Part 2068

<h1>Coda</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., tail, fr. L. <ets>cauda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.</def>

<h1>Codder</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gatherer of cods or peas.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Codding</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lustful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Coddle</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Coddled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Coddling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Prov</er>. E. <ets>caddle</ets> to coax, spoil, fondle, and <er>Cade</er>, <tt>a.</tt> & <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>codle</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To parboil, or soften by boiling.</def>

<blockquote>It [the guava fruit] may be <b>coddled</b>. <i>Dampier.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.</def>

<blockquote>How many of our English princes have been <b>coddled</b> at home by their fond papas and mammas! <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He [Lord Byron] never <b>coddled</b> his reputation. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coddymoddy</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"dy*mod"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A gull in the plumage of its first year.</def>

<h1>Code</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Code</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>codex</ets>, <ets>caudex</ets>, the stock or <?/tem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writting.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.</def>

<note>&hand; The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence. "<i>The Code</i>"</note>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; <as>as, the medical <ex>code</ex>, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval <ex>code</ex>, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Code civil</col> &or; <col>Code Napoleon</col></mcol>, <cd>a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally.</cd>

<i>Abbot.</i> </cs>

<h1>Codefendant</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co`de*fend"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A joint defendant.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Codeine</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co*de"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ poppy head: cf. F. <ets>cod<?/ine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, <chform>C18H21NO3</chform>, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also <altname>codeia</altname>.</def>