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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.</def>

<blockquote>Those two massy pillars, With horrible <b>convulsion</b>, to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Times of violence and <b>convulsion</b>. <i>Ames.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance.</syn>

<h1>Convulsional</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vul"sion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Convulsionary</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vul"sion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>convulsionnaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. "<i>Convulsionary</i> struggles."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Convulsionary</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vul"sion*a*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A convulsionist.</def>

<h1>Convulsionist</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vul"sion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; <as>as, the <ex>Convulsionists</ex> of St. M\'82dard.</as></def>

<h1>Convulsive</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vul"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>convulsif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.</def>

<blockquote>An irregular, <b>convulsive</b> movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, <b>convulsive</b> disease. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Convulsively</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con*vul"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>in a convulsive manner.</def>

<h1>Cony</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co"ny</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>coning</ets>, <ets>conig</ets>, <ets>coni</ets>, OF. <ets>connin</ets>, <ets>conin</ets>, <ets>connil</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cuniculus</ets> a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>coney</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (<spn>Lepus cuniculus</spn>)</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The chief hare.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>cony</i> of Scripture is thought to be <spn>Hyrax Syriacus</spn>, called also <altname>daman</altname>, and <altname>cherogril</altname>. See <er>Daman</er>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A simpleton.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of <b>cony</b> and <b>cony catcher</b>. <i>Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An important edible West Indian fish (<spn>Epinephelus apua</spn>); the hind of Bermuda.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A local name of the burbot.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Cony-catch</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co"ny-catch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deceive; to cheat; to trick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be <b>cony-catched</b> in the this business. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>