there was no bridge, and to supply the want a large tree was cut down and fell across the stream, from bank to bank, and thus made a safe log bridge. The crossing of such a bridge, in Western parlance, is styled cooning, therefore, in times of freshets, Prentiss and his scholars had to coon it over Second Creek.
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Coon — may refer to: Coon, a racial slur used in the United States to refer to black people Coon, an abbreviation for fur from raccoons and racoon dogs Coön (Κόων, Κόωνος), a Trojan warrior who fought in the Trojan War Coon cheese, is the trademark of a … Wikipedia
Coon — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Carleton S. Coon (1904–1981), US amerikanischer Anthropologe Gene L. Coon (1924–1973), US amerikanischer Drehbuchautor und Fernsehproduzent Jabez Coon (1869–1935), australischer Politiker Jeremy Coon, US… … Deutsch Wikipedia
coon|y — «KOO nee», adjective, coon|i|er, coon|i|est. Slang. wary and clever; shrewd. ╂[< coon + y1] … Useful english dictionary
coon — (n.) short for RACCOON (Cf. raccoon), 1742, American English. It was the nickname of Whig Party members in U.S. c.1848 60, as the raccoon was the party s symbol, and it also had associations with frontiersmen (who stereotypically wore raccoon… … Etymology dictionary
Coon — (k[=oo]n), n. (Zo[ o]l.) A raccoon. See {Raccoon}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coon — [ kun ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL a RACCOON 2. ) OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a black person in a coon s age INFORMAL in a very long time … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Coon — COON, ónis, Græc. Κόων, ωνος, (⇒ Tab. XXXI.) Antenors ältester Sohn, ein gar tapferer Soldat, verwundete den Agamemnon selbst durch die Hand, als er dessen Bruder, Iphidamas, erleget hatte. Indem er aber diesen noch darzu bey dem einen Beine… … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
COON — primogenitus filiorum Antenoris, qui cum Iphidamantis fratris mortem, ab Agamemnone illatam, vindicare vellet, mediam eius manum subter cubitum lauceâ trausfixit, atque ita ab eo interfectus est. Homer. Iliad … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
coon — [ku:n] n informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: raccoon] 1.) AmE a ↑raccoon 2.) taboo a very offensive word for a black person. Do not use this word … Dictionary of contemporary English
coon — ► NOUN 1) N. Amer. short for RACCOON(Cf. ↑raccoon). 2) informal, offensive a black person. [ORIGIN: slang use of sense 1, from an earlier sense ‘(sly) fellow’.] … English terms dictionary
coon — ☆ coon [ko͞on ] n. 1. short for RACCOON 2. Slang a black person: a term of contempt or derision … English World dictionary
