Coudee

[Fr.] An old measure of length; a cubit. Coud'ersport, or COW DER SPORT, in Pennsylvania, a borough, cap. of Potter co., on the Alleghany River, 174 m. N.N.W. of Harris burg. Cou'dres, in Lower Canada, an island in the River St. Lawrence, 55 m. N.E. of Quebec; pop . about 400. Cou'gar, n. (Zool.) See PANTHER. Cough, ( hof ,) n. [Du. kuch , named from the sound.] (Med.) A spasmodic effort of nature, by a convulsive action of the lungs, to relieve that organ of some load or oppre ion hurtful to the due performance of its function, whether from the exudation of some tenacious mucus or phlegm, or from blood or pus effused on its surface or into its cells. C. most frequently occurs as a symptom of some disease or affection: as, influenza; catarrh, or cold; bronchitis, acute and chronic; whooping-C.; phthisis. With elderly persons C. sometimes becomes permanent throughout the winter months of every year. In general, C. must be treated according to the nature of the disease that has called it forth, and also according to the character of the expectoration. -v. i. [Ger. keuchen .] To make a violent pectoral effort with noise; to expel the air from the lungs, and throw off any vitiating or offensive matter. "I cough like Horace, and tho' lean, am short." -Pope . -v. a. To expel from the lungs by a violent effort with noise; to expectorate: -generally preceding up . "Matter... coughed up , and spit out by the mouth."-Wiseman. Cougher, ( kof'r ,) n. One who coughs. Cou hage, n. ( Bot .) See COWHAGE. Could, ( küd ,) imp . of can . [A. S. cut he , was able, pret. of cunnan, to be able.] Had sufficient physical or moral power or capacity. "What if he did not all the ill he could ?"-Dryden. Couleur de rose, ( kõõl'or - da - ros .) [Fr., rose-color.] An attractive light or aspect; fair appearance; - used adverbially; as, " to see things couleur de rose." Couli e, (koo- lis ',) n. [Fr.] A piece of timber having grooves in it; also, a piece of wood to hold the floodgate in a sluice. -The space between the side-scenes of the stage in a the atre; as, the couli es of the opera. Coulomb', CHARLES AUGUST IN DE, a French mathematician, B. at Angoulême, 1736. He is regarded as the founder of experimental physics in France, and is the inventor of the torsion balance. There are few to whom the theory of electricity is so much indebted as to this philosopher. D. 1806.