cony, coney, coni, conn i, conig, coning, conyng, conynge

& a. [Sw. kanin; Dan. kaniin; Dut. konijn; Ger. kaninchen, dim in. of kanin; Gael. coinean; Wel.cwningen; Norm. Fr. conille, coning; O. Fr. conil, connil, conin, conn in, conn it; Prov. conil; Sp. conejo; Port.coelho; Ital. coniglio, from Lat. cuniculus a rabbit, a coney; Gr. koniklos, kuniklos, kouniklos, kounikoulos. Mahn considers the English cony and the German equivalent to be from Old French. He thinks the Lat. cuniculus a Spanish word. Skeat considers the English to come from O. L. Germ., or to be original. The O. Fr. connil, he thinks, clearly comes from Lat. cuniculus. Finally, he believes that an initial s has been lost, and that the root is skan to dig, an extension of ska =to cut.] A. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: A rabbit. “.. where earth-delving conies keep." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 687. 2. Scrip.: The rendering of the Hebrew word Dunbar: Maitland Poems , p. 95. *10. Artful or prudent management; fine e. "Then the earle Douglas, be who is moyane and convog all the court was guydit, "-Pit scottie: Cron ., p. 49. *11. A trick, a cheat, a juggle. "Bot how, alace, as ye shall heir, Betrayed thame bayth with a try me convoy ." Bp. St. Androis: Poems (16 cent.), p. 311. A Scots convoy: Accompanying one to the door, or "o'er the do or stane." IMG:content-0876.png:[blocks in formation] ing infants, the latter appearing in women toward the conclusion of pregnancy or immediately after childbirth. Convulsions have been divided into tonic convulsions, in which the contractions are of some duration and are not quickly succeeded by alternate relaxations, and clonic convulsions, in comes more quickly. Of the former tetanus is an which the contraction is briefer and relaxation example, and of the latter hysteria. Some have restricted the term convulsion to those of the tonic character. When the alternate contractions and relaxations are but slight, and very quickly succeed each other, the affection is called tremor. in this differing from spasm, which is applied Convulsions specially affect the voluntary muscles, chiefly, though not exclusively, to similar action of the muscles called involuntary. They may be local, affecting only certain muscles of the eyes, the face, the throat, the thorax, or they may be general over the body. They may be idiopathic or symptomatic of other diseases. They may arise from congestion of the brain or from its deficient nutriment, or from mechanical irritation or injury of nerves. shaphan , occurring in Lev. xi. 5; Deut. xiv. 7; named is described as chewing the cud, but as not being cloven-footed; as being "exceeding wise," but in dimensions "little upon earth" (Prov. xxx. 24); as making its house in the rocks (not, it will be observed, burrowing in sand-banks) where, however, a whole colony of them taken collectively are only a feeble folk. The animal referred to is what Bruce calls the Ashkoko, the Ganam, and the Wabber. It had long been known to exist in the countries adjacent to Palestine, but it was not till March 30, 1843, that it was found within the limits of the Holy Land, the Rev. Dr. John Wilson, of Bombay, and his fellow-traveler, Mr. Smith, having found it on that day among the rocks near the Convent of Mar Saba, on the side of a ravine in the continuation of the Kedron. The Shaphan is the Hyrax Syriacus . It belongs to the Pachyderm at a, and not like the rabbit to the Rodents. It has short ears, a pointed snout, small black naked feet, and no tail. ( Dr. John Wilson : Lands of the Bible , ii. 28, 29.) "The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies ." Ps. civ. 18. B. As adj .: Pertaining to the animal described under A. and more especially to No. 1.