Part 2047

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To restrain; to confine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Coarctate</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Co*arc"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coarctatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>coarctare</ets> to press together; <ets>co-</ets> + <ets>arctare</ets> to press together, from <ets>arctus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Arctation</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.</def>

<cs><col>Coarctate pupa</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coarctation</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Co`arc*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coarctatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Confinement to a narrow space.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pressure; that which presses.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ray.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.</def>

<h1>Coarse</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coarse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Coarser</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Coarsest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[As this word was anciently written <ets>course</ets>, or <ets>cours</ets>, it may be an abbreviation of <ets>of course</ets>, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, <it>e. g.</it>, "Though the threads be <ets>course</ets>." <i>Gascoigne.</i> See <er>Course</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to <i>fine</i>; <as>as, <ex>coarse</ex> sand; <ex>coarse</ex> thread; <ex>coarse</ex> cloth; <ex>coarse</ex> bread.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; <as>as, <ex>coarse</ex> manners; <ex>coarse</ex> language.</as></def>

<blockquote>I feel Of what <b>coarse</b> metal ye are molded. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To copy, in my <b>coarse</b> English, his beautiful expressions. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Large; thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.</syn>

<h1>Coarse-grained</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coarse"-grained`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.</def>

<h1>Coarsely</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coarse"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.</def>

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<h1>Coarsen</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coars"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make coarse or vulgar; <as>as, to <ex>coarsen</ex> one's character</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Graham.</i>

<h1>Coarseness</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coarse"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; <as>as, <ex>coarseness</ex> of food, texture, manners, or language</as>.</def> "The <i>coarseness</i> of the sackcloth."