cobelligerent 
II. a. A nation, state, or individual that co- 
operates with another in carrying on war. 
cobezoutiant (ko-be-zo'ti-ant), . [< <-! -f- be- 
ztiutiitiit.] In miilli,, any homogeneous quad- 
ratic, function similar in form and in its property 
of invariant' to (lie bezoutiant; an invariant 
of two qualities of order m and of an adjoint 
quant ie of order m 1, when the coefficients of 
the latter are treated as the facieuts of the in- 
variant, so that the latter is an wi-ary quadric. 
CObezontold (ko-lie-zo'toi.l), . [< co- 1 + be- 
:(iuti>i(t.} In miilli., an invariant of a quautic 
of order / and of an adjoint quantic of order 
TO 2, being an ( l)-ary quadric in the co- 
efficients of the adjoint quantic. 
cob-horse (kob'hOrs), n. Same as cob 3 . 
cob-house (kob'hous), n. 1. A house built of 
cob. See co& 2 , 9. 
A uarrow street ufco6-Ao/.w.suliitcwji.sliril and t hutched. 
//. Kin : ifliii. iH-nilry llamlyn, vi. 
2. A child's play-house built of corn-cobs: 
used, like house of cards, as u synonym of in- 
stability. [U. S.J 
CObia (ko'bi-ii), n. [Perhaps of W. Ind. origin.] 
A Spanish liaine of the sergeant-fish, Elacate 
Cobia, or Crab-eater (Elacate Canada'). 
Canada. It is of a fusiform shape with wide flattened 
head, and of an olive-brown color witli a broad blackish 
lateral band. Along the Maryland and Virginia coasU It 
is called bonito. Also called crab-eater. See Elacate. 
cob-iron (kob'I'ern), n. 1. An andiron of the 
simplest form, the upright portion of which is 
small and undecorated. 2. An iron by which 
a spit is supported. [Prov. Eng.] 
co-bishop (ko-bish'op), n. [< co- 1 + bishop.'] 
A joint or coadjutaiit bishop. Ayliffe. 
cobitid (kob'i-tid), . A fish of the family Co- 
hili'ltr ; a loach. 
Cobitidae (ko-bit'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Cobitis 
+ -idee.] A family of plectospondylous fishes, 
typified by the genus Cobitis, with the margin 
of the upper jaw formed by the intermaxilla- 
ries alone, the pharyngeal teeth rather numer- 
ous, three hypobranchials, and spines rising 
from the preorbital bones. The family Is peculiar 
to the old world, and is represented in European fresh 
waters by several species known chiefly as lunches; there 
are also numerous Asiatic forms. See loach. 
Oobitidina (ko-bit-i-dl'nii), n. pi. [NL., < Co- 
bitis + -two 2 .] In Giinther's classification of 
fishes, the fourteenth group of Cyprinidce. its 
technical characters are : a mouth surrounded by 6 or 
more barbels ; a dorsal fin short or of moderate length ; 
a short anal fin ; scales small and rudimentary, or entirely 
absent ; pharyngeal teeth in a single series in moderate 
number ; and an air-bladder partly or entirely inclosed in 
a bony capsule. Same as the family Cobitidas. 
Cobitis (ko-bi'tis), n. [NL., < Gr. Ku/ft-nc, fern, 
of KujjinK, adj., gudgeon-like, < Kaftiof., gudgeon : 
see gudgeon.] The typical genus of fishes of 
the family Cobitidte or loaches. C. Uenia is an 
example. See cut under loach. 
cobitoid (kob'i-toid), a. and n. [< Cobitis + 
oid.] I. a. Relating to or having the charac- 
ters of the Cobitidw. 
II. . A cobitid. 
cob-joe (kob'jo), n. A nut fastened to the end 
of a string. [Prov. Eng.] 
cobkeyt, . [Cf. coo?.] A bastinado. 
My L. Foster being a lytle dronk, went up to the mayn 
top to fet down a rebel, and twenty at the least after hyiu, 
wher they gave hym a cobketi upon the cap of the mayn 
mast. MS. addit. 6008. (HattiwM.) 
coble, cobble 3 (kob'l), n. [< ME. coble (Halli- 
well), < W. ceubal, a ferry-boat, a skiff (of. ceu- 
fad, a canoe). < ceito, hollow out. Not con- 
nected with ONorth. cuopel, a boat.] A flat- 
tish-bottomed, clincher-built fishing-boat with 
a square stern. [Great Britain.] 
Before that he was mid waters, 
The weary coble began to fill. 
The Weary Coble a' Cargill (Child's Ballads, III. 31). 
Through an open door between the backs of two houses 
could be seen a glimpse of the dancing, heaving river, 
with such ships or nshing cobles as happened to be moored 
In the waters above the bridge. 
Mn. Gaskett, Sylvia's Lovers, ill. 
cobler (kob'ler), n. [Perhaps same as cobbler^, 
a mender.] A bent rasp used in straightening 
the shaft of a ramrod. 
cob-loaf (kob'lof), n. [< co6 2 + loaf.'] A loaf 
that is lumpy, uneven, or crusty: applied by 
Shakspere in contempt to a person. 
1073 
Ther. Thou ((nimblest ami railest every hour on Achil- 
let. . . . 'I'd. ni slmuldst strike him. 
Aji. (/,/,,/ Shak., T. and ('., li. 1. 
cobnobble (kol/noh-l), c. t. ; pret. and pp. cob- 
iinlilili-d, Mir. i-iiliiiiilililiini. [K. dial., appar. < 
<W<7 + /,, I,,. ad.] To beat. [Prov. Eiig.] 
cobnut (kob'nut), n. [< coo 2 + nut.'} 1. A 
round nut ; a large hazelnut. [Eng.] 
\ 'in I., n't know what I've got in my pockets." . . . 
"Ho, 1 niiid .Maggie. ". . . Is it mark I marbles] oreo*- 
mittl ' Oeoriif Mini, Mill ..n tin- K|.,H, i. 5. 
2. A children's game, played with cobnuts. 
Jamaica, cobnut, tin- need of a euphorbfaccous tree, Om- 
/lull,.! tiiniiilrii. uliieh is pleasant to the taste- and |KI|I- 
MHJII-, jiftrr ihr ivnuiviil eif ili- embryo. 
cobob (ko-holi'). . and c. Same as cabob. 
cobourg, . See coburg. 
cob-poke (kob'pok), . A bag carried by glean- 
ers for receiving the cobs or broken ears of 
wheat, llullhri'll. | Prov. Eng.] 
cobra 1 (ko'brii), n. The contracted name of the 
cobra-de-capello. 
cobra 2 (ko'brii), . See copra. 
cobra-de-capello (ko'brii-<le-ka-per6), n. [Pg., 
lit. hooded snake: cobra, a snake, adder, < L. 
fiilitbra, fern, of coluber, a snake, adder (see Co- 
luber, culverin ) ; de, < L. de, of; capello, a hood: 
cf. chapel, cliapeaa, and cape 1 .] The hooded 
or spectacled snake, Naja tripudians, a serpent 
of the most venomous nature, found abun- 
dantly in different hot countries of Asia, espe- 
cially in India. In common with the other vipers of 
the genus Naja, it Is remarkable for the manner in liieh 
it is able to spread out or dilate the back and sides of the 
neck and head when irritated, giving somewhat the ap- 
pearance of a hood. The name spectacle-snake is derived 
from the presence of a binocular mark on the back of its 
neck. It feeds on lizards and other small animals, Is 
^r- 
Cobra-de-capello (Naja tripudians^. 
sluggish in Its hablU, and is easily killed. It attains a 
length of 3 or 4 feet. Also written cobra-da-capello, cobra- 
di-capello, or simply called cobra. See Naja. 
cobra-monil (ko'bra-mon'il), n. [< eofera 1 + 
(appar.) monil, < It. month, a collar, necklace.] 
An East Indian viper, Daboia russelli. Abo 
called ticpolonga. 
cobres (ko'bres), n. [Sp.] The name given 
in Europe to a superior kind of indigo pre- 
pared in South America. 
cobrlc (ko'brik), a. [< co&ra 1 + -ic.] Of or per- 
taining to the cobra ; in chem., derived from the 
cobra : as, cobric acid. 
cobriform (ko'bri-f drm), a. [< co&ra 1 + L. for- 
ma, shape.] Resembling or related to the co- 
bra ; proteroglyph : specifically said of venom- 
pus serpents, as those of the family Najidte, 
in distinction from crotaliform. The cobriform 
serpents are the Proterogtypha, including the families 
Najidoz, Elapidos, and Dendra#pidid(t. 
cob-stacker (kob'stak'6r), n. A device in 
some corn-shelling machines for removing the 
cobs from the machinery and placing them in 
stacks or piles. 
cobstone (kob'ston), n. [< co& 2 + stone. Ct. cob- 
blestone.] Same as cobble 1 , 1, and cobblestone. 
cobswan (kob'swon), n. [< coft 1 + swan.'] A 
leading or male swan. B. Jonson. [Obsolete 
or prov. Eng.] 
COburg, CObourg (ko'borg), n. [From Coburg 
in Germany.] A thin fabric of worsted and 
cotton, or worsted and silk, twilled on one side, 
used for women's dresses: used as a substi- 
tute for merino, and especially as a material 
for inexpensive mourning. 
cob- wall ( kob ' wal ) ; n. A wall built of unburned 
clay, sometimes mixed with straw, or of straw, 
lime, and earth. See cob-house, and co6 2 , 9. 
cobweb (kob'web), . and a. [Early mod. E. 
cobwebbe, < ME. copweb (= MD. kopwebbe), a 
spider's web, appar. < coppe (mod. E. c7> 2 ), 
appar. short for attercoppe (mod. E. otter-cop), 
a spider (cf. MD. kop, koppe, also spinne-koppe, 
spinne-kobbe, a spider, koppe-ghespin, also spinne- 
cocainize 
; a spider's well Kilian : see i-nfi- and 
('(/<'), + irrh. | I. n. 1. Tlie net spun by a 
snider to c-at'-h its prey; a spider's web. 2. 
rifjnratively, a network of plot or intrigue: an 
insidious snare; a eontrivanee for enlani;liii^ 
the weak or unwary : as, the mlm-ilix of the law. 
3. Something (limsy and easily rent, broken 
through, or destroyed. 
Worldly Kpirits, whose intciVHt is their l-li.-i nial 
vebtat obliKutloiiH. nif I' Bratm , I'tm^t. M'.i,, iii. r,i. 
Surli are the flimsy cobteeta of which tins [mliti, ,l 
drt-anirr ti theories are tn 
PreKott, Fcnl. and Isa., ii 1:;, BOto 
4. /*/. The neglected accumulations of time ; 
old musty rul>l>ish. 
Hvll apparelled 111 the dust and cubwtbt of that tint ivil 
age. Hii- ! 
II. ". Made of or resembling cobweb; hence, 
flimsy; slight. 
Spun from the cobuvb fashion of the times. 
Akennde, Pleaure> of Imagination, ii. 
Cobweb lawn, a flue linen mentioned in 1640 as being 
iu pieces of 15 yards. Draper'* Diet. 
cim- half drawn 
In solemn Cypress, til' other cubweb-laum. 
B. Jmuon, Epigrams. 
The wont are good enough for such a trill. , 
Such a proud piece of coo-web launi. 
Beau, and Fl., Scornful Lady. 
cobweb (kob'web), t>. t.; pret. and pp. cobtcebbed, 
ppr. cobwebbing. [< cooiceb, n.] 1. To cover 
with a filmy net, as of cobweb. 
And now autumnal dews are seen 
To cobiceb every green. Quartet. 
2. To clear of cobwebs. 
We cobwebbed, swept and dusted. Harpcr'g Bazar. 
cobwebbed (kpb'webd), a. [< cobweb + -ed*.] 
1 . Covered with cobwebs. 
The cobwebb'd cottage. Youiiff, Night Thoughta, i. 176. 
We like to read of the small, bare room, with cobmbbed 
ceiling and narrow window, tn which the poor child of 
genius sits with his magical pen, the master of a realm of 
beauty and enchantment. 
C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 17. 
2. In bot., covered with loose, white, tangled, 
slender hairs, resembling the web of a spider. 
cobwebbery (kob'web-er-i). n. ; pi. cobtcebber- 
ies (-iz). [< cobweb + -ery.] A mass or collec- 
tion of cobwebs. [Rare.] 
When, across the hundred-fold poor scepticisms, trivial- 
isms, and constitutional cobwebtieries of Dryasdust, you 
catch any glimpse of a William the C'onquerur, ... do 
you not discern veritably some rude outline of a true (iod- 
niade king? Carlyle. 
cobwebby (kob'web-i), a. [< cobweb + -yi.] Of 
the nature of, resembling, or abounding with 
cobwebs: a,s,cobviebby texture; a,cobtcebby house. 
With the unassisted eye, the cobwebby consistence of the 
mould may be seen penetrated by upright atoms tearing 
a globule on the end. S. B. Uerrick, Plant Life, p. 69. 
cobworm (kob'werm), . [< eo&2 + worm.] A 
local British name of the larva of the cock- 
chafer. Melolonthtt vulgaris. 
coca 1 (ko'ka), n. [8. Amer.] 1. The dried leaf 
of Erythroxylon Coca, natural order Hnnaceee, a 
small shrub of the mountains of Peru and Bo- 
livia, but cultivated in other parts of South 
America. The principal source of the drug as a com- 
mercial product U the province of Yungas in Bolivia, 
where the bushes, which are grown on the sides of the 
mountains, yield three crops a year. By far the greater 
part of the estimated annual product of 40,000,000 pounds 
is consumed at home. It is a stimulant, bearing some 
resemblance in Its effects to tea and coffee, and has long 
been used as a masticatory by the Indians of South Amer- 
ica, It relieves feelings of fatigue and hunger, and the 
difficulty in breathing experienced In climbing high moun- 
tains. The habit of chewing coca is an enslaving one. 
Coca Is used in medicine as a stimulant and tonic ; it yields 
the valuable alkaloid cocaine. Sometimes written cuca. 
2. The plant itself. 
COCa 2 (ko ' ka), . [Jap.] A Japanese rice- 
measure, equal to about 5 Winchester bushels. 
Cocagne, . See Cockaigne. 
cocaine (ko'ka-in), n. [< coca 1 + -iwf 2 .] An 
alkaloid (Cj^f^lNO^ obtained from the leaves 
of the coca, Erythroxylon Coca, it forms colorless, 
transparent prisms, is odorless, and has a hitter taste. It 
is only sparingly soluble in water, but freely soluble in 
ether. It is used as a local anesthetic. 
COCainism (ko'ka-in-izm), n. [< cocaine + 
-ism.] The morbid condition produced by the 
excessive use of cocaine ; the morbid habit of 
using cocaine as a stimulant. 
COcainization (ko-ka-in-i-za'shon), . [< coc- 
inize + -ation.] Subjection to the influence or 
effects of cocaine. 
There Is, however, a certain proportion of cases in which 
cocainization cannot be produced. Med. A'ewt, L. 501. 
cocainize (ko'ka-in-iz), r. t. ; pret. and pp. co- 
caini;ed, ppr. cocainizing. [< cocaine + -ice.] 
