Convulsive
(Con*vul"sive) a. [Cf. F. convulsif.] Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized
by convulsions; convulsionary.
An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease.
Burke.
Convulsively
(Con*vul"sive*ly), adv. in a convulsive manner.
Cony
(Co"ny) n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony,
prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.
The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.
2. A simpleton. [Obs.]
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.
Diet's Dry
Dinner
3. (Zoöl.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A
local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
Cony-catch
(Co"ny-catch) v. t. To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.]
Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony- catched in the this business.
Shak.
