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Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled. Coagulated proteid (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies formed in the coagulation of a albuminous substance by heat, acids, or other agents.

ck, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.

A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

e, a dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; -- called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue. -- Cobalt crust, earthy arseniate of cobalt. -- Cobalt glance. (Min.) See Cobaltite. -- Cobalt green, a pigment consisting essentially of the oxides of cobalt and z…

To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." Dryden.

A clumsy workman. Shak.

, glands situated at the base of the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed.

The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebræ more or less consolidated.

See Lumpfish. [Scot.]

See Lumpfish. [Scot.]

A gull in the plumage of its first year.

ount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic, expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determin…

A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose roostock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actæa, plants of the Crowfoot family.

piler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. Volumes without the collector's own reflections. Addison.

See Calumbin.

See Calumba.

A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.

cise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition. All the volumes of philosophy, With all their comments. Prior.

ed as to counteract each other and preserve uniformity of movement. -- Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum.