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<hw>Co*mes"ti*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Comet</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cometes</ets>, <ets>cometa</ets>, from Gr. <?/ comet, prop. long-haired, fr. <?/ to wear long hair, fr. <?/ hair, akin to L. <ets>coma</ets>: cf. F. <ets>com\'8ate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Cometarium</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com`e*ta"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun.</def>

<i>Hutton.</i>

<h1>Cometary</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com"et*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>com\'82taire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Comet-finder, &or; Comet-seeker</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw><hw>Com"et-find`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Com"et-seek`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.</def>

<h1>Cometic</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Co*met"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to a comet.</def>

<h1>Cometographer</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com`et*og"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who describes or writes about comets.</def>

<h1>Cometography</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com`et*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Comet</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>com\'82tographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.</def>

<h1>Cometollgy</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com`et*ol"l*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Comet</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The department of astronomy relating to comets.</def>

<h1>Comfit</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com"fit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>confit</ets>, prop. a p. p., fr. <ets>confire</ets> to preserve, pickle, fr. L. <ets>conficere</ets> to prepare; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Fact</er>, and cf. <er>Confect</er>.]</ety> <def>A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.</def>

<h1>Comfit</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com"fit</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To preserve dry with sugar.</def>

<blockquote>The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou <b>comfitest</b> in sweets to make it last. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Comfiture</h1> <Xpage=283>

<hw>Com"fi*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>confiture</ets>; cf. LL. <ets>confecturae</ets> sweetmeats, <ets>confectura</ets> a preparing. See <er>Comfit</er>, and cf. <er>Confiture</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Comfit</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Comfort</h1> <Xpage=283>