Part 2069

<h1>Codetta</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co*det"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>coda</ets> tail.] <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.</def>

<h1>Codex</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co"dex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Codices</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Code</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A book; a manuscript.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A collection or digest of laws; a code.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A collection of canons.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Codfish</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"fish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of fish. Same as <er>Cod</er>.</def>

<h1>Codger</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Codg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cadger</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A miser or mean person.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>A few of us old <b>codgers</b> met at the fireside. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Codical</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ralating to a codex, or a code.</def>

<h1>Codicil</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"i*cil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>codicillus</ets>, dim. of <ets>codex</ets>: cf. F. <ets>codicille</ets>. See <er>Code</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A clause added to a will.</def>

<h1>Codicillary</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod`i*cil"la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>codicillaris</ets>, <ets>codicillarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of the nature of a codicil.</def>

<h1>Codification</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co`di*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>codification</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.</def>

<h1>Codifier</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co"di*fi`er</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who codifies.</def>

<h1>Codify</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co"di*fy</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Codified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Codifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Code</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>codifier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To reduce to a code, as laws.</def>

<h1>Codilla</h1> <Xpage=273>