COSTUME
COSTUME, noun1. In painting, a rule or precept by which an artist is enjoined to make every person and thing sustain its proper character, observing the scene of action, the cou...
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COT
COT, COTE, noun [G. In Welsh, this word signifies a cot a hovel or stye, an abrupt termination, a rump, a tail, a skirt. Cwta, short, abrupt, bob-tailed; cwtau, to shorten. This...
COTE
COTE, noun A sheepfold. [See Cot.]COTE, verb transitive TO pass by and turn before; to gain ground in coursing and give a competitor the turn. [Little used.]
COTEMPORANEOUS
COTEMPORANEOUS, adjective [infra.] Living or being at the same time.
COTEMPORARY
COTEMPORARY, adjective [Latin, time.] Living or being at the same time; as cotemporary authors. Josephus was cotemporary with Vespasian.COTEMPORARY, adjective [Latin, time.] One...
COTERIE
COTERIE, noun A friendly party, or fashionable association.
COTICULAR
COTICULAR, adjective [Latin, whetstone.] Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.
COTILLON
COTILLON, noun A brisk dance, performed by eight persons together; also, a tune which regulates the dance.
COTLAND
COTLAND, noun Land appendant to a cottage.
COTQUEAN
COTQUEAN, noun A man who busies himself with the affairs which properly belong to women.
COTSWOLD
COTSWOLD, noun Sheepcotes in an open country.
COTT
COTT, noun A small bed; on board of ships, a bed frame suspended from the beams, for the officers to sleep in, between the decks; a piece of canvas, extended by a frame.
COTTAGE
COTTAGE, noun [from cot.] A cot; a hut; a small mean habitation.The sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds. Zephaniah 2:6.
COTTAGED
COTTAGED, adjective Set or covered with cottages.
COTTAGER
COTTAGER, noun1. One who lives in a hut or cottage.2. In law, one who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
COTTAR
COTTER, COTTAR or COTTIER, noun A cottager.
COTTER
COTTER, COTTAR or COTTIER, noun A cottager.
COTTON
COTTON, noun1. A soft downy substance, resembling fine wool, growing in the capsules or pods of a shrub, called the cotton-plant. It is the material of a large proportion of clo...
COTTON-GIN
COTTON-GIN, noun A machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by that celebrated mechanician, E. Whitney.
COTTON-GRASS
COTTON-GRASS, noun A genus of plants, the Eriophorum.
COTTON-MACHINE
COTTON-MACHINE, noun A machine for carding or spinning cotton.
COTTON-MILL
COTTON-MILL, noun A mill or building, with machinery for carding, roving and spinning cotton, by the force of water or steam.
COTTON-PLANT
COTTON-PLANT, COTTON-SHRUB, noun A plant or shrub of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates. The principal species are, 1. The herbaceous cotton, ...
COTTON-SHRUB
COTTON-PLANT, COTTON-SHRUB noun A plant or shrub of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates. The principal species are, 1. The herbaceous cotton, w...
COTTON-THISTLE
COTTON-THISTLE, noun A plant, the Onopordum.
COTTON-WEED
COTTON-WEED, noun A plant, the Filago. The name is given also to the Gnaphalium, cud-weed, or goldy-locks.
COTTONY
COTTONY, adjective1. Downy; nappy; covered with hairs or pubescence like cotton.2. Soft like cotton.