Part 2043

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

<hw>Co*ag"u*late</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To undergo coagulation.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.</syn>

<h1>Coagulated</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.</def>

<cs><col>Coagulated proteid</col> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld>, <cd>one of a class of bodies formed in the coagulation of a albuminous substance by heat, acids, or other agents.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coagulation</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coagulatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; <as>as, the spontaneous <ex>coagulation</ex> of freshly drawn blood; the <ex>coagulation</ex> of milk by rennet, or acid, and the <ex>coagulation</ex> of egg albumin by heat</as>. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.</def> <-- by heat is due to denaturation of protein. -->

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The substance or body formed by coagulation.</def>

<h1>Coagulative</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*la*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the power to cause coagulation; <as>as, a <ex>coagulative</ex> agent</as>.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Coagulator</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which causes coagulation.</def>

<i>Hixley.</i>

<h1>Coagulatory</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; <as>as, <ex>coagulatory</ex> effects</as>.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Coagulum</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ag"u*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Coagula</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Coagulate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of bloot.</def>

<h1>Coaita</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ai"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus <spn>Ateles</spn>, esp. <spn>A. paniscus</spn>. The black-faced coaita is <spn>Ateles ater</spn>. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Coak</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Coak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Coke</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Coak</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Coak</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers.</def> <altsp>[Also spelt <asp>coag</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheve.</def>