cockygee (kokije)

A rough sour apple. [Prov. Eng.] cockyoly-bird (kok'i-ol-i-bėrd), n. [Appar. a fanciful perversion of cock1, or cocky, + yellow bird.] The yellowhammer, Emberiza citrin ell a. [Eng.] cocoal, coco (kōkō), n. [More correctly coco, early mod. E. coco, coquo (earlier, as if NL., F. coco, Sp. Pg. coco = It. cocus, cocoas ); = cocco, cocoanut (cf. NL. cocus, now cocos, > D. G. Dan. Sw. kokos (incomp.), cocoa), prob. the cocoa-tree, cocoanut; perhaps of Egyptian ori gin: cf. kõiξ, an Egyptian kind of palm. The resem blance of the Sp. Pg. name to Sp. Pg. coco, a word used to frighten children, a bugbear, is prob. acc i dental. The spelling cocoa is due to Cocoanut-palm ( Cocos nucifera ). confusion with cacao, which is also spelled cocoa: see cocoa2.] A palm belonging to the genus Cocos, producing the cocoanut. C. nucifera is everywhere cultivated in tropical regions, but more especially on islands or or near the sea. It has a cylindrical stem rising to a height of 60 to 90 feet, and surmounted by a crown of feather-like leaves from 18 to 20 feet long. The small white flowers grow on a branching spadix, inclosed in a hard tough spathe. The fruits, called cocoanuts, are in bunches of from 12 to 20, and are of a subtriangular ovoid form, 12 inches long by 6 broad. They have each a single seed inclosed in a very hard shell, and surrounded by a thick fibrous rind or husk. This fiber, called coir, is made into cordage, matting, brushes, bags, etc. The flesh or meat of the cocoanut is a white pleasant-tasting ma , soft and gelatinous when young, but afterward lining the shell in a thick close layer; it is largely used as a condiment and in cookery and confectionery, and yields the valuable cocoanut-oil (which see). The nut also contains when fresh from one to two pints of a clear pleasant liquid called the milk. The mature shell takes a high polish, and is made into drinking-cups and other utensils and ornaments. Its various uses make the cocoanut an important article of commerce. A spirit called toddy or ar rack is made from the sweet juice of the spathe. Indeed, almost every part of the tree is employed in tropical countries for some useful purpose. The heart, which is seldom sound, is of a light yellowish-brown color, which changes to a deep brown, almost black. The part of the trunk is the so-called porcupine-wood, which is very hard and durable, and is much used for all kinds of turnery, and especially for inlaying. Also called cocoa -tree, cocoanut tree. But of greater admiration is the Coquo -tree, being the most profitable tree in the world, of which in the Ilands of Maldiua they make and furnish whole ships. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 505. The slender coco's drooping crown of plumes. Tennyson, Enoch Arden.