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Meaning
Noun
●
A
tooth
on a gear.
●
A
gear
; a cogwheel.
●
An
unimportant
individual in a
greater
system.
●
In Carpentry:
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.
●
In Mining:
One of the
rough
pillars
of
stone
or
coal
left
to support the
roof
of a mine.
●
A
clinker-built
,
flat-bottomed
,
square-rigged
mediaeval
ship
of
burden
, or
war
with a round,
bulky
hull
and a
single
mast
,
typically
15 to 25
meters
in length.
●
A small
fishing
boat.
●
A
trick
or
deception
; a falsehood.
●
Alternative form of
cogue
(“wooden
vessel
for milk”)
●
Initialism of
center
of gravity.
●
In Nautical:
Abbreviation
of course
over ground.
Verb
●
To
furnish
with a
cog
or
cog
s.
●
Of an
electric motor
or
generator
, to
snap
preferentially
to certain
positions
when not energized.
●
To
load
(a
die
) so that it can
be used to
cheat.
●
To
cheat
; to
play
or
gamble
fraudulently.
●
To
seduce
, or
draw away
, by
adulation
,
artifice
, or
falsehood
; to
wheedle
; to
cozen
; to cheat.
●
To plagiarize.
●
To
obtrude
or
thrust
in, by
falsehood
or
deception
; to
palm
off.
Name
●
Initialism of Church of God:
numerous
, mostly
unrelated
Christian denominations.
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Origin
cog
English
cogge
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Hub
Spanner
Wheel
Rotor
Axle
Lever
Cylinder
Pawn
Blip
Sprocket
Machine
Piston
Tool
Spindle
Component
Gears
Freehub
Shifter
Participant
Knob
Rudder
Pulley
Shaft
Wrench
Dynamo
Force
Wheels
Gearbox
Motor
Arm
Derailleur
Driver
Hole
Plane
Disc
Cart
Pedal
Puppet
Player
Cotter Pin
Foot Soldier
Roller Bearing
Bevel Gear
Steering Wheel
Bit Player
Weak Link
Center Of Gravity
Centre Of Gravity
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Rhymes
Vog
Cog
Hog
Jog
Tog
Nog
Sog
Dog
Fog
Log
Mog
Bog
Wog
Agog
Flog
Slog
Quog
Blog
Prog
Clog
Hogg
Frog
Snog
Grog
Smog
Dawg
Spaug
Pogge
Scrog
Befog
Quahaug
Bullfrog
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