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• cog — cog1 [käg, kôg] n. [ME cog, cogge < ? Scand, as in Norw kug, Swed kugge, a cog, tooth < IE * gugā a hump, ball < base * gēu , to bend, arch > OE cycgel,CUDGEL] 1. a) any of a series of teeth on the rim of a wheel, for transmitting or… …   English World dictionary

• Cog — (k[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cogged} (k[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogging}.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. {Coax}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stack the cards — Synonyms and related words: beat, beguile of, bilk, bunco, burn, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, cog, cog the dice, con, cook up, cozen, crib, defraud, diddle, do in, do out of, euchre, finagle, fix, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, frame,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• cog — cog1 /kog, kawg/, n., v., cogged, cogging. n. 1. (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly esp. one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material. 2. a cogwheel. 3. a person who plays a minor part in a large …   Universalium

• cog — I [[t]kɒg, kɔg[/t]] n. 1) mac a gear tooth, esp. one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material 2) mac a cogwheel 3) cvb a person who plays a minor part in an organization, activity, etc • Etymology: 1200–50; …   From formal English to slang

• cog — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cogge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish kugge cog Date: 13th century 1. a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear 2. a subordinate but integral person or part • cogged adjective II. verb (cogged …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cog — 1. noun /kɒɡ,kɑɡ/ a) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull. As the Kynge was in his cog and lay in his caban, he felle in a slumberyng […]. b) A …   Wiktionary

• Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …   English dictionary for students

• beat — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, Bohemian, about ship, abrade, abscond, accent, accentuation, addle, addled, aerate, agitate, air lane, all in, all up with, alternation, amaze, ambit, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, andante… …   Moby Thesaurus

• burn — Synonyms and related words: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, abrade, abrasion, adolescent stream, afflict, agonize, ail, air dry, altitude peak, anhydrate, apogee, arroyo, assault, attack, attitude control rocket, automatic control, bake, ballistic… …   Moby Thesaurus

• have — Synonyms and related words: absorb, accept, acquire, admit, affirm, allege, allow, annex, announce, annunciate, appreciate, apprehend, argue, arrange, assert, assever, asseverate, assimilate, assume, aver, avouch, avow, be acquainted with, be… …   Moby Thesaurus