The power for cutting with these instruments is supplied by pulling together two long handles which, in order to transmit a greater force, are generally so constructed that they act through the medium of a series of COGS.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
These naval people were only COGS in wheels.
"Command"
William McFee
Everything looked strange and delightful to the eager boy, and even the dirty work he was ordered to do seemed pleasant because there were engines everywhere, and mysteries of COGS and wheels that he would be able to find out, as the days went by.
"Dick Lionheart"
Mary Rowles Jarvis