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COD 



many parts of France, Spain, Greece, and 

 the islands of the Archipelago. The coc- 

 ci arc found adhering in groups of five, 

 six, or more, together, or pretty near 

 each other. Woollen cloth dyed with 

 kermes was called scarlet in grain ; the 

 animal having been popularly considered 

 as a grain. 



A very small species of this genus is of- 

 ten seen, in its torpid state, on the sur- 

 face of different kinds of apples, particu- 

 larly on the golden pippin. It is not 

 more than the tenth of an inch in length, 

 and is of a long oval shape, gradually de- 

 creasing to a point at one end. It contains 

 thirty or forty oval white eggs, envelop- 

 ed in a silky matter. 



COCHLEA, in anatomy, the third part 

 of the labyrinth of the ear. See ANATO- 

 MY. 



COCHLEARIA, in botany, a genus of 

 the Tetradynamia Siliculosa class and or- 

 der. Natural order of Siliquosx, or Cru- 

 ciferae, Jussieu. Essential character : si- 

 licle emarginate, turgid, scabrous ; valves 

 gibbous, obtuse. There are eight spe- 

 cies. 



COCKET, is a seal belonging to the 

 King-'s Custom-house, or rather a scroll 

 of parchment sealed and delivered by the 

 officers of the customs to merchants, as 

 a warrant that their merchandizes are 

 customed. It is also used for the office, 

 where goods, transported, were first en- 

 tered and paid their custom, and had a 

 cocket or certificate of discharge. 



COCKPIT, in a man of war, a place on 

 the lower floor, or deck, abaft the main- 

 capstan, lying between the platform and 

 the steward's room, where are partitions 

 for the purser, surgeon, and his mates. 



COCKSWAIN, or Coxso*, an officer 

 on board a man of war, who has the care 

 of the barge and all things belonging to 

 it, and must be also ready with his 

 crew to man the boat on all occasions ; 

 he sits at the stern of the boat and 

 steers. 



COCOS, in botany, a genus of the Mo- 

 noecia Hexandria class and order. Natu- 

 ral order of Palms. Essential character : 

 male calyx three-parted ; corolla three- 

 petalled : stamens six; female calyx five- 

 parted; corolla three-petailed : stigmas 

 three ; drupe coriaceous. There are 

 five species, of which C. nucifera, cocoa- 

 nut-tree, is common almost every where 

 within the tropics, and is cultivated in 

 both Indies ; it is found in a wild state in 

 the Maldives and Ladrones, also in the 

 islands of the South Seas. The roots are 

 slender, simple, and Hexible : they rise 

 separately from the bottom of the trunk, 



and spread in all directions; some run- 

 ning to a great depth, while others creep 

 almost parallel to the surface. The trees 

 grow to a great height ; their stems are 

 composed of strong fibres, like net- work, 

 which lie in several laminas over each 

 other, out of which come the branches, 

 or rather leaves, which grow 12 or 14 

 feet long. The flowers come out round 

 the top of the trunk of the tree in large 

 clusters : they are inclosed in a sheath, 

 and the nuts afterwards are formed in 

 large clusters, ten or twelve together. 

 The fruit is properly a drupe ; the skin is 

 thin and very tough, the substance under 

 this investing the shell is extremely fi- 

 brous; the shell is of a bony substance; 

 the kernel adheres all round the inner 

 wall of the shell, and the cavity is filled 

 with a milky liquor. Besides the liquor 

 in the fruit, there is a sort of wine 

 drawn from the tree, called toddy, and 

 from which is obtained a spirit called ar- 

 rack. 



The coat of the tree is composed of 

 strong fibres, which are made into sail- 

 cloth, cordage, &c. The trunk of the 

 tree is used in all kinds of building; 

 and the leaves are wrought into mats, 

 baskets, and many other things, for which 

 osiers are employed in Europe : they 

 serve also as coverings to their houses. 



COD. See GADUS. 



CODE, a collection of the laws and con- 

 stitutions of the Roman Emperors, made 

 by order of Justinian. 



The code is comprised in twelve books,, 

 and makes the second part of the civil, 

 or Roman 1-aw. There were several 

 other codes before the time of Justinian, 

 all of them collections or abridgments of 

 the Roman laws. The most ancient code, 

 or digest, was styled " Jus Papirianum," 

 from the first compiler, Papirius, who 

 flourished about the time of the Regifu- 

 gium. 



CODE, military, rules and regulations for 

 the good order and discipline of an army. 

 Of this description are the articles of 

 war. 



CODIA, in botany, a genus of the Oc- 

 tandria D>gynia class ana order. Essen- 

 tial character : calyx four-leaved ; petals 

 four ; common receptacle involucred. 

 There is but one species, viz. C. monta- 

 na, a shrub, found in New Caledonia. 



CODICIL, a schedule, or supplement 

 to a will, or other writing. It is used as 

 an addition to a testament, when any 

 thing is omitted which the testator 

 would add, explain, alter, or retract; 

 and is of the same nature as a testament, 

 except that it is without an heir or exe- 



