. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. gulaling. Cockspurs, small clay wedges used in the pot-teries lo separate articles of pottery ware, afterthe process of glazing, and to prevent them ad-Jiering. Cockswain, Coxwaiu, the steersman of aboat. Cocoa. See Cacao. Cocoa Fibre. See Cocoa-Nut and Coir. Cocoa-Mats. See Coir, Cocoa-Nut, or Coco |Fr. and Sp., coco; ; It. cocc/io], the well-known edible fruitof the Coros imcijlm palm, (Eig. 88), many thou-sands of which are imported into this country fromthe West Indies and South America, as dun
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. gulaling. Cockspurs, small clay wedges used in the pot-teries lo separate articles of pottery ware, afterthe process of glazing, and to prevent them ad-Jiering. Cockswain, Coxwaiu, the steersman of aboat. Cocoa. See Cacao. Cocoa Fibre. See Cocoa-Nut and Coir. Cocoa-Mats. See Coir, Cocoa-Nut, or Coco |Fr. and Sp., coco; ; It. cocc/io], the well-known edible fruitof the Coros imcijlm palm, (Eig. 88), many thou-sands of which are imported into this country fromthe West Indies and South America, as dunnageIn ships, and sold in the streets and V. A, tree, common everywhere within thetropics, is extremely valuable, every part of itbeing appropriated to some useful purpose. Itgrows to the height of from 50 to 90 feet; it liasno branches, but the leaves are from 12 to 14 feetin length, with a very strong middle rib. Thefruit is nearly as large as a mans head ; the ex-ternal rind is thin, tough, and of a brownish redcolor. Beneath this, there is a quantity of very. Fig. 8s, _ tough fibrous matter, which Is used in the manu-facture of cordage and coarse sail-cloth. It isbuoyant, and extremely well suited for ropes oflarge diameter; and until the introduction ofchain cables most of the ships which navigatedthe tropical seas were supplied with cables of thismaterial. (See Coin.) Within the fibrous coatingis the shell of the nut, which is nearly globular,very hard, susceptible of a high polish, and usedfor many domestic purposes; the kernel is white,in taste and firmness resendiling that of a hazel-nut ; It is hollow In the interior, the hollow beingfilled with a milky fluid. While the nut is green,the whole hollow of the shell is filled with fluid,which is refreshing, agreeable, and pleasant to thetaste. The solid part of the rijie kernel is ex-tremely nutritious, but rather indigestible. Thekernels yield by expression a great deal of oil,which, when recent. Is equ
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