Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume CChildren may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, Coz"en, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging, cozening slave. Coz"en·age (- Coz"en·er (k?z"'n-?r), n. One who cheats or defrauds. Co·zier (k?"zh?r), n. See Cosier. Co"zi·ly (k?"z?-l?), adv. Snugly; comfortably. Co"zi·ness, n. The state or quality of being cozy. Co"zy (k?"z?), a. [Compar. Cozier (-z?-?r); superl. Coziest.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also cosey and cosy.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.] Co"zy, n. [See Cozy,a.] A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot. C Q D. In radiotelegraphy, the letters signified by the code call formerly used (cf. S O S) by ships in distress, formed by combining the code call C Q (formerly used as a general call for all stations) with D for distress. |