coffee, coffe

& a. [Fr. & Sp. cafe; Ital. caffè. Corrupted from Arab. kahwa =coffee.] A. As subst.: The ground roasted seeds of Cafea arabica. The seeds or beans are imported into this country chiefly from the East and West Indies, but In the raw state the beans are destitute of flavor, the finest quality, Mocha coffee, comes from Arabia. but on roasting a peculiar brown oir, caffeine, is developed, and it is this body which gives to the coffee its characteristic aroma. The most valuable constituent of coffee is caffeine, C8H10N4O2, an alkaloid iden tical with the alkaloid theine found in tea. In the roasted bean it never exceeds 1 per cent. Taken in moderation, coffee is one of the most wholesome beverages known. It a ists digestion, exhilarates the spirits, and counteracts the tendency to sleep. For many years the only adulterant for coffee sold was roasted chic IMG:content-0092.png:[blocks in formation] ory, but at the present time we have roasted dates, figs, malt, raisins, . None of these substitutes contain any substance analogous to the alkaloid caffeine found in coffee. In fact their only use appears to be to give the coffee infusion a greater depth of color. The sale of a mixture of coffee and chicory, or any substitute for chicory, is perfectly legal, provided such mixture is properly labeled. It is only when a mixture is sold as pure coffee that any admixture becomes an adulteration. Any of these substitutes when mixed with coffee can be readily identified by means of the microscope, even when present in very small quantity. The world's production and consumption of coffee, stated in tons, is as follows: Production-Brazil, 490,000; Java and Sumatra, 60,000; Ceylon, 9,400; India, 21,000; Central America and Mexico, 80,000; Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Guianas, 50,000; Hayti and San Domingo, 43,000; Cuba and Porto Rico, 35,000; remainder of West Indies (Jamaica, etc.), 7,500; Arabia, Madagascar, Aby in i a, and North-east Africa, 35,000; Liberia and west coast of Africa, 19,500; Philippines, Celebes and rest of Eastern Archipelago, 11,000; Sandwich and rest of Pacific Isles, 1,200; Natal, 100; total, 862,700. Consumption Europe, 430,000; United States and Canada, 265,000; Mexico, Central America, and West Indies, 35,500; Brazil and rest of South American states, 41,500; Asia, including India, Java, and Eastern Archipelago, 40,000; Africa, 25,000; Great Britain, 14,000; Austral asia and Pacific Isles, 5,000; total, 856,000 (1880-1890.) "In A. D. 1684 Locke wrote coffe , showing that the word was not yet naturalized." - Locke's Diary, given in nis Life by Lord King, p. 42. (Trench.) Swedish Coffee : The seeds of Astragalus bætic us , a papilionaceous plant. B. As adj .: Of or pertaining to coffee. "In the coffee husbandry the plants should be placed eight feet apart."-Ure: Dict. of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines. Compound of obvious signification: Coffee - cup . pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0093.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0094.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0095.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0096.png:[blocks in formation] (1) [COFFER-DAM.] (2) A floating dock. 3. Arch .: A sunk panel in vaults and domes, and also in the soffit or under-side of the Corinthian and Composite cornices, and usually decorated in the center with a flower. But the application of the term is general to any sunk panel in a ceiling or soffit. ( Gwilt .) from six to seven feet deep, and from sixteen to 4. Fort .: A hollow lodgment acro a dry moat, eighteen broad, the upper part being made of pieces embrasures. earth for its covering, and serves as a parapet with 5. Mining : A trough in which tin ore is broken up. coffer-dam, s. Hydraulic Engin .: A water-tight inclosure formed by piles driven into the bottom of a river and packed by clay, planks, or other stop-gap. It is used as a dam while laying bare the bottom of the river, in order to establish a foundation for a pier, abut- coffer-lid, *corfyrled, *cofer leyd, s. The lid or cover of a coffer. "Corfyrled ( Cofer leyd A.): Arculus ." -Prompt. Parv. coffer-work, s . Building: Rubble-work faced with stone. cof-fer, v . t . [COFFER, 8.] 1. Ord. Lang.: To shut up or keep in a coffer. "The aged man that coffers up his gold, Is plagued with cramps, and gouts, and painful fits." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece , 855. 1. Ord . Lang .: Inclosed or treasured in a coffer. 2. Arch .: Paneled with sunken panels. treasurer. 1. One who treasures up things in a coffer; a "Ye fortune's coferers , ye powers of wealth." Young: Night Thoughts , ii. 550. 2. One who makes coffers or chests. A little coffer, a casket. [COFFRET.] *cof-fer-ět, s . [Eng. coffer , and dim in. suff. -et .] cof-fer-ing, cof-er-ing, pr . par., a. & 8. [COF. FER, v.] IMG:content-0097.png:[blocks in formation] I. Lit .: To inclose in a coffin. "My gracious silence, hail! Wouldst thou have laugh'd, had I come coffin'd home," Shakesp.: Coriolanus , ii. 1. II. Figuratively : 1. To inclose, to confine. IMG:content-0098.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Arch .: Paneling of a ceiling or soffit. 2. Mining : Securing a shaft from leaking by ram. ming in clay between the casing and the rock. IMG:content-0099.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ordinary Language : *1. A basket. "His marschal the mayster upon calles And comaundes hym cofly coferes to lance," E. Eng. Allit. Poems; Cleanne , 1,427. *co-found, v. t. [Pref. co con, and Eng. found, v. (q. v.)] To found at the same time as another. originally cofounded by King Ethelbert with ii. 58. ( Davies .) the Body of the Church."-Fuller: Worthies; London, co-founder, s. (q. v.).] A joint founder. -Wyclife : Matt . xiv. 20. *2. A casing, a crust. IMG:content-0100.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0101.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0102.png:[blocks in formation] co-gent, a . [Lat. cogens, pr. par. of cogo =to compel.] 1. Forcible, powerful, constraining. "The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands." Cowper : Retirement , 411. this most cogent proof of a Deity."-Bentley. "Proofs of the most cogent description could be here adduced."-Tyndall: Frag. of Science (3d ed.), vii. 141. Crabb thus distinguishes between cogent , forci- ble , and strong: " Cogency applies to reasons ind i- vidually considered; force and strength to modes of reasoning or expre ion: cogent reasons impel to forcible reasoning conveyed in strong language ." ( Crabb : Eng. Synon.) co-gent-lý, adv . [Eng. cogent ; -ly .] In a cogent manner; with force or authority; forcibly, strongly, convincingly. ( Hurd .) "Notwithstanding this cogged number of his provincial synods, and private decrees, "-Bp. Hall: Honor of (1) A projecting piece on the end of a joist, which is in the nature of a tenon, and is received into a notch in a bearing timber, such as a wall-plate, the cog resting flush with the upper surface of the to keep the ignorant in error."-Watson: Quodlibets of IMG:content-0103.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] ""Our cogitations this way have been drawn, These are the points,' the Wanderer said,. Words worth: Excursion, bk. v. 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"Take care of that step-ladder: it is coggledy."-Mi IMG:content-0108.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0109.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0110.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0111.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0112.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of knowing or becoming acquainted with; knowledge. 2. That which is known or apprehended with the understanding. 3. Acknowledgment, recognition. II. Law : Cognizance; judicial investigation. cog-ni-tive, a . [ Fr.cognitif . As if from Lat. cognitivus, from cognitus , pa. par. of cognosco to know.] Having the power or quality of knowing or apprehending by the understanding. "Unle the understanding employ and exercise its cognitive or apprehensive power.."-South: Ser IMG:content-0113.png:[ocr errors]