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<hw>Cone" pul"ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.</def>

<h1>Coney</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Co"ney</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A rabbit. See <er>Cony</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish. See <er>Cony</er>.</def>

<h1>Confab</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con"fab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Contr. from <ets>confabulation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Familiar talk or conversation.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Confabulate</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fab"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Confabulated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Confabulating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>confabulatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>confabulary</ets>, to converse together; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>fabulary</ets> to speak, fr. <ets>fabula</ets>. See <er>Fable</er>.]</ety> <def>To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.</def>

<blockquote>I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds <b>confabulate</b> or no. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confabulation</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fab`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>confabulatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.</def>

<blockquote>Friends' <b>confabulations</b> are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. <i>Burton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confabulatory</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fab"u*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.</def>

<i>Weever.</i>

<h1>Confalon</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con"fa*lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Confalon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>One of a fraternity of seculars, also called <altname>Penitents</altname>.</def>

<h1>Confarreation</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*far`re*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>confarreatio</ets>, fr. <ets>confarreare</ets> to marry; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>farreum</ets> (sc. <ets>libum</ets> cake) a spelt cake, fr. <ets>farreus</ets> made of spelt, fr. <ets>far</ets> a sort of grain.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.</def>

<h1>Confated</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fat"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.a.</tt> <def>Fated or decreed with something else.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>A. Tucker.</i>

<h1>Confect</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Confected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Confecting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>confectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>conficere</ets> to prepare. See <er>Comfit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Saffron <b>confected</b> in Cilicia. <i>W. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of this were <b>confected</b> the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. <i>Sir T. Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>[My joys] are still <b>confected</b> with some fears. <i>Stirling.</i></blockquote>