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The coarse tow of flax and hemp. McElrath.

A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. Pope.

A codifier; a maker of codes. [R.]

See Coddle.

An apple fit to stew or coddle.

A young cod; also, a hake.

A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke.

zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

An alkaloid, , prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine.

An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak.

Heretical.

Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.] Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull.

eries of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl. Cacodylic acid, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen.

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida c…

An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.

Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile. -- n.

A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. [R.]

See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.

A sirup made of poppies.