Webster's Dictionary 1913

8398

Cot

Cot (k?t), n. [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. Coat.]1. A small house; a cottage or hut.The sheltered cot, the cultivated...

8399

Cot (2)

Cot (k?t), n. [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See Cot a cottage.] A sleeping place of limited size; a little...

8400

Cotangent

Co‐tan″gent (k?–t?n″jent), n. [For co. tangens, an abbrev. of L. complementi tangens. See Tangent.] (Trig.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Func...

8401

Cotarnine

Co‐tar″nine (k?–t?r″n?n or –n?n), n. [F., fr. narcotine, by transposition of letters.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposit...

8402

Cote

Cote (kōt), n. [See 1st Cot.] 1. A cottage or hut.2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, a...

8403

Cote (2)

Cote, v. t. [Prob. from F. côté side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. côtoyer to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.] To go side by side wit...

8404

Cote (3)

Cote, v. t. [See Quote.] To quote. Udall.

8405

Coteau

‖Co′teau″ (?), n.; pl. Coteaux (#). 1. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide.2. The side of a valley.

8406

Cotemporaneous

Co‐tem′po‐ra″ne‐ous (k?–t?m′p?–r?″n?–?s), a. [See Contemporaneous.] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. — Co‐tem′po‐ra″ne‐ous‐ly, adv. — Co‐tem′po‐ra″ne‐ous‐ness, n.

8407

Cotemporary

Co‐tem″po‐ra‐ry (k?–t?m″p?–r?–r?), a. Living or being at the same time; contemporary.

8408

Cotemporary (2)

Co‐tem″po‐ra‐ry, n.; pl.Cotemporaries (–rĭz). One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary.

8409

Cotenant

Co‐ten″ant (k?–t?n″ant), n. A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

8410

Coterie

‖Co′te‐rie″ (k?′te–r?″; 277), n. [F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot.] A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, a...

8411

Coterminous

Co‐ter″mi‐nous (k?–t?r″m?–n?s), a. [Cf. Conterminous.] Bordering; conterminous; — followed by with.

8412

Cotgare

Cot″gare′ (k?t″g?r′), n. Refuse wool.

8413

Cothurn

Co″thurn (k?″th?rn), n. [L. cothurnus, Gr. ����. Cf. Cothurnus.] A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general.The moment had arrived when it ...

8414

Cothurnate

{ Co‐thur″nate (k?–th?r″n?t), Co‐thur″na‐ted (–n?–t?d), } a. 1. Wearing a cothurn.2. Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.

8415

Cothurnus

‖Co‐thur″nus (–n?s), n. Same as Cothurn.

8416

Coticular

Co‐tic″u‐lar (k?–t?k″?–l?r), a. [L. coticula a small touchstone, dim. cos, cotis, whetstone.] Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

8417

Cotidal

Co‐tid″al (k?–t?d″al), a. Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time.Cotidal lines(Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high ti...

8418

Cotillon

{ ‖Co′til′lon″ (kō̍′tē̍′yôN″ or kō̍′tē̍l′–; 277), Co‐til″lion (kō̍‐tĭl″yŭn), } n. [F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See Coat.] 1. A brisk dance, performed by eig...

8419

Cotinga

‖Co‐tin″ga (kō̍‐tē̍ṉ″gȧ), n.(Zoöl.) A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright-colored South American species; — called also chatterers.

8420

Cotise

Cot″ise (kŏt″ĭs), n.(Her.) See Cottise.

8421

Cotised

Cot″ised (–?st), a.(Her.) See Cottised.

8422

Cotland

Cot″land (k?t″l?nd), n. Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.

8423

Cotquean

Cot″quean′ (k?t″kw?n′), n. [Cot a cottage + quean.]1. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison.2. A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.What...

8424

Cotqueanity

Cot‐quean″i‐ty (k?t–kw?n″?–t?), n. The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. B. Jonson.