| Cog (cog) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Cog |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Cogged (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Cogging.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive,
from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. Coax,
]
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To seduce, or draw away, by adulation,
artifice, or falsehood] to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood
or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off.
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To deceive; to
cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
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A trick or deception;
a falsehood.
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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.
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.
One of the rough
pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a
mine.
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To furnish with a
cog or cogs.
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