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Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." Bacon.

A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.

Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.

Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken. [Obs.]

Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

ce, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

Cone-shaped; conical.

A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.

at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.

ement in which the longitudinal crank shaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed gear, countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order.

Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent. Fame, if not double-faced, is double mouthed, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds. Milton. The doctrine of the earth's motion appeared to be contrary to the sacred Scripture. Whewell.

ertaining to Cornwall, in England. Cornish chough. See Chough. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.

he tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.

nals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after their inventor.

A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. B. Jonson.

A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts.

of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close.

tc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. Spenser.

sed in a few French phrases, as couler de rose, color of rose; and hence, adjectively, rose-colored; roseate.

The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.