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coo rCIL is

writing by way of Cupplement tO a will,

when any thing i, omitted which the tdlator would

have added, or waots tO be explained, altered, or

rec.lled.

COOLIN, an apple uCeful in the kitchen, being proper

for baking.

CODLING, an appellation given ta lhe cod filh when

young. See GADUS .

COECUM, in an1tomy. See Vol.

260.

COEFFICIENTS, in algebra. Scc Vol.

p.80.

COELESTIAL, iD general, denotes any thing belong.

ing

the he.vens: thus we Cay, ccelellial obfervati–

ons, the ccelellial globe,

&c.

COELIAC

a,lerJ,

in anatomy. See Vol.

P.232.

CO ELIAC

paJlion,

in medicine, a kind of flux, or diar–

rhcea, wherein the aliments, either wholly changed,

or only in part, paf, off by 11001. See ME"D ICINE.

COELIAC

vein,

in anatomy. See Vol.

p. 245.

COELOMA, among phyficians, a hollow ulcer Ceated

in the cornea tunica of the eye.

COENOBITE, in church-hillory, a Con of monk, in

the primitive Chrillian chul"eh. They lVere fo called

from living in eommon

in which they differed from

the aoachorites, who retired from fociety.

COEHOBITE, in a modern fenfe, is a religious who

Ii"es in a eonvent or eommunity: under cenain rules.

COEUR, in heraldry, a OIOrt line of panition iD pale,

in the centre of the efcutcheon, whieh extends but a

liule way, much OlOn of the tOP and botlom, being

met by other lines, which form 'n irregular panition

ofthe &utcheon. See Plate LXV. fig. 7.

COEVORDEN, a

tO~'n

of the provinee of Overyll'e1,

Ilroncly fonified by the famous Coehorn, on accOunt

of its fituation, it being the key to the provinees of

Groningen and Frie7.land.

COfFEA, the COHEE 'TREE , in botaoy, a genus of

the pentandria monogynia cla(s. The corolla i, hypo–

erateri(orm

the

Ilamin~

are above the tube

the ber–

ry is below the flower, and comains t\Yo (eeds, which

are arillated. The (I'ccics are two,

viz.

the arabica,

a nati

of Arabia and h:thiupia; and the occidenta–

lis, a native of Amerita. The berries of both fpecies

have mllch the fame qualiiies. This (ruit is u(ed ra–

ther as food than as a medicine. The medical effeéls

eXFet\ed from it ue, to a¡fifl digellion, promote the

natural fecretions, and to prevent or I"emove a ¿I(pofi–

tionto Ocep.

Coffee pay! on importation

11.

s. 6n15d. the

hundr.ed

weicht; the dr:t\Yhack on exponation is

lOS. 2-Nsd. Upon paylOent o( the above duty, the

coffee is to be put into warehoufcs; and upnn delivery

from thence, if to be confumed in Great Britain, is

to pay for c.ery hundred weight 81. 8s. ir of the

BritiOI plantations in America, and

4 ~'

if it

comes from any othcr place.

COFfERER

o[ Ihe kill;:'J hOllfrho/d,

a prinripal ollicer

in the court, next under

the

comptl'Clller,

WilO,

in the

countinc·houfc, anel e1fewhere at other times, has a

Ipecial charge "nd ovcrfight of other olTicers of the

houre, for their &Q',d e1eme,nnr , nel

charg~

in their

ollices, to all which hc pays their waces.

COGENOE, a cityofTartary in Afia, fituated in

74 0

E. long. and

4 10

Iat. remarkable for its eommercc

in muO(.

COGGLE. See COGs.

COGGSHALL',

jlidillg ,u/,.

Sec SLIIllNG RULE.

COGITATION, a term ufed by fome for the aél of

thinking.

COGNATE, in Scots law, any male rdation through

the mother.

COGNATION, in the civil law, a term for that lioe

of confanguinity which is between males and females

both defcended from the fame f.ther; as agoation i;

for the Itoe of parentage between males only defcend–

cd from the fame Ilock.

COGNI, the capital of Caramania, in the lell'er

Afia

anciently called Iconium. about two hundred and fift;

miles fouth-eall of Coollaotinople: E. long. 33

0 ,

aod

la!. 38°.

COGNITIONIS CAUSA, in Seots law: When a cre–

dito'r charges the heir of his debitar lO enter, in order

to conllitute the debt againll him, and the heir renoun–

ces the fuccellion, the creditor can obtain no deereet

of cooll:tution of that debt apinll the heir; bu:

only a decreet rubjeéling the

h"',dilaJ

j."nI,

or the

ellale which belonged to the debitor, to Jiis dtli–

gcnce: and this is

~alJed

a decreet

cognilioniJ cal/j.l.

See SCOTS LAw, utle,

CDlllp,ijinliJ

and odjudi,n–

liol/l.

COGNIZANCE, in heraldry. See CREST.

COGMIZAHC E, or CONNU5ANCE. in la\Y, has divers

fignification,: fometimes it is ao acknowledgmem of a

fine, or confellion of fomething done; fometime, the

Itearing of a malter

ju~icialJy,

as .to take eognizance

of a caufe

and (omettme, a particular juri(diélion as

cognizance of pleas is ao authority 10 call a cauf; or

piea out of another court, whieh no perfon caDcio bu t

the king, except he can nielO a chamr for ir. This

cognizance is a privilege gramed to a city or rown, to

hold.pica of

a~1

.cuntratis,

&c.

within the Ilbeny ;

and If any one IS tmpleaded for fuch mamrs in the

eourts at WeflOlinller, tire mayor,

&c.

of (uch fran.

chife JIIay demand eognizdnce of the pica, and that it

be determined before them.

COGNllANtE is alfo u(ed for a badge on a waterman's

or fer.ing-man's Occve, which is commonlythe

gi.er

erell,

whereby he is decerned to belong to this or IhJt

nobleman or gentleman.

COGS, or COGGLES, a kind of flat·boltomcd boats

fed in rivers.

COHABITATION, denotes the Ilate of aman and

a woman who live tocether like h\tlband and wlfc, with–

out bcing legally married.

By the cOlllmon lalV of Scotland, cohabitation fM

year. and day, or a complete twelvemonth, is

d~emed

equival~nt

to matrimony.

CO·HEIR, nne who fucceeds to a Olare of an inheri

t,nce, 10 be diviJccl among feveral.

COHESION, in philofophy, that aélion by whieh the

partidcs of Ihe fame hody adhere togethtr, .as if they

\Vere but one. See MECHANI CS.

COHORT, in Rom,ln aotiquily, the name of pm of

die