- cog
- cog (n.) c.1300, "cog wheel;" late 14c., "tooth on a wheel," probably a borrowing from a Scandinavian language (Cf. Norwegian kugg "cog") and cognate with M.H.G. kugel "ball."
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Cog — (k[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cogged} (k[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogging}.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. {Coax}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cog — cog1 [käg, kôg] n. [ME cog, cogge < ? Scand, as in Norw kug, Swed kugge, a cog, tooth < IE * gugā a hump, ball < base * gēu , to bend, arch > OE cycgel,CUDGEL] 1. a) any of a series of teeth on the rim of a wheel, for transmitting or… … English World dictionary
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Cog — Cog, v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs. [1913 Webster] {Cogged breath sound} (Auscultation), a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration. Quain. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cog — [kɔg US ka:g] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) a wheel with small bits sticking out around the edge that fit together with the bits of another wheel as they turn around in a machine 2.) one of the small bits that… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Cog — Cog, n. A trick or deception; a falsehood. Wm. Watson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
