Cnicus

(Bot.) A genus of plants, order Asteracece. The Ble ed Thistle, C. benedictus, native of Persia and Greece, 2 feet high, with yellow flowers, was formerly held in great estimation in medicine, but is now considered worthle . Cnidium, (nid'e-um.) n. ( Bot.) A gen. of deciduous herbaceous plants, order Apiacea. Co-, a prefix, denoting with; in conjunction; together. See CON. Co., a contracted method of writing the term company, when applied in a commercial sense; as, Smith and (. IMG:content-0236.jpg:[graphic] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia Co, Coos, and Cos, one of the Cyclades, situate near Coadjutant, n. A fellow-helper or a istant; an as the coast of Asia, about 15 m. from Halicarna us. It sociate. gave birth to Hippo crates and Apelles, and was famous Coadjuting, a . Co-operating; mutually helping. for its fertility, and the wine and silk-worms which it produced. The Turks name it Stanco. Coacer'vate, v. a. [Lat. coacervare .] To heap up, or pile together. (R.) -a. Heaped; piled up; raised into a ma . (o.) Coacerva'tion, n. [Lat. coacervatio .] The act of heaping on, or piling up or together. (o.) Coach, ( kōch ,) n. [Fr. coche, carro e; It. cocchio, carrocchio, carrozza, from Lat. carrūca , a sort of four wheeled travelling chariot; Celt. car , a vehicle.] A carriage of pleasure or state, distinguished from a chariot by having seats fronting each other; a close four-wheeled vehicle for commodious travelling. - Though covered wagons or carriages were known to the Egyptians and Romans, the vehicle we denominate by the name of coach appears to have been an Hungarian invention, about 1350. Isabella, wife of Charles VI. of France, was the first who used a coach in that country, hung in leathers. In Francis I.'s time they had become more The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia Fig . 630.-STATE-COACH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. improved, but were only used by ladies, and men too heavy or incapacitated by disease for riding on horseback. In 1540, the first carriages on springs were used in Paris, only three of them being in existence; under Henry III. the fourth coach was introduced. In 1599, the first C. with gla windows was brought from Italy into France. In 1658, there were 520 C. in Paris. In Germany, the emperors used coaches much earlier; in deed, middle 15th century saw them in general use by the royalty in that part of Europe. The first C. ever seen in England is said to have been one made in 1555 by Walter Rippon for the Earl of Rutland; and in 1564 the same builder made for Queen Elizabeth the showy vehicle represented in Fig . 6:30. It is believed to have been in the time of Louis XIV. that C. were first suspended by leather straps, in order to insure ease of mation. -A term applied in schools and universities to a private tutor, or one who takes special supervision of the studies of an undergraduate, preparatory to examination-term. It is also used to denote a person who instructs in rowing and other athletic sports. (Naut.) (Sometimes written CONCH.) A room in a man-of-war, the roof of which is formed by the poop. Hackney-coach, a four-wheeled coach for public hire. (Called indifferently car , cab , and hack .) Mail-coach, a four-horsed coach for carrying the public mails. Stage-coach. See STAGE. -v.a. To convey or carry in a coach. "The needy poet sticks to all he meets, Coach'd, carted, trod upon." - Pope . -To privately prepare a student for examination for hon- ors. (Used colloquially at Cambridge University, Eng.) -To tutor a boating-crew; as, to coach the University Eight. Coach'-box, n. The driver's seat on a coach. Coach'ee, n. A slang term for a coachman. Coach'-fellow, n. A horse doing duty with another in drawing a carriage or coach. -A person who is on very close terms with another. Coach'-hire, n . Money paid for the use of a hired coach. (Synonymous with cab - fare .)