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noun

Cony n. (Written also coney)

(Zool.)

(a)

A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus).

(b)

The chief hare. Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.

A simpleton. (Obs.) "It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher."

(Zool.)

(a)

An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

(b)

A local name of the burbot. (Eng.)

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— Secret Bread • F. Tennyson Jesse

... the many crimes laid to the charge of the dramatist Robert Greene was that of fraudulently disposing of the same play to two companies. 'Ask the Queen's players,' his accuser bade him in Cuthbert Cony-Catcher's Defence of Cony-Catching, 1592, 'if you sold them not Orlando Furioso for twenty nobles [i.e. about 7 pounds], and when they were in the country sold the same play to the Lord Admiral's men for ...

— A Life of William Shakespeare - with portraits and facsimiles • Sidney Lee

... is a riuer full of flats, the mouth of it is 70. Russe miles ouer. And from thence three dayes iourney on the right hand is a place called Chorno-lese, to say in English, blacke woods, and from thence neere hand is a people called Pechey-cony, wearing their haire by his description after ...

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