cowt (kout)

[Also cowte: see colt.] A colt. [Scotch.] Yet aft a ragged cowte's been known To make a noble aiver. Burns , A Dream. cow-tree (kou'trē), n. A name of various trees IMG:content-1515.png:[blocks in formation] and an epimer on: applied by Huxley to the articular membranes between the coxopodites and epimer a of certain somites of the crawfish. I cannot think I shall become a coxcomb , To ha' my hair curled by an idle finger. Beau, and Fl . , Woman-Hater, iii. 1. femur (fem or-) + -al.] In an at., pertaining to the os in nomina tum or coxa and to the femur: as, a coxofemoral articulation or ligament. of parts. Steele, Tatler, No. 208. Coxcombs and pedants, not absolute simpletons, are his game. Macaulay, Machi a vell i. swain. About two o'clock in the morning, letters came from London by our cox on , so they waked me. Pepys , Diary, March 25, 1660. [L. cor a , the of a South American tree, Brosimum galacto dendron, natural order Urticaceæ, and allied to the fig-tree. When the trunk is incised, a rich, milky, nutritious juice, in appearance and quality resembling cow's milk, is discharged in such abundance as to render it an important food-product to the natives of the region where it grows. The tree is common in Venezuela, growing to the height of 100 feet. The leaves are leathery, about 1 foot long and 3 or 4 inches broad. The cow-tree Davies . It was as nece ary to trim his light grey frock with a silver edging of coxcomb , that he might not appear worse than his fellows. C. Johnston, Chrysal, xi. 6. Same as cockscomb, 2. Syn. 4. Coxcomb, Fop, Dandy, Exquisite, Beau, prig, popinjay, jackanapes. The first five are used only of men. The distinguishing characteristic of a coxcomb is vanity, which may be displayed in regard to accomplishments, looks, dre , etc., but per of Pará is a sapotaceous tree, Mimusops elata, the milk of haps most often as to accomplishments. Fop is not quite IMG:content-1516.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] Go; you're a brainle cox , a toy, a fop. Beau, and Fl. coxa (kok'sä), n.; pl. coxæ (-sē). [L.] 1. The femur or thigh-bone.-2. In an at .: (a) The hipbone, os coxæ or os in nomina tum. (b) The hip-joint.-3. In entom . , the first or basal joint (sometimes called the hip) of an insect's leg, by which it is articulated to the body. It may be entirely uncovered, as in many flies, or received into a coxal cavity or deep hollow in the lower surface of the thorax, as in most beetles. Coxæ are said to be contiguous when those of a pair are close together, separate when there is a space between them, distant when they are widely separate, prominent when they protrude from the coxal cavities, globose when they are shaped like a ball, transverse when they lie acro the body with the succeeding joint of the leg attached to the inner end, etc. These distinctions are of great value in cla ification. Sometimes the coxa has a small acce ory piece called the trochanter , Leg of Caraboid Beetle, enlarged. a, coxa; b, trochanter; c, femur; d, tibia; e, tarsus. which, however, is not a true joint. Some of the older the term coz a, the first being distinguished as the patella entomologists included the first two joints of the leg in and the second as the trochanter. 4. The basal joint of the leg of a spider or a crustacean; a coxopodite (which see). coxagra (kok-sag'rä), n. [NL., coxal (kok's al), a. [ pa ing under the coxe.