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Con"ic, n. (Math.) A conic section.

Con`i*cal"i*ty (?), n. Conicalness.

Con"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In the form of a cone.

Con"ic*al*ness, n. State or quality of being conical.

Con"i*co- (&?;), a. [See Conic.] A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate.

Con"i*coid (?), a. [Conic + -oid.] (Math.) Same as Conoidal.

Con"ics (?), n. 1. That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

2. Conic sections.

||Co*nid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Conida (#). [NL.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zo÷spores.

Co"ni*fer (?), n. [L. conifer; conus cone + ferre to bear: cf. F. conifŔre.] (Bot.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

Co*nif"er*in (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

Co*nif"er*ous (?), a. (a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. (b) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.

Co"ni*form (?), a. [Cone + -form: cf. F. coniforme.] Cone-shaped; conical.

Co*ni"ine (? or &?;), n. See Conine.

Co"ni*mene (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.) Same as Olibene.

Co"nine (? or &?;), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.

||Co`ni*ros"ter (?), n. [NL.] (Zo÷l.) One of the Conirostres.

Co`ni*ros"tral (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Belonging to the Conirostres.

||Co`ni*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.] (Zo÷l.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

Con`i*sor" (?), n. [Obs.] See Cognizor.

||Co*nis"tra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; dust.] (Greek Antiq.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

Co"nite (?), n. [Gr. &?; dust: cf. F. conite. So called on account of its gray color.] (Min.) A magnesian variety of dolomite.

||Co*ni"um (? or &?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; hemlock.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.

2. (Med.) The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.

Con*ject" (?), v. t. [L. conjectus, p. p. of conjicere. See Conjecture, n.] To throw together, or to throw. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.

Con*ject", v. t. To conjecture; also, to plan. [Obs.]

Con*ject"or (?), n. [L.] One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs.]

A great conjector at other men by their writings. Milton.