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SHFRON HOWF.R, in uJtany,

genns

of lhe f)'ng.:ndia polyg.nll<l a" lua!ts ebk Tho eaJ,:,

is Qv:\tl!d. il nd

imbrj~,,:\.d

itll fÍ'innlls

hr,mcllls ;

aoel

th~

eoroll.c u e

e~u

T he (I'CClLS are fl ' en, noue of

them nnul',·s 01' Sli!.lio.

COA, in bo:any.

S~C

HIPr OCRATE A.

COACH, a eOlllmodious I'ehicl, for travelliog , (o well

koowo as

need no deferipliun. Their In.enUon

\Vas owing tOlhe Freneh about lhe reigo of frao·

eis

COAGUI.ATION, in a geoeral (en(e, impons a rer–

taio change io lhe Ilale of aoy liquoc, by means of

",hieh, i"llead of retaining ilS fl:lidily, it beeomes

more or le(s eooGUeol, aecurding lO lhe degree of eo–

agu!alion.

COAGU LUM, is the (ame wilh what in EogliOI we

call

rt1lln~t,

or ralher

th~

curd formed lhereby.

COAL,

01'

PIT'COAL, in oatural hlllory.

See

LI'

THANTHRAX .

Callnel·Co

AL ,

io oatural hillory. See AMPELIT F. S.

Smoll,CoAL,

a (on of charcoal prepared (rom lhe (pray

and hrul1HVood Ilripped off (1 0m lhe branches of cop–

pice·\':ood, (omelimcs hound io bavins (or tlial purpo!e,

aod fometimes charred Wilhout bindiug, and then it is

lid

eoming il IOgelher.

COALITION, lhe re· uoion of lhe pans of a bod)' be·

fore (ep?raled.

COAT, orCOAT of ARMS, ioheraldry, a h.bitworn

by lhe aneieot kniglm over their arms bOlb in war and

touroaments, and lIill boroe by heralds at arms.

\Vas a kiod lof fur·eoal, reaching as low as the oa·

"el, opeo at the fid ts with OlOn neeves, fomelimes

furred wilh ermine aod hair, 111'00 whieh were applied

Ihe armories of lhe kniglm embroidered in

gl.ld

aud

filver, aod eoamelled Wilh beateo tio·eoloured black,

green, red, and blue; whenee lhe rule never to apply

colour 00 colou r, nor melal 00 melal. T he eoats of

arms were

fre~ueod y

opeo, aod diverfified \Iilh baods

and lillels of (cveral colours, allernAlely plaeed, as we

Ilill (ee clolhs fearleled, walered,

&c.

Heoee lhey

\Vere called deviles, as

b~io¡:

oivided aod eompofed of

(everal pieees fell'ed logelher; wheoee the words

[n/f_, pale,

tI'furon ,

bmrl,

(,.ji ,

follir r, Icunge,

&e. whieh have finee become

honourabl~

pieees, or

oldioaries of the fllicld. See CROSS, nENO, CHE–

VRON,

&c.

Coals of al'ms and banoers were never allowed to

be \Varo by aoy bUI knighls and aocienl oobles.

COA T, io aoatomy. See Pan VI.

COAT .[ MAIL . See MAIL.

COATI , in zoology, a (yooni".e of a (peejes of virerra

aod ur(us. See VlvE RRAandURSl' s.

COBA LT , io ehemillry, a genus of follils, of lhe order

of the a(phurel.lta : il is a den fe, eompaél, and pon–

dermIS mioeral, very

bri~bl

and Oliniog, and mueh

re(embliog fome of lhe antimonial ores. See AN '1l·

MONY, aod CHEMI STRY, p.

139, 140, 141.

is (omelimes fou od of a deep bh1l'iOI·hlaek, vrry

heavy aod hard, aod of a granulattd II ruBnre, look–

jng like a piece of pure iron where freOI broken : al

olher limes it is fouod more

compa~,

r,OI granulalCO,

e o e

hUI ref, mbljog a m,(s of mtlled lead

lhe fu. faee.

The:' are lhe Il'lll e ordinary appearanees of eobalt,

bcfides whieh lhe:e are ollter aecideotal varieties of il,

belog (omelimes fouod o( a florid red, or a red

dcbafe~

by mix tu res o( grey, blaek, or yellow; and in lhis

Hate, il eilher furms an uoiform mafs, or

beaulifully

llrialed and ridged ooe.

From lhis mineral are produced Ihe feveral kinds

of ar(enie, zalfre, and fmal!.

See CH E

y, .

p. 141·

C013ELLA, in zoolor,y, !he lrivial name of a fpeeies

of eoluber. See COLUUER.

COB ITIS, 'he loaehe, in iehlhyology, a geous of lilhes

belonging lO lhe order of abdomioales. The eyes are

io the IIpper pan of lhe

h~ad.

The braoehiofiege

membrane has (rom four 10 five rays; aod the body

i! neady of ao equal lhiekoe(s lhroughou!. The fpe.

eies are five,

~iz.

the aoablops, wi,lh two eirri,

de·

prelfed bcad, aod promineot eyes. lt is fouod

Ibe

coalls of Surinam.

2 .

The barbatula, Wilh fix eirri,

and a comprtlTeJ fiUOOlh head.

The trenia, Wilh

fix eirri, and a priekle below the eye. The above lWO

are found io lhe frcOI ·walers of Europe. 4. Theforo

fili!, Wilh eighl cirri, aod a prickle above the eye.

nali"e of Europe.

The helerochta, has no

cirri; and lhe baek·lin aod

th.lt

at lbe aous are full of

while (pots.

is a oative Carolina.

COBLENTZ, a large city of Germaoy, in Ihe

arehbiOlOprie of Triers, and eirele o( lhe Lower

hine, fitualed at the cooflueoee of the Rhioe and

Mo(elle, lifly I\VO miles oonh·eall of T riers, aDd

thiny.fix (oulh of Cologoe : E. long.

7·

IS',

N. la!.

50· 30'.

COBLON, a porHowo o( lhe hilher Iodia, filualed on

Coromaodel·eoall, IIVelve miles (oulh of fon St

George: E. loog.

0 ,

N. lat.

12. 50'.

COBWEB, io phyliology, lhe fioe oet·work whieh (pi–

ders (pin out of their own bowels, io order lO catcb

their prey. Sce ARANEA.

COCCEIRA in bOlaoy. See T HEOBROMA.

COCCIFEROUS PLANTS, the (ame Wilh baceifaous.

See l:!Ace IFE ROus .

COCCINELLA, io zoology, a geous of infeéls, of the

eole~ptera

order. The . nlennre are

fulcla~ated,

aod

truneated ; lhe polypi are

Ih~ped

like a han; lhe bo·

dy is of a hemi(pherical figu re; lhe breall and el

are marginalcd ; and lhe belly is

pl.io.

The (peeies

are fon y·nioe, mollly dillinguiO,able by lhe number

aod colour of lhe (p01S on lheir \Viogs, aoo the plaols

upoo \Vhieh lhey li\'e.- The coceinella e.éli, a oalive

of the warmer partS of Ameriea, is lhe famous co·

chine.1 aoimal, !o highly ..Iued in cvery par! of the

world for the iocomparable beauty OrilS red culour,

which it

cqu~lI y

eommunieales

\1'001, filk, linen,

aod eolton.

is b. ed

a plant koowo in Oaxara

ew Spain, aoJ "11 lho(e p?rts whel'e it

ah"und~,

lhe oame of n0p:ll, or nopallcea, lhe lodian fig.tree,

which, execpl in lhe differellee of lk. (0Ij3ge, re·

(embles lbe lunos, fo common,in lhe kiog¿om o( An·

dalufia; lhe

I~af

of lite tull.1beiog broaJ, nat aod

prie~ I)',

aoJ dl:ll of lhe oopal, oLloog, wid, ("I'm l

cJUiDenccs;