean fellow: an old person: a chap. [Prob. a
variant of CADGER.]
CODICIL, kod'i-sil, _n._ a short writing or note added as a supplement to a
will.--_adj._ CODICILL'ARY. [L. _codicillus_, dim. of _codex_.]
CODILLA, k[=o]-dil'a, _n._ the coarsest part of hemp or flax, sorted out
and separated from the rest. [Dim. of It. _coda_--L. _cauda_, a tail.]
CODILLE, k[=o]-dil, _n._ a term at ombre when the player gets fewer tricks
than one of his opponents. [Fr.]
CODLING, kod'ling, CODLIN, kod'lin, _n._ a variety of apple.--_n._
COD'LIN-MOTH, the moth whose larvæ cause the 'worm-eaten' apples which fall
prematurely off. [Ety. dub.]
COEFFICIENT, k[=o]-ef-fish'ent, _n._ that which acts together with another
thing: (_math._) the numerical or literal factor prefixed to an unknown
quantity in any algebraic term.--_n._ COEFFI'CIENCY.--_adv._
COEFFI'CIENTLY.
COEHORN, COHORN, k[=o]'horn, _n._ a small mortar for throwing grenades.
[From Baron van _Coehoorn_ (1641-1704).]
COELENTERATA, s[=e]-len-ter-[=a]'ta, _n._ the technical name for the second
lowest alliance of many-celled animals--radially symmetrical, without any
body-cavity distinct from the alimentary tube.--_adj._ COELEN'TER[=A]TE.
[Gr. _koilos_, hollow, and _enteron_, intestine.]
COELIAC, s[=e]'li-ak, _adj._ relating to the belly. [L. _coeliacus_--Gr.
_koilia_, the belly.]
COEMPTION, ko-emp'shun, _n._ the purchasing of the whole of a commodity: in
Roman law, a mode of marriage under the fiction of a mutual sale. [CO-, and
L. _em[)e]re_, to buy.]
COENESTHESIS, s[=e]-nes-th[=e]'sis, _n._ the general bodily consciousness.
[Gr. _koinos_, common, _aisth[=e]sis_, perception.]
COENOBITE, CENOBITE, sen'o-b[=i]t, _n._ a monk who lives along with others
of a like mind with himself, in contradistinction to anchorites or
hermits.--_adjs._ COENOBIT'IC, -AL; CENOBIT'IC, -AL.--_ns._ COEN'OBITISM,
CEN'OBITISM; COEN[=O]'BIUM, a religious community. [Gr.
_koinobion_--_koinos_, common, and _bios_, life.]
COEQUAL, ko-[=e]'kwal, _adj._ equal with another person or thing: of the
same rank or dignity.--_n._ one of the same rank.--_n._
COEQUAL'ITY.--_adv._ CO[=E]'QUALLY.
COERCE, k[=o]-[.e]rs', _v.t._ to restrain by force: to compel.--_adj._
COER'CIBLE.--_adv._ COER'CIBLY.--_ns._ COER'CION, restraint: government by
force; COER'CIONIST.--_adj._ COER'CIVE, having power to coerce:
compelling.--_adv._ COER'CIVELY.--_n._ COER'CIVENESS. [L.
_coerc[=e]re_--_co-_, together, _arc[=e]re_, to shut in.]
CO-ESSENTIAL, k[=o]-es-sen'shal, _adj._ partaking of the same
essence.--_n._ CO-ESSENTIAL'ITY.
COETANEOUS, k[=o]-[=e]-t[=a]n'e-us, _adj._ of the same age: contemporary.
[CO-, and L. _ætas_, _ætatis_, age.]
CO-ETERNAL, k[=o]-[=e]-t[.e]r'nal, _adj._ equally eternal with
another.--_adv._ CO-ETER'NALLY.--_n._ CO-ETER'NITY.
COEVAL, k[=o]-[=e]'val, _adj._ of the same age.--_n._ one of the same age:
a contemporary. [L. _coævus_, _co-_, together, and _ævum_, age.]
CO-EXIST, k[=o]-egz-ist', _v.i._ to exist at the same time.--_n._
CO-EXIST'ENCE.--_adj._ CO-EXIST'ENT.
CO-EXTEND, k[=o]-eks-tend', _v.i._ to extend equally with.--_n._
CO-EXTEN'SION.--_adj._ CO-EXTEN'SIVE.
COFF, kof, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to buy.--_pa.p._ COFT.
COFFEE, kof'[=e], _n._ a drink made from the seeds of the coffee-tree, a
native of Arabia: the powder made by roasting and grinding the
seeds.--_ns._ COFF'EE-BEAN, the seed of the coffee-plant; COFF'EE-BERR'Y,
the fruit of the coffee-tree; COFF'EE-BUG, the _Lecanium coffeæ_,
destructive to the coffee-plant; COFF'EE-CUP, a cup for coffee;
COFF'EE-HOUSE, a house where coffee and other refreshments are sold;
COFF'EE-MILL, a small mill or machine for grinding coffee-beans;
COFF'EE-POT, a pot or vessel in which coffee is prepared and served;
COFF'EE-ROOM, a room in a hotel where coffee and other refreshments are
served. [Turk. _qahveh_--Ar. _qahwah_, orig. meaning wine.]
COFFER, kof'[.e]r, _n._ a chest for holding money or treasure: (_pl._) the
whole wealth of a person: a deep panel in a ceiling.--_v.t._ to hoard
up.--_n._ COFF'ERDAM, a water-tight structure used in engineering for
excluding the water from the foundations of bridges, quay walls, &c., so as
to allow of their being built dry.--_adj._ COFF'ERED. [O. Fr. _cofre_, a
chest--L. _cophinus_, a basket--Gr. _kophinos_.]
COFFIN, kof'in, _n._ the coffer or chest in which a dead body is
enclosed.--_v.t._ to place within a coffin.--_n._ COFF'IN-SHIP, a ship that
is unsound, and likely to prove fatal to those in it.--DRIVE A NAIL IN
ONE'S COFFIN, to do something tending to hasten death or ruin. [O. Fr.
_cofin_--L. _cophinus_--Gr. _kophinos_.]