Coagulator

That which causes coagulation. Coagulatory, a. Serving to coagulate. Coagulum, n. [Lat., from cogo. See COAGULATE.] A curdled or consistent ma , like a jelly, separated from some fluid; as, the coagulum of milk-curds; of the blood-the clot; and of albumen, as the white of an egg, when coagulated by heat, alcohol, or acids. Coaho'ma, in Mi i ippi , a W.N.W. co., bordering on the Mi i ippi River, which separates it from Arkansas. Area , abt. 750 sq. m. Drained by the Sunflower River. The surface is flat and low, and the W. part frequently overflowed by the Mi i ippi. Soil , fertile. Cap. Clarksdale and Friar's Point. Pop . (1890) 18,342. Coahuila, or Cohauila, ( ko'a -00-e-la,) a State of Mexico, bounded N. by Texas, from which it is separated by the Rio Grande, E. by Texas and New Leon, S. by Zacatecas, and W. by Chihuahua and Durango; area , 30,740 sq. m. C. is a mountainous country intersected by fertile valleys, although cattle-rearing is the principal branch of industry. It has some silver mines. Lat. 24°-30° N., Lon. 100°-102° W. C. Saltillo. Pop . 150,000. Co-aid', n. A fellow-helper; an a istant. Coniti. ( Zool .) See COATI. Coak, n. ( Naut .) The metalled hole in the sheave of a ship's block. ( Ship - building .) A cylindrical piece of spar. See COAKING. (Min.) See COKE. -v. a. ( Ship - building .) To fasten by coaking, (q. v .) Coak'ing, n. ( Ship - building .) The act of uniting pieces of a spar by means of tabular projections, formed by cutting away the solid of one piece into a hollow, so as to make a projection in the other in such a manner that they may correctly fit, the butts preventing the pieces from drawing asunder.