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<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Coag</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Coag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Coak</er>, a kind of tenon.</def>

<h1>Coagency</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*a"gen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Agency in common; joint agency or agent.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Coagent</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*a"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An associate in an act; a coworker.</def>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Coagment</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co`ag*ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coagmentare</ets>, fr. <ets>coagmentum</ets> a joining together, fr. <ets>cogere</ets>. See <er>Cogent</er>.]</ety> <def>To join together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Coagmentation</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag`men*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coagmentatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Coagulability</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag`u*la*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Coagulable</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being coagulated.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Coagulant</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*lant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coagulans</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>That which produces coagulation.</def>

<h1>Coagulate</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coagulatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>coagulare</ets> to coagulate, fr. <ets>coagulum</ets> means of coagulation, fr. <ets>cogere</ets>, <ets>coactum</ets>, to drive together, coagulate. See <er>Cogent</er>.]</ety> <def>Coagulated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Coagulate</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Coagulated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Coagulating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; <as>as, rennet <ex>coagulates</ex> milk; heat <ex>coagulates</ex> the white of an egg.</as></def>

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