CPage 699
- English Word Coxa Definition The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.
- English Word Coxalgia Definition Alt. of Coxalgy
- English Word Coxalgy Definition Pain in the hip.
- English Word Coxcomb Definition A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.
- English Word Coxcomb Definition The cap itself.
- English Word Coxcomb Definition The top of the head, or the head itself
- English Word Coxcomb Definition A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.
- English Word Coxcomb Definition A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.
- English Word Coxcombical Definition Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.
- English Word Coxcombly Definition like a coxcomb.
- English Word Coxcombry Definition The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.
- English Word Coxcomical Definition Coxcombical.
- English Word Coxcomically Definition Conceitedly.
- English Word Coxswain Definition See Cockswain.
- English Word Coy Definition Quiet; still.
- English Word Coy Definition Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
- English Word Coy Definition Soft; gentle; hesitating.
- English Word Coy Definition To allure; to entice; to decoy.
- English Word Coy Definition To caress with the hand; to stroke.
- English Word Coy Definition To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.