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CONVULSING, ppr. Affecting by spasmodic contractions; shaking with violence.
CONVULSION, n. [L.] 1. A preternatural, violent and involuntary contraction of t...
CONVULSIVE, a. 1. That produces convulsion; as convulsive rage; convulsive sorro...
CONVULSIVELY, adv. With violent shaking or agitation.
CONY, CONEY, n. [L. The primary sense is a shoot, or a shooting along.] A rabbit...
CONY-BURROW, n. A place where rabbits burrow in the earth.
CONY-CATCH, v.i. [cony and catch.] In the cant of thieves, to cheat; to bite; to...
CONY-CATCHER, n. A thief; a cheat; a sharper.
CONY-CATCHING, n. Banter.
COO, v.i. [probably from the sound.] To cry, or make a low sound, as pigeons or ...
COOING, ppr. Uttering a low sound, as a dove. COOING , n. Invitation, as the not...
COOK, v.t. [L.] 1. To prepare, as victuals for the table, by boiling, roasting, ...
COOKED, ppr. Prepared for the table.
COOKERY, n. The art or the practice of dressing and preparing victuals for the t...
COOKING, ppr. Preparing victuals for the table.
COOKMAID, n. [cook and maid.] A female servant or maid who dresses provisions.