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Mutually assisting. [Obs.] Drayton.

Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished fron foreign trade or trade involving long voyages. -- Coasting vessel, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.

Coexistent. Locke.

Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.

dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor.

That consults. Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.

In a contending manner.

See Contingency.

Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency." J. Gregory.

t certain, to occur; incidental; casual. Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. Burke.

In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.

The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

In a manner that corrupts.

A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright- colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.

The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.