Part 545

Co"ny-catch`er (?), n. A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.

Con"y*lene (?), n. [Conine + acetylene.] An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.

Con"y*rine (?), n. [From Conine.] (Chem.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.

Coo (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cooing.] 1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.

The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse. Thomson.

2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." Byron.

{ Coo"ey, Coo"ee } (?), n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

Cook (k&oomac;k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]

Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599).

Cook (k&oocr;k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." Grose.

Cook (k&oocr;k), n. [AS. cōc, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. &?;, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin.] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

2. (Zo÷l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

Cook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooked (?); p. pr & vb. n. Cooking.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.]

They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison.

Cook (k&oocr;k), v. i. To prepare food for the table.

Cook"book` (-b&oocr;k`), n. A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.]

"Just How": a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.

Cook*ee" (k&oocr;k*ē"), n.A female cook. [R.]

Cook"er*y (k&oocr;k"&etilde;r*&ybreve;), n. 1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] R. North.

{ Cook"ey, Cook"ie } (?), n. See Cooky.

Cook"maid` (?), n. A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

Cook"room` (?), n. A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh.

Cook`shop (?), n. An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.

Cook"y (?), n.; pl. Cookies (#). [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

Cool (?), a. [Compar. Cooler (?); superl. Coolest.] [AS. cōl; akin to D. koel, G. kŘhl, OHG. chouli, Dan. k÷lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala. See Cold, and cf. Chill.] 1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

Fanned with cool winds. Milton.