Part 2528

<h1>Coyly</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coy"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a coy manner; with reserve.</def>

<h1>Coyness</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coy"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being coy; feigned o<?/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.</def>

<blockquote>When the kind nymph would <b>coyness</b> feign, And hides but to be found again. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty; bashfulness.</syn>

<h1>Coyote</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coy"o*te</hw> <tt>(k?"?-t? &or; k?"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Spanish Amer., fr. Mexican <ets>coyotl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous animal (<spn>Canis latrans</spn>), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also <altname>prairie wolf</altname>. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.</def>

<h1>Coypu</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coy"pu</hw> <tt>(koi"p??)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American rodent (<spn>Myopotamus coypus</spn>), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>coypou</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Coystrel</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coys"trel</hw> <tt>(kois"tr?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Coistril</er>.</def>

<h1>Coz</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coz</hw> <tt>(k?z)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A contraction of <i>cousin</i>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cozen</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coz"en</hw> <tt>(k?z"'n)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cozened</er> <tt>(-'nd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cozening</er> <tt>(-'n-?ng)</tt>. ]</wordforms> <ety>[From <ets>cousin</ets>, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. <ets>cousiner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.</def>

<blockquote>He had <b>cozened</b> the world by fine phrases. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Children may be <b>cozened</b> into a knowledge of the letters. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Goring loved no man so well but that he would <b>cozen</b> him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cowen</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"en</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.</def>

<blockquote>Some cogging,<b>cozening</b> slave. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cozenage</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coz"en*age</hw> <tt>(-?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cozen</er>, and cf. <er>Cousinage</er>.]</ety> <def>The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cozener</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Coz"en*er</hw> <tt>(k?z"'n-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who cheats or defrauds.</def>