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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cogged adj : having cogs; "a cogged wheel"
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