cog

/kɒɡ/ · noun

Meaning

A tooth on a gear.
A gear; a cogwheel.
An unimportant individual in a greater system.
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.
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
To furnish with a cog or cogs.
A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull.
A trick or deception; a falsehood.
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 obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off.
A small fishing boat.
A small round wooden vessel for holding milk.

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