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

Cog, v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs.

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

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

Co"gen*cy (?), n. [See Cogent.] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman.

Co*ge"ni*al (?), a. Congenial. [Obs.]

Co"gent (kō"j&ebreve;nt), 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.]

The cogent force of nature. Prior.

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

No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More.

Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall.

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.

Co"gent*ly, adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively. Locke.

Cog"ger (k&obreve;g"g&etilde;r), n. [From Cog to wheedle.] A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.

Cog"ger*y, n. Trick; deception. Bp. Watson.

Cog"gle (?), n. [See Cog small boat.] A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Cog"gle, n. [Cf. Cobble a cobblestone.] A cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Cog`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.

Cog"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. cogitabilis, fr. cogitare to think.] Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.

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

Cog"i*ta*bund` (?), a. [L. cogitabundus.] Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.] Leigh Hunt.

Cog"i*tate (?), 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.

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.

Cog"i*tate, v. t. To think over; to plan.

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.

Cog`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. cogitatio: cf. F. cogitation.] The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. "Fixed in cogitation deep." Milton.