Part 2057

<note>&hand; These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry. When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds, of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also as a red dye.</note>

<note>&hand; Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter <i>carminic acid</i>, a purple red amorphous substance which yields <i>carmine red</i>.</note>

<h1>Cochineal fig</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coch"i*neal fig</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of Central and Southern Anerica, of the Cactus familly, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.</def>

<h1>Cochin fowl</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Co"chin fowl`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).</def>

<h1>Cochlea</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coch"le*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. <?/ a snail, fr. <?/ a shellfish with a spiral shell.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See <er>Ear</er>.</def>

<h1>Cochlear</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coch"le*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the cochlea.</def>

<h1>Cochleare</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coch`le*a"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A spoon.</def>

<i>Andrews.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med)</fld> <def>A spoonful.</def>

<i>Dungleson.</i>

<h1>Cocleariform</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coc`le*ar"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cochleare</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Spoon-shaped.</def>

<h1>Cochleary</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Coch"le*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cochlearum</ets> penfor snails (meaning formerly given, <ets>snail shell</ets>). See <er>Cjchlea</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Cochleate</er>.</def>

<h1>Cochleate, Cochleated</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw><hw>Coch"le*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Coch"le*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cochleatus</ets> spiral or screw-formed. See <er>Cochlea</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.</def>

<h1>Cock</h1> <Xpage=271>

<hw>Cock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>coc</ets>; of unkown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. <er>Chicken</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The male of birds, particulary of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.</def>

<blockquote>Drenched our steeples, drowned the <b>cocks</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A chief man; a leader or master.</def> <mark>[Humorous]</mark>

<blockquote>Sir Andrew is the <b>cock</b> of the club, since he left us. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>