Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CO-E-TERN'I-TY, n.

Existence from eternity equal with another eternal being; equal eternity. – Hammond.

CO-E'VAL, a. [L. coævus; con and ævum, age.]

Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; of equal age; usually and properly followed by with. – Hale. Pope. Bentley.

CO-E'VAL, n.

One of the same age; one who begins to exist at the same time. It is not properly used as synonymous with cotemporary.

CO-E'VOUS, a.

The same as coeval, but not used. – South.

CO-EX-EC'U-TOR, n.

A joint executor.

CO-EX-EC'U-TRIX, n.

A joint executrix.

CO-EX-IST', v.i. [L. con and existo. See Exist.]

To exist at the same time with another; followed by with. – Hale. Locke.

CO-EX-IST'ENCE, n.

Existence at the same time with another; followed regularly by with. – Locke. Grew.

CO-EX-IST'ENT, a.

Existing at the same time with another; regularly followed by with. – Locke. Bentley.

CO-EX-IST'ING, ppr.

Existing at the same time with another thing.

CO-EX-TEND', v.i. [L. con and extendo. See Extend.]

To extend through the same space or duration with another; to extend equally; as, one line coextends with another; or perhaps in a transitive sense, to coextend a line with another.

CO-EX-TEND'ED, pp.

Being equally extended. – Grew.

CO-EX-TEND'ING, ppr.

Extending through the same space or duration with another.

CO-EX-TEN'SION, n.

The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. – Hale.

CO-EX-TEN'SIVE, a.

Equally extensive; having equal extent.

CO-EX-TENS'IVE-LY, adv.

Of equal extent.

CO-EX-TEN'SIVE-NESS, n.

Equal extension or extent.

COF'FEE, n. [Fr. café; It. caffe; Sp. café; Port. id.; G. kaffee; D. koffy; Ar. cahuah, or cahoeh, which the Turks pronounce cahveh. This plant is said to be a native of Ethiopia.]

1. The berry of a tree belonging to the genus Coffea, growing in Arabia, Persia, and in other warm climates of Asia and America. It will grow to the highth of 16 or 18 feet, but its growth is generally stinted to five feet, for the convenience of gathering the fruit. The stem is upright, and covered with a light brown bark; the branches are horizontal and opposite, crossing each other at every joint, and forming a sort of pyramid. The flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and close to the branches; they are of a pure white and of an agreeable odor. The fruit, which is a berry, grows in clusters, along the branches, under the axils of the leaves. – Encyc.
2. A drink made from the berry of the coffee-tree, by decoction. The berry is first roasted, and then ground in a mill, and boiled. The use of it is said to have been introduced into France by Thevenot, the traveler, and into England, in 1652, by a Greek servant, called Pasqua. The best coffee is said to be the Mocha coffee from Arabia Felix. The coffee of Java, Bourbon, and the West Indies, constitutes an important article of commerce.

COF'FEE-CUP, n.

A cup from which coffee is drank.

COF'FEE-HOUSE, n.

1. A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation. – Prior. Swift.
2. A house of entertainment; an inn; which in some cities is also an exchange where merchants meet to transact business.

COF'FEE-MAN, n.

One who keeps a coffee-house. – Addison.

COF'FEE-MILL, n.

A small mill for grinding coffee.

COF'FEE-POT, n.

A covered pot in which coffee is boiled, or in which it is brought upon the table for drinking.

COF'FE-IN, n.

A crystaline substance obtained from the seeds of Coffea Arbica. It is said by Thomson to be identical with Theina or Theine.

COF'FER, n. [Fr. coffre; Arm. couffr, coffr; Ir. cofra; Sp. cofre; Port. id.; D. and G. koffer; Dan. koffert; Sw. id.; W. cofawr, from cof, a hollow trunk. The same French word coffre, signifies a coffer, and the trunk of the body, and a coffin. In Ar. قَفِيرٌ kafirin, is a chest or basket. The primary sense is probably a holder, or a hollow place.]

1. A chest or trunk; and as a chest is customarily used for keeping money, hence,
2. A chest of money; a treasure. – Bacon.
3. In architecture, a square depression or sinking in each interval between the modillions of the Corinthian cornice, ordinarily filled with a rose, a pomegranate, or other enrichment. – Chambers. Encyc.
4. In fortifications, a hollow lodgment across a dry moat, from 6 to 7 feet deep, and from 16 to 18 broad; the upper part made of pieces of timber, raised two feet above the level of the moat; which little elevation has hurdles laden with earth for its covering, and serves as a parapet with embrasures. It is raised by the besieged to repulse besiegers when they endeavor to pass the ditch. – Chambers. Encyc.