n. [ Origin unknown. ] (Iron Work) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
☞ “The accent has shifted from the second to the first syllable within these twenty years.” Smart (1836). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word. ]
☞ The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [ Obs. ] Minsheu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Conine + acetylene. ] An oily substance,
n. [ From Conine. ] (Chem.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. Conny, Canny. ] Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]