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cog.
1. An early coastal merchant ship. ‘The consensus is that the cog, which began as a small flat-bottomed coaster in the 10th century, or earlier, was developed by the Germans, perhaps out of the Rhine, and had become by 1400 a ship of 200 tons or more, 90 or more feet (27 metres) long and 30 or more feet (9 metres) in the beam … The cog was built either without a keel or with a simple keel-plank from which stem and stern posts, straight but angled, rose sharply and in a straight line, the ship having a high freeboard. The bottom-planking was laid flush or edge to edge, the steep sides being clinker-built from the turn of the bilge. A bowsprit, or spar, at the bow, appeared in the 13th century and a small square sail slung under it helped the vessel to move to windward. Superstructures or “castles” were added fore and aft for purposes of defence, and a topcastle added to the mast. At the stern a windlass was used to raise sail and haul the anchor. The cog of this ilk dominated the northern carrying trade, particularly from the Baltic, for about 150 years’ ( R. Hope, A New History of British Shipping (1988), 40). The round ship of medieval times was virtually a cog. See also nef. 2. A type of small sailing craft used for local commerce on the rivers Humber and Ouse in north-east England. |
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"cog." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cog." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-cog.html "cog." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-cog.html |
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cog / käg/ • n. a wheel or bar with a series of projections on its edge that transfers motion by engaging with projections on another wheel or bar: fig. she was only a very small cog in a big machine. ∎ each of such a series of projections. DERIVATIVES: cogged adj. |
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"cog." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cog." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cog.html "cog." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cog.html |
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cog
cog.
1. Projection or tenon at the end of a beam received into a corresponding notch or mortice in another beam. A cog-hold is therefore a connection using a cog. 2. Brick projecting and laid diagonally. See cogging |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cog." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cog." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cog.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "cog." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-cog.html |
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cog projecting tooth on a wheel. XIII. ME. cogge, of unkn. orig but prob. Scand. (cf. synon. Sw. kugge, kughjul cog-wheel, Norw. kug).
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T. F. HOAD. "cog." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cog." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cog.html T. F. HOAD. "cog." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cog.html |
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cog
cog
•agog, befog, blog, bog, clog, cog, dog, flog, fog, frog, grog, hog, Hogg, hotdog, jog, log, nog, prog, slog, smog, snog, sprog, tautog, tog, trog, wog
•hangdog • lapdog • seadog • sheepdog
•watchdog • bulldog • gundog • firedog
•underdog • pettifog • pedagogue
•demagogue • synagogue • sandhog
•hedgehog • warthog • groundhog
•roadhog • backlog • Kellogg • weblog
•eclogue
•epilogue (US epilog)
•prologue (US prolog) • footslog
•ideologue
•dialogue (US dialog) • duologue
•Decalogue
•analog, analogue (US analog)
•monologue • apologue
•catalogue (US catalog) • travelogue
•eggnog • leapfrog • bullfrog
•Taganrog
•golliwog, polliwog
•phizog • Herzog
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"cog." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cog." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cog.html "cog." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cog.html |
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