The Field Book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom: compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modernMaxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton)
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The Field Book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom: compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton)
Amusements -- Great Britain; Sports -- Dictionaries; Sports -- Great Britain
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A cod will not only live, but thrive well, in fresh water, if properly
fed. A respectable fishmonger assured me that he had tried the
experiment and succeeded, and offered to send me some live cod in a
well-boat, for my _piscatorium_ in Bushy Park.—_Daniel_—_Jesse._
CODLING, _s._ An apple; a small codfish.
COFFEE, _s._ The berries of the coffee-tree; a drink made by the
infusion of those berries in hot water.
COFFIN, _s._ Coffin of a horse, is the whole hoof of the foot above
the coronet, including the coffin-bone.
A sprain of the coffin joint is not an unusual occurrence; and, like the
former, consists of violence applied to the tendinous and ligamentous
connexion of this joint. When a horse becomes suddenly lame, and
attentive examination can discover no injury above, the feet should be
closely examined, when it is very probable there will be found in one of
them some tenderness, and perhaps swelling, particularly at the back
part, towards the upper portions of the heels, and in the neighbourhood
of the navicular bone, where the part will be more hot than the others,
and the horse will express pain when the foot is bent or extended, and
he will generally also, though not always, point the foot when in the
stable, or, as it is expressed, will stand favouring. The treatment, if
the heat be considerable, would be to put the whole foot into a Goulard
poultice for three or four days: in very bad cases I have thinned the
whole crust of the hoof, and have drawn blood from the toe with
advantage. After the heat has in some degree subsided, blister, as a
milder treatment will seldom avail here: frequently it must be repeated
also.—_Blaine._
COG, _v._ To flatter; to cog a die, to secure it, so as to direct
its fall.
COHESION, _s._ The act of sticking together; the state of union.
COIL, _v._ To gather into a narrow compass; to collect a rope.
COIN, _s._ Money stamped with a legal impression; payment of any
kind.
COISTREL, _s. obs._ A coward hawk.
COLIC, _s._ Is strictly a disorder of the colon; but loosely, any
disorder of the stomach or bowels that is attended with pain.
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