Part 2526

<h1>Cowweed</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"weed"</hw> <tt>(-wEd`)</tt>,, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cow parsley</er>.</def>

<h1>Cowwheat</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"wheat`</hw> <tt>(-hw?t`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A weed of the genus <spn>Melampyrum</spn>, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields.</def>

<h1>Cox</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cox</hw> <tt>(k?ks)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cokes</ets>. Cf. <er>Coax</er>.]</ety> <def>A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Go; you're a brainless <b>cox</b>, a toy, a fop. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coxxa</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coxx"a</hw> <tt>(k?ks"?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., the hip.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.</def>

<h1>Coxalgia -lj-, Coxalgy</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw><hw>Cox*al"gi*a</hw> <tt>(-?l"j?-?)</tt>, <hw>Cox"al`gy</hw> <tt>(k?ks"?l`j?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>coxalgia</ets>, fr. L. <ets>coxa</ets> hip. + Gr. <?/<?/<?/ pain: cf. F. <ets>coxalgie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pain in the hip.</def>

<h1>Coxcomb</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cox"comb`</hw> <tt>(k?ks"k?m`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corrupted spelling of <ets>cock's comb</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The cap itself.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The top of the head, or the head itself</def>.

<blockquote>We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your <b>coxcombs</b>. <i>Beau & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.</def>

<blockquote>Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered <b>coxcombs</b> at her levee. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made <b>coxcombs</b>, nature meant but fools. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to <spn>Celosia cristata</spn>, or garden cockscomb. Same as <er>Cockscomb</er>.</def>

<h1>Coxcombical</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cox*comb"ic*al</hw> <tt>(k?ks-k?m"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Cox*comb"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Studded all over in <b>coxcombical</b> fashion with little brass nails. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coxcombly</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cox"comb"ly</hw> <tt>(k?ks"k?m`l?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>like a coxcomb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "You <i>coxcombly</i> ass, you!"

<i>Beau & Fl.</i>

<h1>Coxcombry</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cox"comb`ry</hw> <tt>(-r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.</def>

<h1>Coxcomical</h1> <Xpage=337>