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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,301 words match “OINT”

CLOCKWISE a.
the hands of a clock; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative.
CLOSE a. 2 definitions
Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. "Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass." Dryden.
CLUB n. 2 definitions
on; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak.
CLUMSY a.
clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. Dryden.
CO- n.
A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.
CO-ALLY n.
A joint ally. Kent.
CO-ASSESSOR n.
A joint assessor.
CO-LEGATEE n.
A joint legatee.
CO-REGENT n.
A joint regent or ruler.
CO-RESPONDENT n.
One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
COADJUTORSHIP n.
The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope.
COADJUVANCY n.
Joint help; coöperation. Sir T. Browne.
COAGENCY n.
Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge.
COAPTATION n.
The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.
COARTICULATION n.
The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.
COBISHOP n.
A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.
COCKAL n.
bs.] Nares. A little transverse bone Which boys and bruckeled children call (Playing for points and pins) cockal. Herrick.
COCKHEAD n.
The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
CODEFENDANT n.
A joint defendant. Blackstone.
COEFFICACY n.
Joint efficacy.
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