Part 2397

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

<hw>Co"ny-catch`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Minsheu.</i>

<h1>Conylene</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con"y*lene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Con</ets>ine + acetylene.]</ety> <def>An oily substance, <chform>C8H14</chform>, obtained from several derivatives of conine.</def>

<h1>Conyrine</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Con"y*rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Conine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.</def>

<h1>Coo</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cooed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Cooing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.</def>

<blockquote>The stockdove only through the forest <b>cooes</b>, Mournfully hoarse. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under <er>Bill</er>, <i>v. i.</i></def> "Billing or <i>cooing</i>."

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Cooey, Cooee</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw><hw>Coo"ey</hw>, <hw>Coo"ee</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of imitative origin.]</ety> <def>A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cooie</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cook</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Of imitative origin.]</ety> <def>To make the noise of the cuckoo.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Constant cuckoos <b>cook</b> on every side. <i>The Silkworms (1599).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cook</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. unknown.]</ety> <def>To throw.</def> <mark>[Prov.Eng.]</mark> "<i>Cook</i> me that ball."

<i>Grose.</i>

<h1>Cook</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>c\'d3c</ets>, fr. l. <ets>cocus</ets>, <ets>coquus</ets>, <ets>coquus</ets>, fr. <ets>coquere</ets> to cook; akin to Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>pac</ets>, and to E. <ets>apricot</ets>, <ets>biscuit</ets>, <ets>concoct</ets>, <ets>dyspepsia</ets>, <ets>precocious</ets>. Cf. <er>Pumpkin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish, the European striped wrasse.</def>

<h1>Cook</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cook</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Cooked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr & vb.n.</tt> <er>Cooking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with <i>up</i>; <as>as, to <ex>cook</ex> up a story; to <ex>cook</ex> an account.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of <b>cooking</b> it is so different. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cook</h1> <Xpage=319>