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A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.

An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.

A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.

An equal share of an inheritance.

The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.

The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel.

Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. [R.] "The corny ear." Prior.

n of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.

Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.

See Compony.

rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. Dryden. He peeped into every cranny. Arbuthnot.

A crone. [Obs.] "Marry not an old crony." Burton.

A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.

A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament, but governed by a chief magistrate (called Governor) appointed by the Crown, with executive councilors nominated by him and not elected by the people.

A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

The science which pertains to the production of crystals.

Like a cushion; soft; pliable. A flat and cushiony noce. Dickens.

Cell production or development; cytogenesis.

o something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] "If you deny to dance." Shak.

In the manner of one denies a request. Tennyson.