Part 100

Woe to the Sioux if the Northern Cheyennes get a chance to coup !

F. Remington.

Coup"stick` (k"stk`), n. [Coup + stick.] A stick or switch used among some American Indians in making or counting a coup.

Court, n. -- Court of claims (Law), a court for settling claims against a state or government; specif., a court of the United States, created by act of Congress, and holding its sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes may advise the government as to its liabilities.

||Cou`veuse" (?), n. [F.] (Med.) An incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born.

Cov"er*age (?), n. The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance.

Cov"er crop. A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring.

Cov"er*side` (?), n. A region of country having covers; a hunting country.

Cov"ing (?), n. (Arch.) (a) A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story. (b) The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace.

Co`walk"er (?), n. A phantasmic or "astral" body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelgänger.

Cow"pea`, n. (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Vigna Sinensis, syn. V. Catjang) found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man.

Coyote State. South Dakota; -- a nickname.

||Co`yo*til"lo (?), n. [Mex. Sp. dim. See Coyote.] A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to be poisonous to the coyote.

C Q D. In radiotelegraphy, the letters signified by the code call formerly used (cf. S O S) by ships in distress, formed by combining the code call C Q (formerly used as a general call for all stations) with D for distress.

Crack"a*jack` (?), n. 1. An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [Slang]

2. A preparation of popped corn, candied and pressed into small cakes. [U. S.]

Crack"a*jack`, a. Of marked ability or excellence. [Slang]

Cracker State. Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5.

{ Crack"-loo` (?), n. Also Crack"a*loo` }. A kind of gambling game consisting in pitching coins to or towards the ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]

Cra"dle*land` (kr"d'l*lnd`), n. Land or region where one was cradled; hence, land of origin.

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Cramp, n. (Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.

Cram"pet, n. One of the plates of iron, with attached spikes, forming a pair of crampoons; hence (Curling), an iron plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.

Cran"dall (krn"dal), n. [Prob. from Crandall, a proper name.] (Stonecutting) A kind of hammer having a head formed of a group of pointed steel bars, used for dressing ashlar, etc. -- v. t. To dress with a crandall.

Crane, n. 1. Any arm which swings about a vertical axis at one end, used for supporting a suspended weight.

2. (Zoöl.) The American blue heron (Ardea herodias). [Local, U. S.]

Crap (krp), n. In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses.

Cra*paud" (?), n. [Written also crapawd, crapald, crepaud, etc.] [F. crapaud.] 1. A toad. [Obs.]