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<hw>Co*dil"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>codicula</ets> a little tail, dim. of <ets>cauda</ets> tail.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The coarse tow of flax and hemp.</def>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<h1>Codille</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co*dille"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>codile</ets>.]</ety> <def>A term at omber, signifying that the game is won.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Codist</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co"dist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A codifier; a maker of codes.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Codle</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Coddle</er>.</def>

<h1>Codlin, Codling</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw><hw>Cod"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cod"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>cod\'91ppel</ets> a quince.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An apple fit to stew or coddle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An immature apple.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>codling</b> when 't is almost an apple. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Codling moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small moth (<spn>Carpocapsa Pomonella</spn>), which in the larval state (known as the <i>apple worm<i>) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.</cd></cs>

<h1>Codling</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"ling</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>cod</ets> the fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A young cod; also, a hake.</def>

<h1>Cod liver</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod" liv`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The liver of the common cod and allied species.</def>

<cs><col>Cod-liver oil</col>, <cd>an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.</cd></cs>

<h1>Codpiece</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cod"piece`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cod</ets>, n., <?/ + <ets>piece</ets>.]</ety> <def>A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.</def>

<i>Shak. Fosbroke.</i>

<h1>C\'d2cilian</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>C\'d2*cil"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>C\'91cilian</er>.</def>

<h1>Coeducation</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co*ed`u*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.</def><-- usu. of different sexes. -->

<wordforms><wf>Co*ed`u*ca"tion*al</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Coefficacy</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Co*ef"fi*ca*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Joint efficacy.</def>

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