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{ } n. Shortened forms of Alcoholate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the oölite, and not of the true coal era. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Cannel coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Cannel coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Corrupt. fr. candle coal. ] A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Char, v. t., to burn or to reduce to coal, and Coal. ] 1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant. --
Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances. --
Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with it. --
Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use in an electric light apparatus. --
Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. very dark gray.
Syn. -- charcoal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Biochem) an abbreviation for coenzyme A. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. coacervatus, p. p. of coacervare to heap up; co- + acervare. See Acervate. ] Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To heap up; to pile. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coacervatio. ] A heaping together. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. &unr_;, akin to Skr. çankha. Cf. Conch, Cockboat, Cockle. ] 1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [ Written also couch. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. One who coaches; specif. (sports), a trainer; one who assists in training individual athletes or the members of a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions in sports; as, a third base coach. [ +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coached p. pr. & vb. n. Coaching. ] 1. To convey in a coach. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I coached him before he got his scholarship. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with it. [ Colloq. ] “Coaching it to all quarters.” E. Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The seat of a coachman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coachman [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A coachman. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A coach horse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. One who coaches; specif. (Baseball), one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base to direct a base runner; also called a coach; as, third base coach. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the job of a professional coach.
Syn. -- coaching job. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Coachmen 1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Skill in driving a coach. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. coactare, intens. fr. cogere, coactum, to force. See Cogent. ] To force; to compel; to drive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. co- + act, v. i. ] To act together; to work in concert; to unite. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But if I tell you how these two did coact. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coactio. ] Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. Sojth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact. ] 1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acting in concurrence; united in action. [ 1913 Webster ]

With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a coactive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unity of action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual adaption. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual help; cooperation. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mutually assisting or operating; helping. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assistant. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mutually assisting. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Co-, and Aid. ] 1. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor. Sheridan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A female coadjutor or assistant. Holland. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint help; cooperation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cooperating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An adjuvant. [ 1913 Webster ]