n. [ L. arcus (E. arc) + -graph. ] An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; stomach. ] Troubled with bad digestion. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Syn. -- dysgenics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kako`s bad + -graphy; cf. F. cacographie. ] Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices calcography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to, or in the style of, calcography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calx, calcis, lime, chalk + -graphy. ] The art of drawing with chalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chalko`s copper, brass + -graphy. ] The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cogged p. pr. & vb. n. Cogging. ] [ Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. Coax, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. J. Dennis [ 1913 Webster ]

To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole. [ 1913 Webster ]

For guineas in other men's breeches,
Your gamesters will palm and will cog. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A trick or deception; a falsehood. Wm. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sw. kugge a cog, or W. cocos the cogs of a wheel. ] 1. (Mech.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Carp.) (a) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface. (b) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cogged breath sound (Auscultation), a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cogge; cf. D. kog, Icel. kuggr Cf. Cock a boat. ] A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cogent. ] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force. [ 1913 Webster ]

An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Congenial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate, p. a. ] 1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The cogent force of nature. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted. [ 1913 Webster ]

No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,
Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.

Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cog to wheedle. ] A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Trick; deception. Bp. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cog small boat. ] A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Cobble a cobblestone. ] A cobblestone. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cogitabilis, fr. cogitare to think. ] Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cogitabundus. ] Full of thought; thoughtful. [ R. ] Leigh Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To think over; to plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cogitated p. pr. & vb. n. Cogitating. ] [ L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. Adage. ] To engage in continuous thought; to think. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cogitatio: cf. F. cogitation. ] The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. “Fixed in cogitation deep.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. cogitativus. ] 1. Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. “Cogitative faculties.” Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to thought or contemplation. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [ Obs. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate. ] 1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being cognate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. ] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cognatio. ] 1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. [ 1913 Webster ]

As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Participation of the same nature. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

A like temper and cognation. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a kinsman. ] (Law) A person connected through cognation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Cognizor, Cognizee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t. ] 1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will not be myself nor have cognation
Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is known. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. connaissable, fr. connaître to know, L. cognoscere. See Cognition. ] 1. Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cognizable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. conissance, conoissance, F. connaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See Cognition, and cf. Cognoscence, Connoisseur. ] 1. Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Recollection; recognition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance,
Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies. (b) The hearing a matter judicially. (c) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [ Eng. ] (d) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [ Eng. ] Cowell. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

This pale and angry rose,
As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Cognizance, and cf. Connusant. ] Having cognizance or knowledge. (of). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Cognizant, Recognize. ] To know or perceive; to recognize. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cognizance. ] (Law) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: co- + (g)nomen name. ] 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Law) A surname. [ 1913 Webster ]