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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cog  \Cog\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Cogged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Cogging}.]  [Cf.  W.  coegio  to  make  void,  to  beceive,  from 
  coeg  empty,  vain,  foolish.  Cf  {Coax},  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  seduce,  or  draw  away  by  adulation,  artifice,  or 
  falsehood;  to  wheedle;  to  cozen;  to  cheat.  [R.] 
 
  I'll  .  .  .  cog  their  hearts  from  them  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  obtrude  or  thrust  in  by  falsehood  or  deception;  as  to 
  cog  in  a  word  to  palm  off  [R.] 
 
  Fustian  tragedies  .  .  .  have  by  concerted 
  applauses,  been  cogged  upon  the  town  for 
  masterpieces.  --J.  Dennis 
 
  To  cog  a  die,  to  load  so  as  to  direct  its  fall;  to 
  cheat  in  playing  dice.  --Swift. 




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