coach 
Like the vile straw that's blown about the streets, . . . 
Coach'd, carted, trod upon. Pope, Duru-iad, iii. 291. 
3. To tutor ; give private instruction to ; espe- 
cially, to instruct or train for a special exami- 
nation or a contest: as, to coach a student for 
a college examination ; to coach a boat's crew ; 
to coach a new hand in his duties. 
Spenser has cixtclivd more poets and more eminent ones 
than any other writer of English verse. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2i\ ser., p. 19S. 
coachbell (koch'bel), . A Scotch name of the 
earwig, Forficula auriculitria. 
coach-bit (koch'bit), n. A horse's bit with 
large stationary checks on the mouthpiece. 
The reins are attached to loops in the checks, 
placed at various distances from the mouth- 
piece. 
coach-box (koch'boks), . The seat on which 
the driver of a coach sits. 
Fly Cranion, her charioteer, 
Upon the coach-box getting. 
Drayton, Nymphidia. 
coach-colors (koch'kul // orz), n. pi. Same as 
jit/itin colors (which see, under color). 
coach-currier (koch'kur'i-er), n. One who 
sells or makes the leather parts of coaches. 
coach-dog (koch'dog), n. Same as Dalmatian 
dog (which see, under dog). 
coachee (ko'che), . [< coach + dim. -eel. Cf. 
cabby.] A coach-driver ; especially, a driver of 
a public coach. [Colloq.] 
They are out again and up : coachee the last, gathering 
the reins into his hands. Trollope. 
coachert (ko'cher), n. [Early mod. E. cocker, 
< F. cocher, a coachman, < coche, coach: see 
coach, n.] A coachman. 
coach-fellow (koch'fel"6), n. 1. One of a pair 
of coach-horses ; a yoke-fellow. 
Their chariot horse, as they coach/ellota were, 
Fed by them. Chapman, Iliad, x. 
2. A person intimately associated with an- 
other ; a close companion ; a comrade. 
I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves 
for you and your coach-fellow. Nym. 
Shak., M. W. of W., 11. 2. 
coach-founder (koch'foun'der), n. One who 
makes the framework or ironwork of carriages. 
coachful (koch'ful), n. [< coach + -ful, 2.] As 
many as a coach will hold. 
coach-horse (koch'hors), . A horse used or 
adapted for use in drawing a coach Devil's 
coacli-liorse. See devil. 
coaching (ko'ching), . [Verbal n. of coach, v.~] 
1. The use of coaches as a means of public con- 
veyance ; now, especially, driving as an amuse- 
ment in large coaches drawn by four or six 
horses. 
The glories of the old coaching days, the badness of the 
roads, the signs of the inns. .V. and Q., 7th ser., II. 39. 
2. The act or practice of giving special instruc- 
tion or training, as for a college examination or 
an athletic contest. 
coach-leavest (koch'levz), n.pl. Blinds; some- 
thing to cover the windows of a coach and con- 
ceal the interior. 
Drive in again, with the coach-leaves put down, 
At the back gate. B. Jonson, New Inn, ii. 1. 
coachlet (koch'let), n. [< coach + dim. -let."] 
A small coach. 
In my light little coachlet I could breathe freer. 
Carlyle, French Rev.. III. i. 8. 
coachmaker (koch'ma"ker), n. A man who 
carries on the business of making coaches, or 
who is employed in making them ; a carnage- 
builder. 
coachman (koch'man), n. ', pi. coachmen (-men). 
1 . A man who drives a coach. 
Be thou my Coach-man, and now Cheek and loule 
With Phcebus Chariot let my Chariot roule. 
Sylcester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 4. 
2. In ichth., a serranoid fish, Dulfs auriga: 
same as charioteer, 3. 
coachmanship (koch'man-ship), n. [< coach- 
man + -ship.] Skill in driving coaches. 
coach-master (kpch'mas"ter), H. One who 
owns or lets carriages. 
coach-office (koch'of'is), . In England, a 
booking-office for stage-coach passengers and 
parcels. 
coach-screw (koch'skro), . A screw with a 
V-shaped thread and a square head, like that 
of a machine-bolt, used in coach-building. 
coach-stand (koch'stand), n. A place where 
coaches stand for hire. 
coach-trimmer (k6ch'trim / 'er) , n . A workman 
who prepares and finishes the lace, linings, and 
other trimmings for carriage-builders. 
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coach- whip (koch'hwip), . 1 . A whip intended 
to be used in driving a coach. 2. Naut., the 
long pennant hoisted at the royalmast-head of a 
man-of-war. 3. [Without the hyphen.] Inker- 
lift., a harmless colubrine serpent of the genus 
Manticopliis (which see): so called from its long 
slender form. There are several species, as M. flagelli- 
/wmis, inhabiting southerly portions of the United. States. 
A coachifhip, a snake much like the common black 
snake in form, but in color a very dark brown some two 
thirds of its length, the other third to the tip of the tail 
being a light brown, in appearance, from the peculiar 
markings, much like the lash of a whip. 
Sci. Amer., N. S., LVII. 7. 
coachwood (koch'wud), . The Ceratopetaluni 
apetalum, a large saxifragaceous tree of New 
South Wales, furnishing a soft, close-grained, 
fragrant wood valued for cabinet-work. 
COact (ko-akf), r. t. [< L. coactare, constrain, 
force, freq. of cogere, pp. cpactus, constrain : see 
cogent. The L. coactare is the ult. source of E. 
squat and squash^-, q. v.] To compel; force. 
Speak to him, fellow, speak to him ! I'll have none of 
this coacted, unnatural dumbness in my house. 
B. Jonson, Epicoene, iii. 2. 
The inhabitants were coacted to render the city. 
Sir M. Hale. 
co-act (ko-akf), v. i. [< co- 1 -I- act.] To act 
together. 
If I tell how these two did co-act, 
Shall I not lie in publishing a truth? 
Shak., T. andC., v. 2. 
coaction (ko-ak'shon), n. [< L. coactio(n-), < 
cogere, constrain : see coac*.] Force; compul- 
sion, either in restraining or in impelling. 
All outward co-action is contrary to the nature of lib- 
erty. Bp. Burnet, Thirty-nine Articles, xvii. 
coactive (ko-ak'tiv), a. [< L. as if *coactivus, 
< coactus, p'p. of cogere, constrain : see coact 
and -tie.] Forcing; compulsory; having the 
power to impel or restrain. 
The establishing a coactive or coercive jurisdiction over 
the clergy and whole diocess. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 172. 
The clergy have no coactive power, even over heretics. 
ililman, Latin Christianity, xii. 7. 
The coactiae force of this motive [Duty] is altogether in- 
dependent of surrounding circumstances, and of all forms 
of belief. Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 189. 
co-active (ko-ak'tiv), a. [< co- 1 + active.] 
Acting in concurrence. 
With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak., W. T., i. 2. 
coactively (ko-ak'tiv-li), adv. In a compulsory 
manner. 
co-activity (ko-ak-tiv'i-ti), B. [< co-active + 
-ity. Cf . activity.] Unity of or union in action. 
Dr. H. More. 
co-actor (ko-ak'tor), n. [< co-act + -or. Cf. 
actor.] One who acts jointly with another or 
others. 
coadaptation (ko-ad-ap-ta'shon), n. [< co- 1 4 
adaptation.] Mutual or reciprocal adaptation : 
as, the coadaptation of the parts of the hip- 
joint. Owen. 
coadapted (ko-a-dap'ted), a. [< co- 1 4 adapt- 
ed, pp. of adapt, v.] Mutually or reciprocally 
adapted: as, "coadap ted pulp and tooth," Owen. 
coadjacence (ko-a-ja'sens), n. [< cfladjacent: 
see -ence, and cf. adjacence.] Adjacence or 
nearness of several things to one another ; the 
state of being coadjacent; contiguity. 
The result of his [Aristotle's] examination is that there 
are four modes of association : namely, by proximity in 
time, by similarity, by contrast, by coadjac'-nce in space ; 
or three, if proximity in time and coadjacence in space be 
taken under one head. Pop. Encyc. 
coadjacent (ko-a-ja'sent), a. [< co- 1 + adja- 
cent.] Mutually adjacent; near each other; 
contiguous in space and time. 
The coadjacent is of some difficulty ; for I do not now 
think it probable that Aristotle by this meant to denote 
mere vicinity in space. It is manifest that Aristotle, under 
this head, intended to include whatever stands as part 
and partof thesame whole. Sir W. Hamilton, Reid, Note D. 
coadjument (ko-aj'p-ment), . [< co- 1 4- adju- 
ment.] Mutual assistance. Johnson. [Rare.] 
coadjust (ko-a-jusf), v. t. [< co- 1 4 adjust.] 
To adjust mutually or reciprocally ; fit to each 
other. Owen. 
coadjustment (ko-a-jusf ment), n. [< coadjust. 
4 -ment. Cf. adjustment.] Mutual or recipro- 
cal adjustment. 
coadjutant (ko-aj'o-tant), a. and n. [< co- 1 
4 adjutant.] I. a. Helping; mutually assist- 
ing or operating. 
Thracius coadjutant, and the war 
Of fierce Euroclydon. J. Philips. 
II. n. A coadjutor; a colleague. 
Dates or some of lu's coadjutants being touched, not in 
conscience, but with the disappointment of their work. 
Roger Forth, Eiamen, p. 198. 
coagency 
coadjutatort (ko-aj'o-ta-tor), H. 
jutator.] A coadjutor. 
[< co- 1 4- ad- 
I do purpose ... to act as a coadjutator to the law. 
Smollett, Launcelot Greaves, ii. 
coadjute (ko-a-jof), v. t. [Inferred from coad- 
jutor; or < co- 1 + aiijute.] To help or assist 
mutually or reciprocally; cooperate. 
Whereas those higher hills to view fair Tone that stand, 
Her cimljiitiiw Springs with much content behold. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, iii. 421. 
coadjutive (ko-a-jo'tiv), a. [< coadjute + -ive.] 
Mutually assisting; coadjutant; cooperating. 
[Rare.] 
A coadjutive cause. Feltham, Resolves, i. 66. 
coadjutor (ko-a-jo'tor), n. [< L. coadjutor, < 
co-, together, + adjiitor, a helper: see co- 1 and 
ndjutor.] 1. One who aids another; an assis- 
tant; a helper; an associate in occupation. 
2. One who is empowered or appointed to per- 
form the duties of another. Johnson. Specifi- 
cally 3. The assistant of a bishop or other 
prelate. A permanent coadjutor may or may 
not be appointed, with right of succession. 
= Syn. 1. Associate, Friend, Companion, etc. (see asso- 
ciate), fellow- worker, auxiliary, cobperator. 3. Coadju- 
tor, Suffragan. Each of these is an assistant to a bishop, 
but the coadjutor is appointed as assistant and often as 
successor to an old and infirm bishop, to relieve him from 
work ; the suffragan is assistant to a bishop whose see is 
too large, and has charge of a specific portion of it, the 
bishop principal remaining In charge of the central por- 
tion. 
coadjutorship (ko-a-jo'tor-ship), n. [< coadju- 
tor + -ship.] 1. Assistance; cooperation. Pope. 
2. The office or employment of a coadjutor. 
coadjutress (ko-a-jo'tres), M. [< coadjutor + 
-ess.] A female assistant or helper. 
The ministresses and coadjutreiiseg of justice. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 1063. 
coadjutrix (ko-a-jo'triks), . [As if L., fern, of 
coadjutor.] Same as coadjutress. 
Bolingbroke and his coadjittrtx. 
Smollett, Hist. Eng., I. ii. 40(0rd MS.). 
coadjuvancy (ko-aj'6-van-si), . [< coadjuvant, 
in lit. adj. sense ' helping in union with ' : see 
-ancy.] Assistance ; cooperation ; concurrent 
help. Sir T. Browne. [JBare.] 
coadjuvant (ko-aj'6-vant), . and n. [< co- 1 
+ adjuvant.] I. a. Assisting; cooperating 
with. 
II. ii. An assistant; a promoting agent ; spe- 
cifically, in med., an ingredient in a prescrip- 
tion designed to increase the effect of another 
ingredient. 
coadjuvatet, n. A coadjutor. 
coadnate (ko-ad'nat), a. [< co- 1 + adnate.] 
Same as iidnatc. 
coadunate, coadunated (ko-ad'u-nat, -na-ted), 
a. [< LL. coadunatus, pp. of eoadunare, unite 
together, < L. co-, together, + LL. adunare, 
make one (lit. ' at-one^; cf. atone), < L. ad, = 
E. at, + units = E. one.] United or joined. 
If the metre is characteristically Homeric, as say these 
infidels, then is the present text (so inextricably coadu- 
nated with the metre), upon their own showing, the good 
old Homeric text and no mistake. 
De Quincey, Homer, iii. 
Specifically (a) In entoin., united without perceptible ar- 
ticulation; connate. (6) In bot., same as adnate. 
COadunation (ko-ad-u-na'shon), w. [< LL. co- 
adunatio(n-), < eoadunare: see coadunate.] The 
union of different substances or parts in one 
mass. [Rare.] 
In the coadunation and conjunction of parts, the title 
is firm, but not at all in distinction and separation. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 190. 
coadunition (ko-ad-u-nish'on), n. [Var. of co- 
adunation, after unite.] Same as coadunation. 
coadventure (ko-ad-ven'tur), v. i.; pret. and 
pp. coadcentured, ppr. coadrcnturing. [< co- 1 + 
adventure, r.] To share with one or more in an 
adventure or a speculation. Howell. 
coadventure (ko-Mcl-ven'tur), . [< co- 1 + ad- 
venture, n.] An adventure in which two or more 
are sharers. 
coadventurer (ko-ad-ven'tur-er), . [< co- 1 + 
adventurer.] A fellow-adventurer. Howell. 
coaetaneous, co&taneously. See coetaneous, 
coetaneously. 
coafforest (kp-a-for'est), v. t. [< co- 1 + afforest.] 
To convert into a forest, or add to a forest. 
See afforest. 
Henry Fitz-Empresse . . . did coafforest much land, 
which continued all his reign, though much complained 
of. Howell, Letters, iv, 16. 
coagency (ko-a'jen-si), i. [< co- 1 + agency.] 
Joint agency ; cooperating power. Coleridge. 
Those fascinations of solitude which, when acting as 
a co-agency with unresisted grief, end in the paradoxical 
result of making out of grief itself a luxury. 
De Qitincey, Autobiog. Sketches, p. 22. 
