coho bat i on

[Fr. coho bat i on; Sp. cohoba cion, from Low Lat. cohobatio, from cohobo.] The operation of distilling the same liquid continually with fresh portions of the same substance, as with flowers, leaves, ., so that the e ential oils and other volatile substances accumulate in the distillate. "Coho bat i on is the pouring the liquor distilled from any thing back upon the remaining matter, and distilling it again."- Locke . *cō-horn, s. [COEHORN.] co-hort, s. [Fr., Sp. & Port, cohorte; Lat. co hors (gen it. cohort is ).] [COURT.] IMG:content-0120.png:[blocks in formation] "The A yrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold." Byron: The Destruction of Sennacherib. II. Roman Antiq .: A division of the Roman army, the tenth part of a legion, containing three maniples or six centuries. The number of men varied with that of the legion, the ten cohorts always containing an equal number. When the legion numbered 4,000 men, the cohort consisted of 60 triarii, 120 principes, 120 hastati, and 100 velites, in all 400 men. The centurion of the first century of the first maniple of the first cohort was the guardian of the eagle or colors of the legion, and hence the first cohort was always regarded as superior in dignity to the others. *cō-hort, v. t. [Lat.cohort or: co=con; hortor = to exhort, to encourage.] To encourage, to exhort, to cheer.