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13. In her., a coat of arms or au achievement: queen, or knave, in the old Spanish pack the coat- 
used in a general sense. 
Hark, countrymen ! either renew the Hunt, 
Or tear the lions out of England cual. 
Mat., 1 Men. VI., I. r,. 
I observed his cvatf at Ihe tail of his coach: h>- gives 
the arms of rjigland, Scotland, and France, quartered : 
upon aoinc other ll.-lds. /''/'.'/, Diary, I. !<,. COatee (ko-te'), . 
14. Same as ciiitt-iiiinn-y. 15. A coat of mail. 
Sn.h a stroke hym dalt thcr V|I]HUI h^ 
Ne ha.J Ihe hauln-rke sina! mail be, god wote, 
Als hya bl-eat of atile lateel], illt- hym ha, I , ,,IM>- >ni , 
Hutu. ,,; 1'iirti nnii(\:. i-;. T. s.j, i. 4^1,-.. 
Buffy coat, see iiiiffn. Canting coat. s t -.- riniiiim. 
Coat or COte and conduct, clothing and travel. Hen. -, 
Coat-and-conduct money, iii l-'.mi. MM;, .. ia\,u imposi 
lion laid upon the counties fur defraying the expen- 
clothing the troops levied and their l nm-ling expenses. 
Coat Of amis, ill Iff. : (HI A complete a. In, -M in. -lit. (ft) 
A slirc.iat or tabard embroidered with armorial Itcarings. 
.such as in modern limes is worn only by a herald of arms 
on rur .-rcm.tiiial occasions. It Is a survival of the 
medieval .Mir, oat (which see). Coat Of defense. Saun- 
as null ofjffi,,:: Coat Of fence, any body-garment lined 
.i defensive armor; sp.-.-illcally, a garment of textile 
material quilted and stuffed, nr havini: plates or rings of 
cards of each suit Were the king, knight, and groom 
knave ; in the old vjcnuan pack they were the king, a high 
officer (Obrr), and a low officer (U liter). Now. i 
she had in h.r hand the ace of heart*, methought, and 
cob 
Prince, mayghir- a good p.*-t nuoh ronin-nient <-nnnt- 
nannee and also beneflte ail are due to an e\<-eiliit arti- 
lleer, though they neither ki*se niir*'jr them (as Cynthia 
did KM , n,, Mich ex- 
' I iol ill; 
, Art, Vrht-r), p. 36. 
' .> -Hay.'v. -J 2. To persuade by fond pleading or flattery; 
[< ,-0,/r-i + -,;!.] A close- wheedle; cajole. 
lit ting coat with short tails. [Eng.] 
At every lazy eorner were group* of great, well. mad, 
six-foot soldiers, in red coateei (for the tunic cannot I,,- 
.numerated among the causes ot the s, p.,\ imitins) 
M'. //. Uliuell, Diary in India. I. p.'i. 
coathe, <: i. See cothe. 
A friiward child, that inm-t 1., litim- , rut a 
little till it falls asleep, f, >./</,,//,. i;od nature.! Man, i. 
Not yet. h,,w, v, r, . . . did Mis. licnm-t give i 
point. She talk.-d to Clizaheth again and again ; , 
and threatened her by turns. 
Janf Aiififii, Pride and Prejudice, p. 91. 
coati (ko'a-'ti). n. [Also cuati (in Spanish writ- "''!".'' "~ 3 - To manage or gui.l.- carefully; con- 
i-rs), i/iiiK-lii (Bomarre, 1775), quasje (Schr. i '} m a 8 entle wa y : ait . <" <'"" J ' BOBM into a 
I77f!^ flllfloif ' tL Tlilfivf* namn 1 A*, Amnmin*, TOl. 
metal sewed UIMIII it or lu- 
lu, i-n thcfolds; agambeson 
or brigandine. The term 
coat of fence fa more aeeii- 
II. in trans. To use cajolery or gentle plead- 
I coaxt I wheedle '. I'm above it. 
t'arquhar, Recruiting Officer. 
[< co- 1 + <m//.] Same 
Uiy circular cylinder coaxal with the bounding cylln- 
ler or cylinders. Knm,-. lint., \ II. MO. 
hauberk of mall or the 
plate-armor that succeeded 
it. See cut under liriijnn- 
din. Coat of mail (a) 
A hauberk, (b) In a more 
general sense, any defensive 
garment for the liody, quilt- 
ed with small plates, rings, 
orscalcsof iron. (S, , 
tftgnu and nrniiiif. ) The use 
of the term to denote plate- 
anuor Is erroneous. Coat 
Of plates, a name given to 
the suit of armui made of 
splints. See*ufr/ifand/>l<(iV- 
iinnor. Hole In one's 
coat, see At,;.-!. Rough 
coat, iu iilaittcrimj, the llrat 
coat spread on lathing. 
Roughing-in coat, in j>i- 
tirintf, the first coat applied 
directly uijon masonry in 
three-coat plastering. Also 
called rouiihiitg-up coat. See cratch^:oat. To turn or 
change one's coat, to he a turncoat; turn from one 
party or opinion to another. 
He I Marquis Spinolal hath now changril h in Coat, and 
taken up his old Commission again from Don Phlllppo. 
whereas during that Expedition he called himself Cesar s 
Servant. Howcll, Letters, I. 1L 14. 
coat- (kot), v. t. [< mi/-, n.] 1. To cover with 
a coat or outer garment; cover or protect as 
with a coat. 
He Is eiuiifil and hooted for it. B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
Fringing-reefs sometimes coat, and thus protect the foun- 
dations of islands, which have been worn down by the surf 
to the level of the sea. Darwin, Coral Reefs, p. 78. 
2. To overspread with a coating or layer of 
hi-r. One In the red, rin-tail, ,1. . lira/ilimi e,,aii |. 
vrra luuua of Lluiiieuri, now known as Nama rufa also 
u 
,, , *, . . * . . iui m, luiiguiK over me grcaiei pan oi . 
another substance : as, to coat something with The other is the brown or Mexican coati. 
wax or tin-foil, 
coat-armor, coat-armour (kot'ar'mor), . 
177ii), I//W.M-V ,- a nutivo name.] An American 
jilanti^'i-iuli- earnivorous quadruped, of the fam- 
ily I'l-ni-i/iiiiiilii-. Mibl'amily \ii.--Hiiiii', and genus 
\IIXHII (wliirli si-i-). inhabiting tropical and 
subtropical regions. It Is moat nearly related loth. _.i /i,= _v i\ 
racoon*, but has an elongated hody. a long tail, and an coaxal (ko-ak sal), a. 
attenuated and very flexible snout, whence the generic "X coaxial. 
name \nnia. In general a]H-et the , ,,aiis resemble the 
i ing tailed liassaris, and still more s,,m,- of the old-world 
ichneumon- or Vicerrida, to which family these animals 
were former!) r, i.-rr.-d. There are two distinct specie* of coaxation (ko-ak-sa shon), . [< L. as if *co- 
eoatlit or eoatimondis, the .-\nonum ..i which has been nr<itio(n-), < coaxare, pp. coaxatiu, croak, as a 
'' '" ""' y,(if, an imitation of the croaking of frogs. Cf. 
quack 1 .] The act of croaking, as of frogs. Dr. 
a. More. [Rare.] 
coaxer (k6k's6r), w. One who coaxes; a 
wheedler ; a cajoler. 
coaxial (ko-ak'si-al), a. [<eo-l + axial.] Hav- 
ing a common axis. Also coaxal Coaxial cir- 
cles. 
coaxially (ko-ak'si-al-i), adr. In a coaxial man- 
ner; in such a position or direction as to have 
the same axis (as something else). 
Let a coll be Introduced Into the circuit, and let a second 
coll, wholly disconnected from the first, be laid coaziatty 
with It, s,, that the coefficient of mutual Induction between 
the colls shall be as great as possible. 
S. P. Thompson, Uynamo-Elect. Mach., p. 198. 
coaxing (kok'sing), M. [Verbal u. of coax, v.] 
The act of wheedling; cajolery, 
coaxingly (kok'sing-li), ail,-'. In a coaxing 
manner. 
cob 1 (kob), H. [< ME. cob (found only in sense 
2), prob. a var. of cop 1 , head; cf. coft 2 . The 
various nouns spelled cob are chiefly of dialec- 
tal origin, and their history is obscure; but 
most of them are prob. developed from cofci, 
head, or cob 2 , roundish lump: see cob 2 , cob 3 , 
etc.] If. The top ; the head ; the poll. Hence 
2. A head man ; a prominent or chief per- 
son ; a leader or chief. [Now only prov. Eng.] 
sustej iii.i is not by peraonis lowe, 
But iWi grete this riote sustene. 
OHMS, MS. quoted in llalliw, 11 p. 259. 
3f. A wealthy man; especially, one who makes 
a vulgar use or display of his wealth ; a rich 
and vulgar man; a chuff. 
The rich cobt of this world. Udall. 
All cobbing country chuffes, which make their bellies 
and their bagges thcyr gods, are called rich cobori. 
Xashe, Lenten stulfe (Marl. Misc., VI. 174). 
cob 2 (kob), n. [Early examples of the senses 
here grouped are few, and their history and re- 
lations are obscure. They appear to be in part 
particular uses of cofti as a var. of coiA, head 
J*_ il in i * 
Red Coati ; .Vasna n</<> . 
formerly as A", mlferuta, X. quanje, X. /UMO. -V. sariali*. 
riin-ro narieu 
, 
of Linnaeus, now called .V*ii luirira. ranging from ti 
Isthmus of Panama through Central America and the 
OF cte a arwr ^ coat for armW "[defense V g " ished fr m another kW call ^ d th<? ' 80<>ia1 ' 
F 00* ta^co^f o^Tfc! ( equiv 8e G : Tl herei8I ' ZO 10giCal distinction -] 8ame 
S8W2.W^Tr^M.9iiS *'<**)> v*** <* ?<* * ttzz*?^^:^^'^ 
the wearer's armorial bearings, worn over ttie ^^^JSS, substance s P r ^ over f ** , ^g. a var. of cl,b, q. v., the gen- 
armor ; a surcoat. TSZPJSZS. .L O ^ ame S ta X' n ' a ****<&<> be ng that of 'a roundish lump'; 
Alle and every man 
Had on him throw .-n a vesture 
Win. he that men clepen a cote armure 
Kmlirowded wonderlyche ryche. 
a coating of plaster or tin-foil. 2. Cloth for cf. cofeftfe 1 , cobblestone. Cf. W. cob, a tuft, var 
coats: as, an assortment of coatings. of cop, a tuft, top; W. cob, the thumb. With 
coat-link (kot'lingk), . A link having a pair c62, 5, 0, as applied to a fish, cf. Icel kobbi 
. oi buttons attached to it, ora loop and button, a popular name for kopr, a young seal. The 
Chaucer, House of Fame, I. 3233. used for fastening a coat over the breast. Coat- senses last given may be of other origin Cf 
wm r n',",k '.'',V' 1 'r'r"ti''i,, t t h r'i (U88r " Ue alone Unks we . re much m fa8hion about 186 . business cob\ cob*, cob*.] 1. A roundish lump, speciit". 
HV, i iv ,-!? ir'ui,/ i is.! coats being made so as barelv to meet across the """" '"^ ' * - --' "--- - 
nds, lit. J. b reas f 
2. A coat of arms; the escutcheon of a person, coat-money (kot'mun'i), . An exaction lev- 
with its several charges and other furniture, ie d by Charles I. on the pretext of providing 
as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. clothing for the army. Also called coat. 
"What is hus conysaunce," quath ich, "In bus cote-ar coaxt C0k68 2 t (koks), n. FOri 
fitr. Plowman (c), xix. 188. ghnpUon ; gull ; dupe ; fool. 
The coate amwr which he [Sir William Petty] chose ami 
allways depicted on his coach, 4c., was a mariner's com- 
pass, the style pointing to the polar star, the crest a bee- 
hive.. Ecflyn, To Mr. Wotton. 
coat-cardt (kot'kard), . [Early mod. E. also 
i-iiiiti'-ciinl.i-iifi-i-iii-il, also coated-card (now fonrt- 
cnnl, in simulation of court, with allusion to 
. . l nut : a cobnut (which see), (b) X kernel or 
stone (of fruit, etc.): as. a cherry-X>. (c) A roundish 
loaf: a cob-loaf (which see). (<f) A ball or pellet of food 
for fowls. (/) pi. The testicles ; the cods. (Prov. Eng.) 
2. A small haystack; a haycock. [Prov. Eng.] 
coaxt, COkes*Mk6ks)>. .[Origin obseure.] A ^^I^^JS^&tSSi 
a spike, on which the grains of maize or Indian 
corn grow in rows ; a corn-cob (which see). 
[U. S.] 
the king and queen); < coat- (with ref. to the 
figured coats or dresses of the characters on the 
Why, we will make a coke* of this wise master ; 
We will, my mistress, an absolute fine colm. 
B. Jonton, The Devil Is an Asa, ii. 2. 
You are a brainless coax, a toy, a fop. 
Krau. and Ft., Wit at several Weapons, Hi. 1. 
That you may know I am not. as they say, an animal, 
which is, as they say, a kind of colcet, which Is, as the 
learned term It, an ass, ... a dolt, a noddy. 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, iv. 3. 
cards so called) + carrf 1 . Cf. D. jas-kaart, a coax (koks), r. [Formerly spelled coke* ; < coax 
trump-card, a pack of 52 cards, < jas, a coat, cokcs^, .. a fool. Ct.fool, r.] I. trans. It. To , , ...... 
pave of trumps. + hmrt = E. m,i.] A play- fondle; caress; flatter; fool with flattery or 6. A fish, the bullhead or miller's^thumb. 
.ng-oard which has a figure on it; the king, caresses. z,dote , it. i, .gudgeon or. ,. 
In the year 1683 the house of Nicholas Desborongh, at 
Hartford, wa very strangely molested by stones, by pieces 
of earth, by cola of Indian corn, and other such things 
from an invisible hand, thrown at him. 
C. Matter, Mag. fhrla., vl. 7. 
5. A young herring. 
Why not the ghost of a herring cob, as well as the ghost 
of Hasher Bacon? 
B. Jonton, Every Man in his Humour, L S. 
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