cogged

[ kogd ]

/ kɒgd /

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adjective

having cogs.

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Origin of cogged

First recorded in 1815–25; cog¹ + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM cogged

un·cogged, adjective

Words nearby cogged

cog, cogency, cogeneration, cogent, Coggan, cogged, coggle, cog in the wheel, cogitable, cogitate, cogitation

How to use cogged in a sentence

The railway has a central rail which is cogged, and into this endless cog fits a wheel underneath the engine.
From the Thames to the Tiber|J. Wardle
Into this rack fit the teeth of the pinions or cogged-wheels with which both engine and carriage are provided.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 695|Various
The "cogged joint," used for connecting purlins to rafter and joists to girders, is illustrated in Fig. 353.
Woodwork Joints|William Fairham
It is a match with cogged dice betwixt a horseman on the moor and archers amid the forest.
Sir Nigel|Arthur Conan Doyle

No, you need not appeal to the agent, or I'll tell him that you loaded Bear with drugged liquor and marked cards and cogged dice.
Under Fire|Charles King