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Show " CO ward of the fun, and moves from it, the eomet i fai t be bearded marches before it barbatus becauf the ligh When the light is weftward o the fun, the comet is faid to b tailed, becaufe th train follows it. When the comet and the fun ar diametrically oppofite, the earth being betwee them, the train is hid behind the body of the comet - excepting a little that appears around it, in form o a border of hair, hence called crinitus According to Sir Ifaac Newton, the tail of a coet is a very thin vapour, emitted by the head o nucleus of the comet, ignited by the neighbourhoo to the fun; and this vapour is furnithed by the atmofphere of the comet. The vapours of comets being thus dilated, rarefied, and diffufed, may proba bly, by means of their own gravity, be attracte down to the planets, and become intermingled wit their atmofpheres For the confervation of th water and moifture of the planets, comets feem abfolutely requifite; from whofe condenfed vapour and exhalations all that moifture which is fpent{i vegetation and putrefaétions, ang turned into dr earth, may be refupplied and recruited ; for all ve getables increafe wholly from fluids, and turn, b putrefaction, into earth. Hence the quantity o dry earth muft continually increafe, and the moi fture of th porated, i I fufpe@ makes th globe decreafe, and at laft be quite evait have not a continual fupply. An adds Sir Ifaac, that the f{pirit whic fineft, fubtileft, and beft part of ou air, and which is abfolutely requifite for the life an being of all things, comes principally from the comets The fame great author has computed that th fun's heat, in the comet of 1680, was, to his hea " with us at Midfummer, as twenty-eight thoufan to one and that the heat of the body of the come 1. To flrengthen ; to enliven; to invigorate teftimony The evidence of God's ow unto the natural affent of reafon adde concernin th certainty of them, doth not a_little comfort and conHooker firm the fame Light excelleth in comforting the fpirits of men light varied doth the fame effeét, with more no velty This is the caufe why precious ftores com Bacon's Natural Hiftory Sort Some of the abbots had been guilty of comfortAyliffe's Parergon ing and aflifting the rebels 2. T confole t th ftrengthe min under the preflure of calamity They bemoaned him, and comforted him, ove all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him Foby xliie 11 Co'MFORT . /. [from the verb. 1. Support ; afliftance ; countenance Poynings made a wild chace upon the wild Irifh where, in refpect of the mountain and faftneffes he did little good, which he would needs imput unto the comfort that the rebels fhould receive underhand from the earl of Kildare Bacon The king did alfo appoint commifiioners fo the fining of all fuch as were of any value, an had any hand or partaking in the aid or comfort o Perkins, or the Cornithmen Bacon 2. Confolation ; fuppor or danger under calamit Her foul heaven's queen, whofe name fhe bears In comfort of her mother's fears Hath plac'd among her virgin train. Ben SFonfon As they have no apprehenfion of thofe things fo they need no comfort againft them Tilloton was near two thoufand times as great as that o red-hot iron. He alfo calculates, that a globe o red-hot iron, of the dimenfions of our earth, woul 3. That which gives confolation or fuppor the comet be fuppofed to cool a hundred times a faft as red-hot iron, yet, fince its heat was tw thoufand times greater, fuppofing it of the bignef of the earth, it would not be cool in a million o To malke her heav'nly comforss of defpair When it is leaft expeted. Shak. Meaf. for Meaf If the fcarce be cool in fifty thoufand years years Trevoyx. Chambers And wherefore gaze this goodly company As if they faw fome wond'rous monument Some comet, or unufual prodigy Shakefp. Taming of the Shrew Such his fell glances as the fatal ligh Of ftaring comets Crafbaw I confidered a comet, or, in the language of th vulgar, a blazing ftar, as a fky-rocket difcharge by an hand that is almighty, Addifor's Guardian Fierce meteors fhoot their arbitrary light And comets march with lawlefs horrors bright Relat Co'meTARY. ) adj. [from comet. Come'rick. § ing to a comet Refradtions of light are in the planetary and cometary regions, ason our globe. Cheyne's Phil. Prin CO'MPFIT [bellari = f Lat arida konfit, Dutch, It fhould feem that bot are formed by hafty pronunciation fro confelt] A dry fweetmeat ; any kind o fruit or root preferved with fugar, an dried Co'MFITURE fefture. z / Sweetmeat Hudibras T Cowley Co'MFORTARBLE. adj. [from comfort. 1. Receiving comfort ; fufceptible of comfort ; cheerful : of perfons. Not in ufe For my fake be comfortable; hold deat A while at the arm's end Shakefp. As you like it His comfortable temper has forfook hi He is much out of health Shakefpeare's Timon 2. Admitting comfort: of condition What can promife him a comfortable appearanc before his dreadful judge South 3. Difpenfing comfort; having the powe of giving comfort He had no brother, which, though it be comfortable for kings to have, yet draweth the fubjeéts eyes afide Bacon's Henry V1I The lives of many miferable men were faved and a comfortable provifion made for their fubfift Dryden's Fables, Dedication In a comfortable manner fulnefs; without defpair with cheer Upon view of the fincerity of that performance hope comfortably and cheerfully for God's performHammond Co'MFORTER. n. /. [from comfors. 1. One that adminifters confolation in misfortunes ; one that ftrengthens and fup ports.-the mind in mifery or danger From country grafs to comfitures of court g5 CO'MFORT Shakefpeare's Richard 111 We need not fea To pafs commodioufly this life, fuftain' By him with many comforts, till we en In duft, our final reft and native home Milton ance. [from comfit, or con Or city's quelque-chofes, let not repor My mind tranfport Your children were vexation to your youth But minc fhall be a comfort to your age Co'MFORTABLY. adv. [from comfortable. 7o Co'mr1T. 9. a. [from the noun. preferve dry with fugar The fruit that does fo quickly wafte Men {carce can fee it, much lefs tafte Thou comfitet in ftreets to make it laft I will keep her ign'rant of her good ence By feeding me on beans and peafe He crams in nafly crevices And turns to comfits by his arts "T'o make me relithifor deflerts in calamity My lord leans wond'roufly to difcontent Prior CoO CoO This very prayer of Chrift obtained angels to b Donne @v. a. [comforto, low La tin, Selvia comfortat nervese Sciols Sal. fent him, as comfirters in his agony Hogker The heav'ns have bleft you with a goodly fon To be a gomforter when he is gone Shakefpeare's Richard I11 Nineveh is laid wafte, wh wil be whence fhall I feek comfor'ters for‘:}lxge ?G'RZZ? ,}:& 2. The title of the Third Perfop of t'h7e Holy Trinity ; the Paraclete Co'MFORTLESS. adj [from confort, Wanting comfort ; being without ax; thing to allay misfortune : ufed of per fons as well as things Yet fhall not my death be comfortlefs, receiyin it by your fentence Sidn ‘Where was a cave, ywrought with wond'mu"é Deep, dark, uneafy, doleful, comfortlefs. Fairy Q News fitting to the night Black, fearful, comfortlefs, and horrible Shakefpeare's Ki On thy feet thou ('cood'[{b at laft, ¢ Though comfortlefs, as when a father moutn His children, all in view deftroy'd at once, Milton That unfociable comfortlefs deafnefs had not quit tired me Swift Co'MFREY. n. [. [confilida, Lat. com Jfrie, French. A plant Miller Co'micaL. adj. [comicus, Latin. 1. Raifing mirth ; merry; diverting The greateft refemblance of our author is i the familiar ftile and pleafing way of relating comical adventures of that nature. Dryden's Fab, Pref, Something fo somical in the voice and gefturcs that a man can hardly forbear being pleafed Addifon on Ttaly 3. Relating to comedy ; befitting comedy; not tragical That all might appear to be knit up ina comic . conclufion th duke' daughte was afterward joined in marriage to the lord Lifle Hayward They deny it to be tragical, becaufe its cataftrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounte comical Gay Co'micarLry. adv. [from comical. 1. In fuch a manner as raifes mirth 2. In a manner befitting comedy Co'MicALNESss. 7. /. [from comical.] Th quality of being comical ; the power o raifing mirth CO'MICK. adj. [comicus, Lat. comigue French. 1. Relating to comedy; not tragick I never yet the tragick mufe eflay'd Deterr'd by thy inimitable maid And whe I venture at the comick ftile Thy fcornful lady feems to mock my toile Waller A comick fubjet loves an humble verfe Thyeftes fcorns a low and comick ftile Yet comedy fometimes may raife her voice. Rofe Thy tragick mufe gives fmiles, thy comick fleep 2. Raifing mirth Drydet Stately triumphs, mirthful comick {hows Such as befit the pleafure. Shakefpeare's Heniry V Co'ming, #. [ [from To come. 1. The aé of coming ; approach Where art thou, Adam ! wont with joy to mee Milton's Paradife Loft My coming, feen fax oft Sweet the coming:o SR Of grateful evening mild. Milton's Paradife Loft 2. State of being come ; arrival May out pleafe you, noble Madam, to withdra Into your private chamber; we fhall give yo The full caufe of our coming. Shakefp. I{emy VIIL Some people in America counted their years b the coming of certain birds amongft them at thei certain feafons, and leaving them at others. Lacke ComiNG-1N. 7, /. Revenue ; 1ncome Here' a fmall trifle of wives; eleven widows and nine maidsis afimple coming-in for one man Shakefpeare What are thy rents ? what are thy comings-in O ceremony, fhew me but thy worth What is thy toll, O adoration? Skakefp. Herry V CoM1NG. wparticipial adj. [from come 1. Fond; forward; ready te come. |