(now chiefly historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot.
coax
coax
adj
Clipping of coaxial.
noun
(obsolete) A simpleton; a dupe.
Short for coaxial cable.
verb
(obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
coxa
coxa
noun
(anatomy) The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).
