Cofferdam

(Civil Engineering.) A hollow space formed by a double range of piles, made water-tight with clay rammed in between, for the purpose of constructing an entrance-lock to a canal, dock, or basin, or for the piers of a bridge. See SECTION II. Cofferer, n. One who deposits in a coffer. Cofferer of the Royal Household. In England, a former officer of state, subject to the comptroller, charged with the supervision of the subordinate officers of the house. hold. This office is now absorbed in that of Treasurer of the Household. an article of general consumption. In 1652, the first Coffey, in Kansas, a S. E. co. Area, abt. 576 sq. m. London coffee-house was opened in George Yard, Lombard Street, by a Greek named Pasqua; and 20 years after, the first in France was established at Marseilles. Its culture was introduced into Java from Arabia by the Dutch between 1680 and 1690, and it was thence ex It is intersected by the Neosho River, which divides it into two nearly equal parts, and also drained by several creeks. The surface is undulating, and the soil very fertile, being made up of extensive prairie lands, and has a growth of timber along its streams; coal and limestone are abundant. Cap . Burlington. Pop . (1890) 15,752. tended throughout the East India islands. In 1715, Cof'fin, n. [Fr. coffre, a coffer; O. Fr. cofin, a basket, from Lat. cophinus , Gr. kophinos , a basket; A. S. cof , a cove, a cave, a repository. The chest, box, or case in which a dead human body is buried or entombed. Louis XIV. received from the magistrates of Amsterdam a fine coffee-tree, then bearing both green and ripe fruit. This, according to Du Tour, was the stock of the West India coffee. Since the middle of the 18th century, both the culture and consumption of coffee have continually increased. The U. S. imported in the. -Anything hollow, or which incloses in the manner of a "The ship their cofin , and the sea their grave." - Waller. coffin. ( Cookery .) The raised mould of paste for a pie. "Of the paste a coffin will I rear, And make two pasties of your shameful heads."-Shaks. sugar, . (Farriery.) The hollow part of a horse's hoof. (Mining.) A term applied in Cornwall, Eng., to old tin-workings which were all worked open to gra , without any shafts, by digging and casting up the thin stuff from one stall of boards to another. -v. a. To put into, or inclose in, a coffin; to confine; to cover. year 1895, 652,208,975 lbs., valued at $96,130,717. The Arabia or Mocha coffee is small, and of a dark yellow color; the Java and East India are larger and of a paler yellow; the Ceylon, West India, and Brazilian (or Rio), have a bluish or greenish-gray tint. The best coffee of -A conical paper case used by grocers, for holding commerce is the Mocha, and next to this the Java; but the principal supply of the U. States is derived from Brazil, which furnishes 75 per cent. of the whole import. C. owes its valuable properties chiefly to the presence of an alkaloid called caffeine , and a volatile oil. It is remarkable that tea should contain precisely the same principle, theine and caffeine being identical. The sen- sible properties and effects of C., like those of tea, are too well known to require to be stated in detail. It ex- hila rates, arouses, and keeps awake; it counteracts the stupor occasioned by disease, by fatigue, or by opium; it allays hunger to a certain extent; gives to the weary in- creased strength and vigor, and imparts a feeling of comfort and repose. Its physiological effects upon the system, so far as they have been investigated, appear to be, that, while it makes the brain more active, it soothes the body generally, makes the change and waste of matter slower, and the demand for food in consequence le . In Sumatra and some of the neighboring islands an infusion of the roasted leaf is used as a substitute for tea, and is called coffee-tea. The leaf contains the same principles as the seed, and therefore has analogous properties. Besides the real C. Arabica , some other species are cultivated for their seeds; as, C. Ghengalensis , grown in Nepaul; C. Mozambicana , on the coast of Mo- zambique; and C. Mauri tian a , in the Mauritius. Coffin-bone, n. ( Farriery .) The foot-bone of a horse, enclosed within the coffin of the hoof. Cof'finle , a. Without a coffin. Coffin's Grove, in Iowa , a post-township of Delaware co., 60 m. N. of Iowa City. Coffin's Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, one of the Magdalen Islands; Lat. 44°3′ N., Lon. 64° 36 W. It is the largest of the group, being 25 m. long, and, in some places, 3 m. wide. Cofile, ( kōf'l,) n. [Ar. kafala, a caravan of persons.] A gang of African slaves sent to market. Coffodeliah, in Mi i ippi, a post-village of Neshoba county.