cog
noun
- 1
A tooth on a gear.
- 2
A gear; a cogwheel.
- 3
An unimportant individual in a greater system.
- 4
A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
- 5
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
verb
- 1
To furnish with a cog or cogs.
noun
- 1
A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull.
noun
- 1
A trick or deception; a falsehood.
verb
- 1
To load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat.
- 2
To cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently.
- 3
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
- 4
To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off.
“to cog in a word”
noun
- 1
A small fishing boat.
noun
- 1
A small round wooden vessel for holding milk.
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