Coohineal

koch'i-nfil, n. a scarlet dye-stuff con- sisting of the dried bodies of certain insects gathered from the cactus plant in Mexico, the W. Indies, . [Sp. cochin ill a, dim. of L, coccinns—Gr. kokkos, a berry, as the cochineal was formerly supposed to be the berry or seed of the plant] Cochleary, kok'15-ar-i, CocMeate, kok'IS-at, Cochleated, kok'le-Si-ed, adj twisted like a snaii-shell: spiral. [L. cochlea, snail-shell, screw—Gr. kocklos a shell-fish with a spiral shell.] mOte mute inQOn Men. 90 IMG:page-090.webp:Page 90 ; Cock Cook, kolc, h the male of birds, particularly of the domestic fowl a weathercock a strutting Chief or leader anything set erect a tap for liquor.— v.t. to set erect or upright to set up, as the hat. v.t. to strut to hold up the head. [A. S coc, an imitative word ) Cook. kok, a small pile of hay. [Swed. koka, a lump of earth I)ut. kogel Ger huge a ball 000k, kok, n. part of the lock of a gun. [ltal. cocca, a notcn, coccare, to put the string of a bow into the notch of the arrow this expre ion was transferred to firearms—hence, to put a gun on cock.} Cockade, kok-ad', «. a knot of ribbons or something similar worn on the hat as a badge. [Fr cocarde—coq peih. from its likene to the comb of the cock. Gookatoo, kok-a too', n. a kind of pariot with a crest (Malay kakatua, formed from us cry.] Cookafcrio©, kok'a-trls, n. a lizard or serpent imagined to be produced from a cock’s egg. [The word has nothing to do with cock the O Fr. cocatrice meant a crocodile —Low L. cocatnx a corr of Low L. coodnllus, a crocodile. See Crocodile Cockboat, kok'bst, «. a small boat. [O. Fr. cogue, Fr. cache, a small boat—L. concha a shell the word boat superfluous Cockchafer, kok'chaf-er, the May-bug, an insect of a pitchy-black colour, most destructive to vegetation fKty dub Cocker, kok'dr, v t {oh.) to pamper, to indulge Cockle, kok'l, a troublesome weed among corn, with a purple flower [A S coccel—Gael toga/, from cog, a husk, a bowl Cockle, kok'l, n a shell-fish, having two wrinkled shells, of a heart-shape, [W. coc cockles, and Gael, cuach, a drinking-bowl, dim cogau, a small bowl; compare Fr coq tulle—Gr. kongchylion, kongche, a cockle Cockloft, kok'loft, n the room m a house next the roof. [The loft where the cocks roost.] Cockney, kok'ne, u. byname for a native of the — city of London pi. COCk'neys. [Ety. dub.] Chambers's Etymological Dictionary