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2. A simpleton. [Obs.]

It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our
usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.

Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).

3. (Zoöl.) (a)
An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus
apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A
local name of the burbot. [Eng.]

Co"ny-catch (?), v. t. To
deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.]

Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-
catched in the this business.

Shak.

Co"ny-catch`er (?), n. A
cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.

Con"y*lene (?), n. [Conine +
acetylene.] An oily substance, C₈H₁₄,
obtained from several derivatives of conine.

Con"y*rine (?), n. [From
Conine.] (Chem.) A blue, fluorescent, oily
base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from
conine.

Coo (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Cooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Cooing.


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