Defn: The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]
COOLY; COOLIE Coo"ly, Coo"lie, n.; pl. Coolies. Etym: [Hind. k a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k, ky, slave.]
Defn: An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.
COOM Coom, n. Etym: [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimrök pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kam grime, film of dirt.]
Defn: Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.
COOMB Coomb, n. Etym: [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. kumpf bowl.]
Defn: A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]
COOMB; COOMBE
Coomb, Coombe, n. Etym: [See Comb, Combe, in this sense.]
Defn: A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.
COON
Coon, n. (Zoöl.)