Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COACH, v.t.

To carry in a coach. – Pope.

COACH'-BOX, n.

The seat on which the driver of a coach sits. – Arbuthnot.

COACH'FUL, n.

As many in a coach as it will hold.

COACH'-HIRE, n.

Money paid for the use of a hired coach. – Dryden.

COACH'-HORSE, n.

A horse used in drawing coaches.

COACH'-HOUSE, n.

A house to shelter a coach from the weather. – Swift.

COACH'-MAK-ER, n.

A man whose occupation is to make coaches. – Swift.

COACH'MAN, n.

The person who drives a coach. – Prior.

COACH'MAN-SHIP, n.

Skill in driving coaches. – Jenyns.

CO-ACT', v.t.

To act together. [Not used.] – Shak.

CO-ACT'ED, pp. [or a.]

Forced; compelled. [Not used.] – B. Jonson.

CO-AC'TION, n. [L. coactio, coactus, cogo; con and ago, to drive.]

Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. – South.

CO-ACT'IVE, a.

1. Forcing; compulsory; having the power to impel or restrain. – Ralegh.
2. Acting in concurrence. – Shak.

CO-ACT'IVE-LY, adv.

In a compulsory manner. – Bramhall.

CO-AD'JU-TANT, a. [L. con and adjutans, helping.]

Helping; mutually assisting or operating. Philips.

CO-AD-JU'TOR, n. [L. con and adjutor, a helper; adjuto, to help.]

1. One who aids another; an assistant; a fellow-helper; an associate in operation.
2. In the canon law, one who is empowered or appointed to perform the duties of another. – Johnson.

CO-AD-JU'TOR-SHIP, n.

State of coadjutor; joint assistance. – Pope.

CO-AD-JU'TRIX, n.

A female assistant. – Smollet.

CO-AD-JU'VAN-CY, n. [L. con and adjuvans; adjuvo, to assist.]

Joint help; assistance; concurrent aid; co-operation.[Little used.] – Brown.

CO-AD'U-NATE, a. [L. coadunatus; con, ad and unus.]

In botany, coadunate leaves are several united at the base. The Word is used also to denote one of the natural orders of plants in Linnæus's system. – Martyn.

CO-AD-U-NI'TION, n. [L. con, ad and unitio, from unus, one.]

The union of different substances in one mass. [Little used.] – Hale.

CO-AD-VENT'UR-ER, n.

A fellow adventurer. – Howell.

CO-AF-FOR'EST, v.t.

To convert ground into a forest. – Howell.

CO-A'GENT, n.

An assistant or associate in an act. – Beaum.

CO-AG-MENT', v.t. [L. coagmento, to join or cement; con and agmen, a compact body, from ago, to drive.]

To congregate or heap together. [Not used.] – Glanville.