Part 2055

<hw>Cob"web`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cob</ets> a spider + <ets>web</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.</def>

<blockquote>I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the <b>cobwebs</b> of the schools. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.</def>

<blockquote>The dust and <b>cobwebs</b> of that uncivil age. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European spotted flycatcher.</def>

<cs><col>Cobweb lawn</col>, <cd>a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards.</cd></cs>

<i>Beck. Draper's Dict.</i>

<blockquote>Such a proud piece of <b>cobweb lawn</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Cobweb micrometer</col>, <cd>a micrometer in which threads of cobwed are substituted for wires.</cd>

<h1>Cobwebbed</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Cob"webbed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abounding in cobwebs.</def> "The <i>cobwebbed</i> cottage."

<i>Young.</i>

<h1>Cobwebby</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Cob"web`by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.</def>

<h1>Cobwork</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Cob"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; <as>as, a <ex>cobwork</ex> dock or breakwater</as>.</def>

<h1>Coca</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Co"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., fr. native name.]</ety> <def>The dried leaf of a South American shrub (<spn>Erythroxylon Coca</spn>). In med., called <i>Erythroxylon</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food.</note>

<cs><col>Mexican coca</col>, <cd>an American herb (<spn>Richardsonia scabra</spn>), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cocagne</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc*agne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cocagne</ets>, <ets>pays de cocagne</ets>; of uncertian origin, cf. Prov. F. <ets>couque</ets> cake, Catal. <ets>coca</ets>, L. <ets>coquere</ets> to cook; as if the houses in this country were covered with cakes. Cf. <er>Cook</er>, <er>Cockney</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Cocaine</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Co"ca*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A powerful alkaloid, <chform>C17H21NO4</chform>, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.</def>

<h1>Cocciferous</h1> <Xpage=271>