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Coxcomb may refer to:

  • Coxcomb (ornithology), a fleshy growth on the top of the head of many gallinaceous birds
  • Coxcomb (plant) or Celosia, a small genus of edible and ornamental plants
  • The Coxcomb (play), an early Jacobean era stage play
  • The Coxcomb (album), 1999 album by David Grubbs
  • Fop or coxcomb, 17th century slang for a man overly concerned with his appearance
  • A type of crystal habit in minerals
  • A type of cap and bells or fool's hat

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Coxcomb

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Look up coxcomb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coxcomb may refer to: Coxcomb (ornithology), a fleshy growth on the top of the head of many gallinaceous...

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Coxcomb prominent

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The coxcomb prominent (Ptilodon capucina) is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is a common species throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland to...

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Camp Coxcomb

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The Camp Coxcomb was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center...

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Coxcomb Mountains

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The Coxcomb Mountains are a mountain range located in eastern Riverside County, Southern California. The Coxcomb Mountains are within the easternmost area...

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Celosia

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Celosia (/siːˈloʊʃiə/ see-LOH-shee-ə) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Its species are commonly...

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Pie chart

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meteorologists. Nightingale published her rose diagram in 1858. Although the name "coxcomb" has come to be associated with this type of diagram, Nightingale originally...

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Custodian helmet

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running from the bottom to the top of the helmet, which became known as the "coxcomb". The early Metropolitan Police helmet had a "garter" style badge on the...

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Decorative knot

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craft of decorative knot tying generally combines both form and function. Coxcombing is decorative knotwork performed by sailors during the Age of Sail to...

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Astoria Column

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northwest United States, overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on Coxcomb Hill in Astoria, Oregon. Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure...

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Allan Hills

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northerly end of the ridge at Lavallee Point. Ferrar Dolerite is exposed at Coxcomb Peak. Along the Tilman Ridge, the Feather and Lashley formations outcrop...

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Killabakh Nature Reserve

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“blue gum”, a common local species of tree. The reserve is part of the Coxcomb, Goonook, and Killabakh Nature Reserves, a network of wilderness and other...

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Nanda Devi

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high altitude. The expedition climbed the south ridge, also known as the Coxcomb Ridge, which leads relatively directly to the main summit. The summit pair...

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John Ruskin

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heard, much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face...

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Catherine Gore

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most popular and well-known novel was to be Cecil, or Adventures of a Coxcomb, published in 1841. Gore also met with success as a playwright, writing...

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Chart

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represented by the size of the points. A polar area diagram, sometimes called a Coxcomb chart, is an enhanced form of pie chart developed by Florence Nightingale...

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Cap and bells

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curling forward Horns Cockscomb crest Royal court jester costume Bi-color coxcomb cap Fool's cap and masque Other forms of fool's cap in England were shaped...

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Fop

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17th-century England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning 'parrot'), dandy, fashion-monger, and ninny...

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Richard Cromwell

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parts, great courage, and was worthy to command; but that Richard, that coxcomb and poltroon, was surely the basest fellow alive; what is become of that...

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Beaumont and Fletcher

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Massinger: Thierry and Theodoret, tragedy (c. 1607?; printed 1621) The Coxcomb, comedy (1608–10; printed 1647) Beggars' Bush, comedy (c. 1612–13?; revised...

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Lady Cynthia Mosley

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Oswald's impatience and ambition, labelling Oswald as the "aristocratic coxcomb". Trotsky was also critical of Lady Cynthia for the female companion she...

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Florence Nightingale

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such diagrams a "coxcomb", but later that term would frequently be used for the individual diagrams. She made extensive use of coxcombs to present reports...

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Former state routes in Pennsylvania

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Road (Old PA 28) to the intersection of Hulton and Coxcomb Hill Roads : From the intersection of Coxcomb Hill and Logan's Ferry Roads to the northern terminus...

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Joshua Tree National Park

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monzogranite common to the Wonderland of Rocks, parts of the Pinto, Eagle, and Coxcomb Mountains, and elsewhere. Erosion eventually exposed the harder rocks,...

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