Coccyzus

[From Gr. kokkyz.] ( Zool.) A genus of birds, family CUCULIDE, q. 1. Cochabamba, in Bolivia, a river which rises near the parallel of 18° S., flows S.E., and after receiving numerous tributaries, a umes the name of Rio Grande in Lat. 19° 42′ S., Lon. 64° W. -A dep. inclosed by the departments La Paz, Sacre, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Area , 55,120 sq. m. Desc . Fertile, producing sugar, cotton, dye-woods, timber, and the precious metals. Lat. between 17o and 19o S., Lon. between 650 and 68° W. Pop . 349,892. -A town, cap. of the above dep., at the foot of the Andes, 145 m.N.W.of Chuquisaca, on both sides of the Rio de Rocha. Manf . Cotton fabrics and gla -ware. It is the most important city of Bolivia. Pop . 40,678. Coche, ( kōsh , ) in S. America, a small island of Venezuela, between the island of Margarita and the mainland. Cochec'ton, in New York , a post-township of Sullivan co., on the Delaware River, about 100 m. S.W. of Albany, and 141 m. from New York city. Coches'ett, in Ma achusetts , a P. O. of Plymouth co. Coch'in China, or Annam (frequently written ANAM), a territory occupying the eastern portion of Indo-China, between 9° 41' and 23° 22′ N. lat., and forming an empire, which since 1885 has been under a French protectorate. The names C. C. and Annam are interchangeably used, the whole region being sometimes known as C. C., with Annam and Tong-King (Tonquin) a ub-divisions; sometimes as Annam, with Tong-King and C. C. as sub-divisions. C. C. was the name given by early navigators for the whole east coast region of the peninsula. Annam, a name given by the Chinese in the 3d century, was adopted as the official name for the whole country. Gen. Desc. The entire coast of this country presents a succe ion of bold headlands and safe and commodious bays, with many clusters of small islands, while inland a mountain-chain of considerable altitude runs parallel to the seaboard and throws off many branches. C. C. has in all an area of about 106,000 sq. miles, and a population of about 21,000,000, of which its northern part, Tong-King, or Tonquin, has 60,000 or 70,000 sq. miles and about 12,000,000 population. South of this lies Dang-Kong, or Annam proper; and in the extreme S.E., Champa, or Tsiampa. In addition there is included the territory of the Moi, or hill tribes, and Loas, a subject cou try, lying north Cambodia. The lower section, now specific i ally known as French, or Lower, Cochin China, was detached from Annam in 1863 and is now a French colonial province. Cambodia, lying S.W. of Annam, on the lower course of the Mehkong, was until recently a va al state of Siam, but is now under French control. Tong-King, the N. province, is mountainous in the N.W., but eastward forms an extensive alluvial plain, watered by the Songcoi, or Red river, which flows by several branches into Gulf of Siam. These branch streams are connected by a net-work of channels, natural and artificial, and the whole delta cro ed by dykes or embankments, hundreds of miles in extent, and often 60 or more feet wide, and 20 or 30 feet high, their tops serving as highroads. The red soil deposited by the Song-coi is rapidly enlarging the delta, and Hanoi, a seaport of the 8th century, is now 100 miles inland. The delta soil is highly fertile, its chief crop being rice, though various other crops are grown. Minerals abound in the mountain region, gold, silver, iron, copper and tin being mined, while there are extensive coal deposits, as yet hardly touched. Useful woodlands, of various species, cover the mountains. The climate is on the whole pleasant, though in June and July the moist heats are intolerable. The central portion of C. C. is le known than its northern and southern portions. It seems to be largely mountainous and infertile, yielding sparse crops of rice and dependent largely for supplies on the northern and southern provinces. Hué, the capital, is rather a citadel than a city, though the fortre is surrounded by a considerable population. -French Cochin China Lower C. C., now a French po e ion, has an area of about 23,000 sq. miles, and largely consists of the recently-formed delta of the Mehkong river. The various channels of this river are connected by numerous channels, natural or artificial which give great facility for communication. The flat, marshy lowlands are occasionally broken by granitic heights, which were formerly islands in the gulf which has been silted up by the river. In places the surface of the plain is said to be below the level of the sea, while the numerous streams and the slight slope of the great plain leads to its frequent overflow. The coast regions are covered with a dense growth of mangroves. The mean temperature is high (83°F.), and the humidity is always high, with little difference between day and night. The chief crop is rice, but cocoanuts, sugar and tobacco are grown. Of the total area not more than a sixth part is under cultivation. Inhab. The natives of C. C. closely resemble the Chinese in general characteristics, po e the same religious beliefs, a similar type of language, and analogous legal and political IMG:content-0245.jpg:[graphic] systems. Hist. This country was originally occupied by Chinese colonists, but gradually gained its freedom. After 1428 A.D., China only po e ed a nominal suzerainty. In 1517 the Portugese, and afterward the Dutch, came into the country, the latter establishing a trading settlement at Hanoi. In 1789, with French aid, the Emperor of Annam united Tong-King and Lower Cochin China under his rule, and in 1809 a part of Cambodia was annexed. Subsequently the French mi ionaries suffered much persecution, and in 1847 a French squadron destroyed the batteries and native fleet at Touron. New persecutions took place in 1858, many Catholic mi ionaries being cruelly put to death. As a result, in 1859, a French and Spanish fleet bombarded Saigon, which was surrendered, and in 1862 three provinces were annexed to France. Insurrections followed, and in 1867 the remaining three provinces were annexed and the whole of Lower Cochin China made French dependency. Cambodia came under a French protectorate in 1863. Tong-King and Annam . France soon made aggre ive movements in the N., and in 1873, Dupuis, with 100 soldiers, captured Hanoi. It was again taken in 1882, by Major Rivière, and despite the protests of China, Annam and Tong-King in 1884, came under the suzerainty of France. Some conflicts took place with China, but by the treaty of Tien-Tsin, June 9, 1885, that country agreed to respect the French protectorate. Thus the whole of C. C. became practically a dependency of France, though, with the exception of Lower C. C. , still nominally an empire. There are now in French C. C. 51 miles of railway, from Saigon to Vinh-Long, and 1,840 miles of telegraph line. The population is estimated at 1,858,807, of whom 2,000 are Europe ans, 50,000 Chinese, and the remainder principally Annamese. There is an army of 5,660 French troops and about 2,800 Annamese soldiers. The annual cost to France of maintaining the colony is about $650,000; the imports about $8,000,000, the exports about $16,000,000, of which 70 per cent. is in rice. IMG:content-0246.jpg:[graphic] , Male; 6, Female; c, Females feeding on a portion of p Cochineal, ( koch'e -nel,) n. [Sp. cochin ill a ; Fr. coche nille.) (Zool.) An insect of the genus coccus , C. cacti , or cochineal cactus , celebrated for the beauty of the color which it yields. It is a native of S. America, and was Coch'ransville, in Tenne ee, a post-village of Mar- shall co., 48 m. S. of Nashville. Coch'rant on, in Ohio , a post-village of Marion co., 56 m. N. by W. of Columbus. Coch rant on, in Penna . , a post-vill. of Crawford co., on French Creek, 11 m. S.E. of Meadville, Cochranville, or COCHRANSVILLE, in Pennsylvania , a village of Chester co., 60 m. S.E. of Harris burg. Cocin'ic Acid, n. (Chem.) A crystalline fatty acid, into which the fatty matter of cocoa-nut oil is converted by saponification. Form . Co6H2604 Cock, n. [A. S. cocc ; cog . ] The male of the common do- mestic fowl, or dunghill-cock. See GALLUS. for a long time confined to Mexico, where it feeds on the nopal, a species of Opuntia , q. v. The female officinal C. insect, in its full-grown pregnant or torpid state, swells or grows to such a size, in proportion to that of its first or creeping state, that the legs, antennse, and proboscis, are so small with respect to the rest of the animal as hardly to be discovered by the naked eye; so that on a general view it bears a great resemblance to a seed or berry; hence arose that difference of opinion which at one period subsisted among writers; some maintaining that C. was a berry, while others contended that it was an insect. When the female insect is arrived at its full size, it fixes itself to the surface of the leat, and envelops itself in a kind of white down, which it spins or draws through its proboscis in a continued cock , a cock -sparrow. double filament. The male is a small and rather slender -A weathercock; a vane in the shape of a cock. two-winged fly, about the size of a flea, with jointed -A person having any of the characteristics of a cock; a antennæ and large white wings in proportion to the chief man; a leader; as, the cock of the company. body, which is of a red color, with two long filaments "At fists I was always the cock of the school." - Swift . proceeding from the tail. When the female insect has -A valve for drawing off or discharging liquids; a stop- discharged all its eggs, it becomes a mere husk, and cock; as, the cock of a tap. dies; so that great care is taken to kill the insects before - The brim or projecting curve of a hat; as, the Ramilies that time, to prevent the young from escaping. The cock . six times in the year; but that which is cultivated is -The act of setting or turning up anything, and the effect only collected thrice during the same period. The in there by produced; as, a cock of the eye, nose, or hat. -The protecting piece of a balance in a watch. -A cap or conical pile of new-mown hay. The top loft of a house, over the garret. -See CoCK-LOFT. ( Mil . ) That part of the lock of a musket or fowling- piece which holds the flint, or is the hammer of a per- cu ion lock; as, a gun at half- cock . ( Naut .) A skiff; a small boat. See Соск-вOAT. Cock - a - hoop . [Fr. coq - à - la - huppe , crested cock.] Ex- ulting; triumphant. sects, of which there are about 70,000 in a pound, being detached from the plants on which they feed, by a blunt knife, are put into bags, and dipped in boiling water to kill them, after which they are dried in the sun. It is principally used in the dyeing of scarlet, crimson, and other esteemed colors. (See CARMINE and CARMINIC ACID.) It is imported in bags, each containing about 200 lbs., and has the appearance of small, dry, shrivelled, rugose berries or seeds. The best have a purplish-gray color, the blackish varieties being le valuable. C. is sometimes adulterated by the admixture of a manufac- tured article composed of colored dough. This is de- tected by the action of boiling water, which di olves and disintegrates the imitation, but has little effect upon the real insect. A variety found in Todd's Valley, Caliv. a. To sit erect, as a cock holds his head; to turn up. fornia, has all the properties of the C. of Brazil and the "And having routed the whole troop. With victory was cock - a - hoop !" - Hudibras. Cock-and-bull. A tedious, doubtful, or fictitious a er- tion or narrative; as, a cock - and - bull story. cocked hay." - Spenser. -v. i. To hold the head erect menacingly; to strut in a Cochlea, ( koch - le'ah ,) n. [Lat.; Gr. kochlias , a snail with pert or jaunty manner; to look big and self-conceited. spiral shell.] ( Anat .) A portion of the internal ear, "Every one cocks and struts upon it, and pretends to overlook us." which in mammals is shaped like the common snail--To train or use fighting-cocks. Cochlear i a, ( koch - le - a're -ah,) n. [Lat. cochlearium , from Gr. kochliarion, a spoon: referring to the concave leaves.] ( Bot .) A genus of plants, order Bra icaceæ . They are generally natives of Europe. C. armor a cia, the Horse Radish, is a common garden-herb, stem 2-3 feet high, angular, smooth, branching; radical leaves nearly a foot long, on long, channelled petioles; flowers small, white, in corymbose racemes. The root, fleshy, large, white, very acid, is a well-known condiment for roast-beef and other viands. C. officinal is, the Scurvy-gra , has an acrid and penetrating taste, and, when rubbed, it evolves a pungent odor. It has been long esteemed for its an- tiscorbutic properties. Cochlea'riform, a . Spoon-shaped. Cochlea'ris, n. ( Anat . ) A gelatinous-looking ti ue, seen on opening the cochlea , by which the membranous zone is connected, at its outer or convex margin, with Coch'ran's Grove, in Illinois , a village of Shelby co., about 70 m. E. S. E. of Springfield. Cochran's Mills, in Penna., a P. O. of Armstrong co. Coch'ranville, in Pennsylvania, a P. O. of Chester co. Cockade', n. [Fr. cocarde , a corruption of coquarde, from coq , a cock. Polish and Hungarian soldiers wearing a plume of cock's feathers in their caps.] A ribbon or knot of ribbon, or something similar, worn on the hat by officers, but frequently a umed by others as a badge or party symbol.-In France, a C. in the shape of a flat disc of metal, with the eagle and the national colors dis- posed concentrically, is an e ential part of the military equipment. The White Cockade was the device a umed by the adherents of the Stuart dynasty in England. Cockad'ed, n. Wearing a cockade; as, a cockaded hat. Cock'al, n. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice. The bone used in playing the game. Cock'atoos, n. pl. (Zool.) A genus of birds of the Psittacida, or Parrot family. They are distinguished from all other parrots by a crest, or tuft of elegant Cock'boat, n. ( Naut .) A small boat; a cock.-A toy- boat for children. Cock'brained, a. Rash; impulsive; giddy. Cock/-broth, n. ( Cookery .) Broth made by boiling a cock; chicken-broth. Cock burn, SIR GEORGE, an English admiral, в. 1772. He entered the navy in 1801, and served with distinction in the East Indies, and in the Mediterranean and West India stations. In 1813-1814, he was actively engaged in the war against the U. States, taking a conspicuous part in the burning of the capitol at Washington. Upon the close of the war, he was deputed to convey Napoleon to his living tomb of St. Helena, and entered Parliament in 1818. D. 1853. Cock'et, n. (Law.) In English law, a custom-house document certifying to the proper entry of, and pay- ment on, goods liable to duty. - A room in a custom- house where such goods are entered. Cock'et-bread, n. The finest kind of wheaten bread. Cock'eye, n. A squinting eye. Cock'eysville, in Maryland , a post-village of Balti- more co., 40 m. N. of Anna polis. Cock'-feather, n. ( Sports .) That feather upon an ar- row which stands vertically above the cock, or notch. Cock'-fight, Cock'-fighting, n. ( Sports .) A bat- tle, main, or match of game-cocks. It is said to have been a common pastime in Athens and other parts of Greece, and it seems to have been afterwards adopted from that country by the Romans. It is probable that cock-fighting was first introduced by the Romans into England, where it became a great national sport; and though more than once prohibited, it received encour- agement and countenance from several of the crowned heads. The celebrated national cock-pit at Westminster is said to have been erected by Henry VIII., and James I. and Charles II. were both encouragers of the sport It was forbidden by one of the acts of Cromwell. At present, cock-fighting is prohibited under penalty, but it is still largely carried on, particularly in the colliery districts in the N. of England. It is also a favorite sport in the island of Cuba, and occasionally in some of the U. States. Cocks for fighting are selected with the greatest judgment, and trained with the utmost care. For the combat, they are carefully trimmed and armed with steel or silver spurs. The place appropriated for fighting is called the pit; and the battle is conducted by two setters, who place the cocks beak to beak. When once pitted, neither of the setters can touch his cock so long as they continue to fight, unle their weapons get entangled. In what is called the "Welsh main," a number of cocks are pitted against each other, and then the conquerors are pitted against each other, until only one remains alive. Like many other cruel sports, this amusement is indulged in by many persons in comparatively good standing both here and abroad. Cock'horse, n. A child's rocking-horse. - A high, tall horse. (R.) -a. Lifted up as one is on horseback. -Elevated in one's own esteem; proud; upstart; self complacent; as, " Cock - horse peasantry." - Marlowe . Cock'ing, n. A main of cocks; cock-fighting. Cockle, ( kok'l ,) a. [A.S. coccel , probably from accocan , to choke.] ( Bot.) See CORN-COCKLE.