Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cox"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cox \Cox\ (k?ks), n. [OE. cokes. Cf. {Coax}.]
A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.]
Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Cox
n 1: either of two related enzymes that control the production of
prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin [syn: {cyclooxygenase},
{Cox}]
2: the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew [syn: {coxswain}]
v : act as the coxswain, in a boat race
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