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Webster 1913 Edition
Cog
Cog
(kŏg)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cogged
(kŏgd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cogging
.] 1.
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
[R.]
I’ll . . .
cog
their hearts from them. Shakespeare
2.
To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception;
as, to
; to palm off. cog
in a word[R.]
Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been
cogged
upon the town for masterpieces. J. Dennis
To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice.
Swift.
Cog
,Verb.
I.
To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
For guineas in other men's breeches,
Your gamesters will palm and will
Your gamesters will palm and will
cog
. Swift.
Cog
,Noun.
A trick or deception; a falsehood.
Wm. Watson.
Cog
,Noun.
[Cf. Sw.
kugge
a cog, or W. cocos
the cogs of a wheel.] 1.
(Mech.)
A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.
2.
(Carp.)
(a)
A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface.
(b)
A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
Knight.
3.
(Mining.)
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
Cog
,Verb.
T.
To furnish with a cog or cogs.
Cogged breath sound
(Auscultation)
, a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration.
Quain.
Cog
,Noun.
A small fishing boat.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cog
COG
, v.t.1.
To flatter; to wheedle; to seduce or draw from, by adulation or artifice.2.
To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word to serve a purpose.To cog a die, to secure it so as to direct its fall; to falsify; to cheat in playing dice.
COG
, v.i.1.
To deceive; to cheat; to lie.2.
To wheedle.COG
,Noun.
COG
,Verb.
T.