All 3 Uses of
coax
in
Red: The Heroic Rescue
- They hauled nearly a ton of pyrite rock to a pit two canyons removed, where they'd built a fire and coaxed liquid sulfur from the stone.†
Chpt 7 *coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
- He was the same man who'd shown them how to coax metals out of rocks by heating them, wasn't he?†
Chpt 7
- He slapped his horse, coaxing every last ounce of strength from its fresh legs.†
Chpt 26coaxing = trying to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuading
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.