All 3 Uses of
coax
in
Black: The Birth of Evil
- The wood was actually moving under the woodworker's bare hands, as if he were successfully coaxing it to reshape itself.†
Chpt 14 *coaxing = trying to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuading
- He was a storyteller, not a craftsman, but he had enough basic skill to quickly reshape the sword by coaxing the wood into what looked more like a sword.†
Chpt 25
- All from governments that had been coaxed for three years with promises of power.†
Chpt 37coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
Definitions:
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(1)
(coax as in: coax her to join us) try to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gentle persuasion
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, coax is a short for coaxial cable (a type of electrical cable used to transmit data, the internet, video and voice communications). Coaxial cables have a conducting wire surrounded by an insulating layer surrounded by a shield. The insulating layer and shield surround a common axis--the conducting wire.
In classic literature, you may see coax used as a synonym for caress or fondle.