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guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.

An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.

Exerting influence; influential. [Obs.] I find no office by name assigned unto Dr.Cox, who was virtually influent upon all, and most active. Fuller.

l qualities; to soak. One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water. Coxe.

The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs. [Obs.] Coxe. The medicating and insuccation of seeds. Evelyn.

A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. A young upstart jackanapes. Arbuthnot.

See Cacoxene.

d, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. -- Learn"ed*ly, adv. Learn"ed*ness, n. Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. Swift.

s. Friburg was ceded to Zurich by Sigismund to liquidate a debt of a thousand florins. W. Coxe.

An instrument for measuring the dimensions of the pelvis. Coxe.

on is abolished in England. -- Petit maître (. Etym: [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. Goldsmith. -- Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc. -- Petit treason, formerly…

A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. "To be so pestered with a popinjay." Shak.

Defending or preserving from disease; preventive. Coxe.

eeded from the eye to the object seen. All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze. Pope.

of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.

Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [Achaic.] Coxe.

ry or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe.

A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. [Obs.] Coxe.

secularize a church, or church property. At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe.

Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face. "A solemn coxcomb." Swift.