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Clymene – Coccyx

Clymene

the daughter of Oceanus, and mother of Atlas and Prometheus.

Clynes

JOHN ROBERT, a British Labor leader; born at Oldham, England, in 1869. He represented the Labor party in Parliament beginning with 1906. In 1918 he was appointed Food Controller.

He was President of the National Union of General Workers and Chairman of the Executive Council.

Clyster

an antiquated term for enema.

Coadjutor

a Latin term, nearly synonymous in its original meaning with assistant. The term is especially applied to an assistant bishop appointed to act for and succeed one who is too old or infirm for duty.

Coaldale

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill co. It is on the Lehigh and New England, and the Central of New Jersey railroads, and is the center of an important coal mining region. Pop. (1910) 5,154; (1920) 6,336.

Coal Oil

a name sometimes given to PETROLEUM (q. v.).

Coatesville

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Chester co., on the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads. It is an important industrial center and has manufactures of iron and steel, boilers, brass works, silk, tobacco, automobiles, etc. Its notable buildings include the Y. M. C. A. building and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 11,084; (1920) 14,515.

Coban

a city of Guatemala, the capital of the department Alta Vera Paz. It is the center of & fertile agria fertile agricultural district producing coffee, vanilla, and sugar cane. Pop. about 32,000 .

Cobham

LORD. See OLDCASTLE.

COBIJAI (kō-bē'), or PUERTO LA MAR, a seaport formerly belonging to Bolivia, now in the territory of Antofagasta, Chile.

Cobourg

a town, port of entry, and county-seat of Northumberland co., Ontario, Canada; on Lake Ontario, and the Grand Trunk railroad; 69 miles N. E. of Toronto. It is the seat of a Wesleyan university, and has several woolen mills, car factory, foundries, newspapers, banks, an and schools. Pop. about 6,000.

Coburg

a thin fabric of worsted and cotton, or worsted and silk, twilled on one side, for ladies' dresses, intended a. a substitute for merino.

Coccyx

the lowermost portion of the vertebral column, consisting of four, or more rarely five or three, divided terminal vertebræ, which become more or less united into one with the advance of age. They have been called united vertebræ.

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