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Co`in*her"it*ance (?), n. Joint inheritance.

Co`in*her"it*or (?), n. A coheir.

Co`in*i"tial (?), a. (Math.) Having a common beginning.

Co*in"qui*nate (?), v. t. [L. coinquinatus, p. p. of coinquinare to defile. See Inquinate.] To pollute. [Obs.] Skelton.

Co*in`qui*na"tion (?), n. Defilement. [Obs.]

Co*in"stan*ta"ne*ous (?), a. Happening at the same instant. C. Darwin.

Co`intense" (?), a. Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense. H. Spencer.

Co`in*ten"sion (?), n. The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.

Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer.

Coir (koir), n. [Tamil kayiru.] 1. A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut. Homans.

2. Cordage or cables, made of this material.

Cois"tril (?), n. [Prob. from OF. coustillier groom or lad. Cf. Custrel.] 1. An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries. [Written also coistrel.]

2. A mean, paltry fellow; a coward. [Obs.] Shak.

Coit (koit), n. [See Quoit.] A quoit. [Obs.] Carew.

Coit, v. t. To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit.

Co*i"tion (?), n. [L. coitio, fr. coire to come together; co- + ire to go.] A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. Grew.

Co*join" (?), v. t. To join; to conjoin. [R.] Shak.

Co*ju"ror (?), n. One who swears to another's credibility. W. Wotton.

Coke (?), n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where &?; smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.]

Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Coke, v. t. To convert into coke.

Coke"nay (?), n. A cockney. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Co"ker*nut` (?), n. (Com.) The cocoanut.

&fist; A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner.

Cokes (?), n. [OE. Cf. Coax.] A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Coke"wold (?), n. Cuckold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Col- (&?;). A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-.

||Col (?), n. [F., neck, fr. L. collum neck.] A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.