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Co"coa*nut` (-nŭt`), n. The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.

{ ||Co`co*bo"lo (?), Co`co*bo"las (?) }, n. [Sp. cocobolo.] (Bot.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.

Co*coon" (?), n. [F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See Conch.] 1. An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

2. (Zo÷l.) (a) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa. (b) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs. (c) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.

Co*coon"er*y (?), n. A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

Coc"ti*ble (?), a. [See Coctile.] Capable of being cooked. Blount.

Coc"tile (?), a. [L. coctilis, fr. coguere. See Cook.] Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.

Coc"tion (?), n. [L. coctio.] 1. Act of boiling.

2. (Med.) (a) Digestion. [Obs.] (b) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. [Obs.] Dunglison.

Co"cus wood` (?). A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.

Cod (k&obreve;d), n. [AS. codd small bag; akin to Icel. koddi pillow, Sw. kudde cushion; cf. W. cod, cwd, bag, shell.]

1. A husk; a pod; as, a peascod. [Eng.] Mortimer.

2. A small bag or pouch. [Obs.] Halliwell.

3. The scrotum. Dunglison.

4. A pillow or cushion. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo÷l.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.

&fist; There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.

Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod. -- Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. McElrath.

||Co"da (kō"d&adot;), n. [It., tail, fr. L. cauda.] (Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

Cod"der (?), n. A gatherer of cods or peas. [Obs. or Prov.] Johnson.

Cod"ding (?), a. Lustful. [Obs.] Shak.

Cod"dle (k&obreve;d"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (- dl&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.] 1. To parboil, or soften by boiling.

It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. Dampier.

2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.

How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray.

He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. Southey.

Cod"dy*mod"dy (k&obreve;d"d&ybreve;*m&obreve;d"d&ybreve;), n. (Zo÷l.) A gull in the plumage of its first year.

Code (kōd), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.] 1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.