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-Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder. -- Club root (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spo…

his clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope. Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke.

. . The foxglove cluster dappled bells. Tennyson. Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson. Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.

and near it. He sees in English ships the Holland coast. Dryden. We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the species blow. Waller. The coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. "Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus." Sir P. Sidney. Coast…

ution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.

Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]

A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's

k. Codling moth (Zoöl.), a small moth (Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.

A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.

coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.

Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak.

Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. South.

Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.

An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [Eng.]

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

To know or perceive; to recognize. The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it. H. Spencer.

Capable of being known. "Matters intelligible and cognoscible." Sir M. Hale.

Having the power of knowing. [Obs.] "An innate cognoscitive power." Cudworth.

An instrument in writting whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. Mozley & W.