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C — Cloister to Cœliac passion (Part 9 of 11)

Cobbler, n.

    1. Mender of shoes.
    2. Clumsy workman, bungler, botcher.
    3. Iced-sangaree, sherry-cobbler.

Cobble-stone, n. Cobstone, cobble, copple-stone.

Cobra, n. Hooded snake, spectacle-snake, cobra-de-capello.

Cobra-de-capello, n. [Port.] Cobra, hooded snake, spectacle-snake (Naja tripudians).

Cobweb, n.

    1. Spider’s web.
    2. Entanglement, snare, meshes, toils, insidious intricacy.
    3. Flimsy or frail thing, piece of flimsiness.
    4. Musty tradition, hoary and useless custom, worthless time-worn trappings.

Cobweb, a. Flimsy, slight, gauzy, worthless, thin.

Cochleary, a. Cochleate, cochleated, cochlean, cochleariform, cochleous, spiral, spiry, screw-shaped.

Cochleate, Cochleated, a. Spiral. See cochleary.

Cock, n.

    1. Male (of birds).
    2. Chanticleer, rooster [U. S.].
    3. Cock-crowing, cock-crow.
    4. Faucet, turn-valve, stop-cock.
    5. Hammer (of gunlock).
    6. Turning-up, turn, toss, perking.