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Cog v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cogged p. pr. & vb. n. Cogging.]
1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.]
I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. --Shak.
2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off. [R.]
Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. --J. Dennis
To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. --Swift.
Cog v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
For guineas in other men's breeches,
Your gamesters will palm and will cog. --Swift.
Cog, n. A trick or deception; a falsehood.
Cog, n.
1. Mech. A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.
2. Carp. (a) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface. (b) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
3. Mining. One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
Cog, v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs.
Cogged breath sound Auscultation, a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration.
Cog, n. A small fishing boat.
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cog
n : tooth on the rim of gear wheel [syn: sprocket]
v 1: roll steel ingots
2: join pieces of wood with cogs
[also: cogging, cogged]