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a. [ Anthrax + -oid. ] (Biol.) Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 any physiologically active internal secretion, especially one of uncertain classification.
Syn. -- autocoid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an autacoid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any physiologically active internal secretion, especially one of uncertain classification.
Syn. -- autacoid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ NL. beryx, the name of the typical genus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Berycidæ, a family of marine fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. pinacoid. ] (Crytallog.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. Centriscus (r. Gr. &unr_; a kind of fish) + -oid. ] (Zool.) Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; -- called also reactance coil or reactor, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. pinacoid. ] (Crystallog.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Microbiol.) spherical; like a coccus; as, a coccoid microorganism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a superfamily of scale insects and mealybugs.
Syn. -- superfamily Coccoidea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. coife, F. coiffe, LL. cofea, cuphia, fr. OHG. kuppa, kuppha, miter, perh. fr. L. cupa tub. See Cup, n.; but cf. also Cop, Cuff the article of dress, Quoif, n. ] 1. A cap. Specifically: (a) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape. (b) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. [ Written also quoif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From point and saucy ermine down
To the plain coif and russet gown. H. Brocke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a coiffure. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. coiffer. ] To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif. [ 1913 Webster ]

And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. J. G. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a coif. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A hairdresser. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a woman hairdresser. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. coiffer. See Coif. ] A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A var. spelling of Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . . the four projecting coigns would stand up as continents. Nature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. an expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
Syn. -- quoin, coigne. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the keystone of an arch.
Syn. -- quoin, coigne. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Coin, n. ] A quoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [ Ireland ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage. ] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coiled (koild); p. pr. & vb. n. Coiling. ] [ OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect, gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See Legend, and cf. Cull, v. t., Collect. ] 1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [ Obs. or R. ] T. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around. [ 1913 Webster ]

You can see his flery serpents . . .
Coiting, playing in the water. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Induction coil. (Elec.) See under Induction. --
Ruhmkorff's coil (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals; as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on the deck. Opposite of uncoiled. [ Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself;curled, curled up; involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted; convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1
Syn. -- helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. See Cullion. ] A testicle. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To manufacture counterfeit money. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cannot touch me for coining. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge, stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone, hone. See Hone, n., and cf. Coigne, Quoin, Cuneiform. ] 1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is alleged that it [ a subsidy ] exceeded all the current coin of the realm. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which serves for payment or recompense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance. --
To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coined p. pr. & vb. n. Coining. ] 1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined,
To soothe his sister and delude her mind. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Coin, v. t., cf. Cuinage. ] 1. The act or process of converting metal into money. [ 1913 Webster ]

The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The cost or expense of coining money. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. “Unnecessary coinage . . . of words.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the very coinage of your brain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Coincided p. pr. & vb. n. Coinciding. ] [ L. co- + incidere to fall on; in + cadere to fall: cf. F. coïncider. See Chance, n. ] 1. To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. coïncidence. ] 1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very concurrence and coincidence of so many evidences . . . carries a great weight. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Coincidence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence. [ R. ] “Coincidents and accidents.” Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. coïncident. ] Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Coincident. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With coincidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who coincides with another in an opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. coïdication. ] One of several signs or symptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money. [ 1913 Webster ]

Precautions such as are employed by coiners and receivers of stolen goods. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inventor or maker, as of words. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dwells with another, or with others. “Coinhabitants of the same element.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coheir. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Math.) Having a common beginning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. coinquinatus, p. p. of coinquinare to defile. See Inquinate. ] To pollute. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Defilement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]