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Cot

Cōt or Cōte, n.

noun

n. [A-S. cote, cyte, D. & Icel. kot, Ger. koth, M. H. Ger. kote, L. Ger. kate, W. cwt.] 1. A small house; a cottage or hut; also, a shed or inclosure for beasts. “The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm.” Goldsmith. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.

  1. A small rudely-formed boat.
  2. A cover for a sore finger.
  3. A cade or cosset lamb. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
  4. A cotquean. Grose.

Cŏt or Cŏtt, n.

noun

n. [A-S. cote, cyte, cottage, bed, couch; O. Fr. coite, L. Lat. cottum, cottus, mattress. Cf. Gr. κοίτη, bed. See supra.] A sleeping place of limited size or elevation; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed in ships.

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