cohort at i on

[Lat. cohortatio, from co hortor to exhort, to encourage: co con; hortor = to exhort.] Exhortation, encouragement by words. ( Bailey.) co-hosh, s. Bot.: The black Cohosh of the U. S. Pharmaco pœia is the cimicufuga racemosa , or black snake root, and is a useful expectorant and nerve sedative, being a valued remedy in rheumatism, epilepsy, chorea, whooping-cough, . Blue cohosh: Caulophyllum Thalictroides is a powerful emmenagogue and antispasmodic. It is also a diaphoretic and diuretic. It has been used succe fully in this country as an anthelmintic. It is a powerful poison, as is the black cohosh, and both should be cautiously administered. co-hû'ne, s. [Latinized from cahoun, the Honduras name given to the nuts.]