Part 2479

<h1>Cougher</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cough"er</hw> <tt>(k?f"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who coughs.</def>

<h1>Couhage</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou"hage</hw> <tt>(kou"?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cowhage</er>.</def>

<h1>Could</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Could</hw> <tt>(k??d)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <mord>of <er>Can</er></mord>. <ety>[OF. <ets>coude</ets>. The <ets>l</ets> was inserted by mistake, under the influence of <ets>should</ets> and <ets>would</ets>.]</ety> <def>Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.</def>

<h1>Coulee</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou`lee"</hw> <tt>(k??`l?")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>coul\'82e</ets>, fr. <ets>couler</ets> to run or flow.]</ety> <def>A stream</def>; <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a <i>ca\'a4on</i>, which has precipitous sides.</def>

<h1>Coulisse</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou*lisse"</hw> <tt>(k??-l?s"; F. k??`l?s")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>couler</ets> to flow, glide.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.</def>

<h1>Couloir</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou`loir"</hw> <tt>(k??`lw?r")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a strainer.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A deep gorge; a gully.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Hydraul. Engin.)</fld> <def>A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.</def>

<h1>Coulomb</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou`lomb"</hw> <tt>(k??`<er>l?n</er>")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Coulomb</ets>, a French physicist and electrican.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantitty transferred by one amp\'8are in one second. Formerly called <i>weber</i>.</def>

<h1>Coulter</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Coul"ter</hw> <tt>(k?l"t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Colter</er>.</def>

<h1>Coulterneb</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Coul"ter*neb`</hw> <tt>(-n?b`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The puffin.</def>

<h1>Coumaric</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou*mar"ic</hw> <tt>(k??-m?r"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, derived from, or like, the <spn>Dipterix odorata</spn>, a tree of Guiana.</def>

<cs><col>Coumaric acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, <chform>HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H</chform>, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artifically.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coumarin</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cou"ma*rin</hw> <tt>(k??"m?-r?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>coumarou</ets>, a tree of Guiana.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of <spn>Dipterix (formerly <spn>Coumarouna</spn>) odorata</spn> and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, <chform>C9H6O2</chform>, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.</def>

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<h1>Council</h1> <Xpage=331>

<hw>Coun"cil</hw> <tt>(koun"s?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>concile</ets>, fr. L. <ets>concilium</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>calare</ets> to call, akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/ to call, and E. <ets>hale</ets>, v., <ets>haul</ets>. Cf. <er>Conciliate</er>. This word is often confounded with <ets>counsel</ets>, with which it has no connection.]</ety>