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‖ cochlea|ˈkɒkliːə|
[a. L. coclea, cochlea snail, snail-shell, screw, water-screw, ad. Gr. κοχλίας of same meanings.]
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a. A spiral staircase [so Gr. κοχλίας].
b. A screw.
c. The water-screw of Archimedes.
1538Leland Itin. I. 107 There is also a Chochlea with a Turret over it, where the Kepers of the Castelle say Edwarde the Thirdes Band came up thorough the Rok. 1641Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 32 Inventions for draining off the waters..by buckets, mills, cochleas, pumps, and the like. 1641Wilkins Math. Magick ii. xv. (1648) 275 Their invention of Archimedes..which is usually called Cochlea, or the water-screw. 1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 370 One must needs ascend in a single revolution of the Cochlea or spiral..twice the height of a man.
2. Phys. The spiral cavity of the internal ear.
1688I. Clayton in Phil. Trans. XVII. 993 They have no Coclea, but instead thereof there's a small Cocleous or twisting Passage. 1845Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 74 The cochlea is, in shape, very like a common snail-shell. 1872Huxley Phys. viii. 211 The cochlea..it is supposed, enables the mind to discriminate the quality rather than the quantity or intensity of sound.
3. Conch. A spiral univalve shell; a snail-shell.
1846Worcester cites Crabb. |