What is "cogging"

Cog \Cog\ (k[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cogged (k[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cogging.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. Coax, v. t.]

1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.]

   I'll . . . cog their hearts from them.
   --Shak.

2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off. [R.]

   Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces.
   --J. Dennis

   To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice.
   --Swift.

vb. (present participle of cog English)

See cog

1. n. tooth on the rim of gear wheel [syn: sprocket]

2. [also: cogging, cogged]

1. v. roll steel ingots

2. join pieces of wood with cogs

3. [also: cogging, cogged]