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[Pref. co con, and inher it or (q. v.).] A coheir; a joint heir. coin-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [COIN, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the IMG:content-0131.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Without authority; illegally. 2. Tin works : The weighing and stamping the blocks of tin. ( Weale .) coining-pre , coining apparatus, s. A pow- erful lever-screw pre by which the planchet of metal is impre ed with the design or legend. With with . 2. The state of happening at the same time as something else. 3. Anything which coincides, corresponds, or happens at the same time with another; a coinciding or corresponding combination of circumstances. IMG:content-0132.png:[blocks in formation] II. In trans.: To pollute, to defile. "That would coin quinate, That would contaminate." IMG:content-0133.png:[blocks in formation] "In the case of the prawn-like crabs, their movements were as coinstantaneous as in a regiment of soldiers."-Darwin: Voyage round the World (ed. 1870), †co-in-stan-tā-ně-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. coin stantaneous ; -ly.] At the same instant. ". but sometimes all on both sides of a branch, sometimes only those on one side, moved together coin stantaneously "-Darwin: Voyage round the World (ed. 1870), ch. ix., p. 202. *co-in-stan-tā-ně-oŭs-ne , s . [Eng. coinstantaneous; -ne .] The quality or state of being coinstantaneous, or happening at the same instant. †co-In-těn'se, a. [Pref. co con, and intense (q. v.).] Of equal intensity with something else. "We can recognize changes as connatural; or the reverse: and connatural changes we can recognize as."-Herbert Spencer: Principles of Psy coin tense chology, p. 295. †co-in-ten-sion, s. [Pref.co= con , and intension (q. v.).) The quality, state, or condition of being of equal intensity with something else; oquality of intensene . "The propriety of calling relations more or le intense, according to the contrast between their terms, will perhaps not be at first sight apparent. All quantitative relations, however, save those of equality, involving the idea of contrast-the relation of 5: 1 being called greater than the relation of 2: 1, because the contrast between 5 and 1 is greater than the contrast between 2 and 1-and contrast being habitually spoken of as strong or weak; as forcible, as intense; the word Intension seems the only available one to expre the degree of any relation as dis tinguished from its kind. And coin tension is consequently here chosen, to indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms."-Herbert Spencer: Principles of Psychology, p. 117. †cô-in-ten-si-ty, s. [Pref.co= con , and intensity (q. v.).] The same as COIN TENSION (q. v.). coir, s. [Tamil cayer , kayaru =a rope.] 1. A material used for small cables, cordage, matting, ., and consisting of the outer coating of the cocoa-nut, often weighing one or two pounds, stripped off longitudinally. Cables made of this substance are particularly elastic and buoyant, and have the peculiarity of making a curve upward between the ve el and the anchor, while a hempen cable curves downward . 2. Cordage, cables, ., manufactured of the material described in 1. coir-rope, s . A rope made of coir. It is nearly as strong as a rope made of hemp. It is considered the best material for cables on account of its elasticity and strength. *cois'-tril, s. [O. Fr. coustillier =a groom, a lad. ( Mahn .) According to others a corruption of kestrel a degenerate hawk.] 1. A groom or lad employed by the esquire to carry the knight's arms, . "Women, lackies, and coisterels."- Holinsh., iii. 272. 2. A coward, a runaway. "He's a coward and a coistril , that will not drink to my niece."-Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , i. 3.