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noun
1.
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
2.
a cogwheel.
3.
a person who plays a minor part in a large organization, activity, etc.: He's just a small cog in the financial department.
verb (used without object)
4.
(of an electric motor) to move jerkily.
verb (used with object)
5.
to roll or hammer (an ingot) into a bloom or slab.
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So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
6.
slip a cog, to make a blunder; err: One of the clerks must have slipped a cog.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English cogge, probably < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian kugg cog
1200–50; Middle English cogge, probably < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian kugg cog
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cog1 (kɒɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of the teeth or projections on the rim of a gearwheel or sprocket |
| 2. | a gearwheel, esp a small one |
| 3. | a person or thing playing a small part in a large organization or process |
| —vb , cogs, cogging, cogged | |
| 4. | (tr) metallurgy to roll (cast-steel ingots) to convert them into blooms |
| [C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kogge, Swedish kugge, Norwegian kug] | |
| cog2 (kɒɡ) | |
| —vb , cogs, cogging, cogged | |
| slang to cheat (in a game, esp dice), as by loading a dice | |
| [C16: originally a dice-playing term, of unknown origin] | |
| cog3 (kɒɡ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a tenon that projects from the end of a timber beam for fitting into a mortise |
| —vb , cogs, cogging, cogged | |
| 2. | (tr) to join (pieces of wood) with cogs |
| [C19: of uncertain origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
cog
"tooth on a wheel," mid-13c., probably a borrowing from a Scandinavian language (cf. Norwegian kugg "cog").
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