Part 2404

<i>Carpenter.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being co\'94rdinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc.</def>

<blockquote>In this high court of parliament, there is a rare <b>co\'94rdination</b> of power. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Co\'94rdinative</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co*\'94r"di*na*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Expressing co\'94rdination.</def>

<i>J. W. Gibbs.</i>

<h1>Coot</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>koet</ets>, W. <ets>cwtair</ets>; <ets>cwta</ets> short, bodtailed + <ets>iar</ets> hen; cf. <ets>cwtau</ets> ro dock. Cf. <er>Cut</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus <spn>Fulica</spn>.</def> The common European or bald coot is <spn>F. atra</spn> (see under <er>bald</er>); the American is <spn>F. Americana</spn>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (<spn>Edemia</spn> are called coots. See <er>Scoter</er>.</def> "As simple as a <i>coot</i>."

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stupid fellow; a simpleton; <as>as, a silly <ex>coot</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Cooter</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coot"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A fresh-water tortoise (<spn>Pseudemus concinna</spn>) of Florida.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The box tortoise.</def>

<h1>Cootfoot</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coot`foot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The pharalope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.</def>

<h1>Cootthay</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coot*thay"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>A striped satin made in India.</def>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<h1>Cop</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cop</ets>; <ets>cf</ets>. <ets>G</ets>. <ets>kopf</ets> head. Cf. <er>Cup</er>, <er>Cob</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The top of a thing; the head; a crest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Cop</b> they used to call The tops of many hills. <i>Dra<?/ton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil. Arch.)</fld> <def>same as <er>Merlon</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A policeman.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<cs><col>Cop waste</col>, <cd>a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly<?/ remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.</cd></cs>

<h1>Copaiba; 277, Copaiva</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw><hw>Co*pai"ba</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <hw>Co*pai"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. <ets>cupa\'a3ba</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A more or less viscid, vellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of <spn>Copaifera</spn>, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also <altname>balsam of copaiba</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>capivi</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Copal</h1> <Xpage=319>