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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Côt'gāre, n. p. 299Refuse wool.Cō'thurn, n. p. 299A kind of high shoe used in theatrical performances; a buskin. The moment had arrived when it was thought that the mask and the cothurn might be assumed with effect. Motley.Co-thûr'nate or Co-thûr'na-ted, a. p. 300Wearing a cothurn. 2. Relating to tragedy.Co-tic'ū-lar, a. p. 300Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.Cō-tid'al, a. p. 300Marking or indicating an equality in the tides. Co-tidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time. Whewell.Co-tĭl'lon or Co-tĭl'lion, n. p. 300A brisk dance, performed by eight persons together; a quadrille. 2. A tune which regulates the dance.Cŏt'land, n. p. 300Land appendant to a cottage.Cŏt'quēan, n. p. 300A man who busies himself with the affairs which properly belong to women. Addison. 2. A female cuckold; a cuckquean. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? We are a king…Cot-quēan'i-ty, n. p. 300The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Cō'-trust-ee', n. p. 300A joint trustee.Cŏts'wōld, n. p. 300Sheepcotes in an open country.Cotswold sheep p. 300a long-wooled breed formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester;—so called from the cots or sheds in which they were housed: the breed is chiefly amalgamated with others.Cŏt'ta, n. p. 300(Com.) A measure for cowries, containing 12,000 of them.Cŏt'taġe, n. p. 300A small habitation; a cot; a hut. ☞ The term was formerly limited to a poor or shabby habitation, but is now applied also to any small, neat, and tasteful dwelling. Cottage allotments, portions of…Cŏt'taġed, a. p. 300Set or covered with cottages. Collins.Cŏt'taġe-ly, a. p. 300In the style of a cottage; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Cŏt'ta-ġer, n. p. 300One who lives in a hut or cottage. 2. (Law.) One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.Cŏt'ter, n. p. 300A cottager. [Written also cottar, and formerly cottier.]Cŏt'ter, n. p. 300A wedge-shaped piece of wood, iron, or other material, used for fastening the parts of a structure; a key. ☞ The cut shows a section of a strap-head. The strap D is held upon the end of the…Cŏt'tĭse, n. p. 300(Her.) A diminutive of the bend, being one half the width of the bendlet; generally borne in couplets, with a bend or charges between them.Cŏt'tĭsed, a. p. 300(Her.) Having a cottise on either side;—said of a bend, fesse, or other charge, when placed between two cottises.Cŏt'ton, n. p. 300A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, growing in the capsules or pods of the Gossypium, or cotton-plant. 2. Cloth made of cotton. Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of…Cŏt'ton, v. i. p. 300To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. It cottons well; it can not choose but bear A pretty nap. Family of Love. 2. To go on prosperously; to succeed. [Obs.] Now, Hephestion, does not this matter…Cŏt'ton-āde, n. p. 300A somewhat stout and thick fabric of cotton.Cŏt'ton-a-ry, a. p. 300Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs.] “Cottonary and woolly pillows.” Browne.Cōt'ton-gĭn, n. p. 300A machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney.Cōt'ton-grăss, n. p. 300(Bot.) A genus of plants (Eriophorum) which has seeds covered with silky tufts of a cotton-like substance. Loudon.Cōt'ton-ōc'ra-cy, n. p. 300The cotton planters, or cotton-planting interest, in the Southern States of the American Union. [Colloq. U. S.]Cŏt'ton-oŭs, a. p. 300Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn.Cŏt'ton-plant, n. p. 300(Bot.) A plant of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce; the common species, originally Asiatic, is G. herbaceum.Cŏt'ton-prĕss, n. p. 300A machine for pressing cotton into bales.Cōt'ton-rōse, n. p. 300(Bot.) A genus of plants (Filago) covered with delicate threads. Loudon.Cōt'ton-shrŭb, n. p. 300Same as COTTON-PLANT.Cŏt'ton-thĭs'tle, n. p. 300(Bot.) A this-tle-like plant of the genus Onopordum. Loudon.Cŏt'ton-wāste, n. p. 300The refuse of cotton-mills.Cŏt'ton-weed, n. p. 300(Bot.) A plant, the Gnaphalium, or everlasting. Loudon.Cŏt'ton-wōōd, n. p. 300(Bot.) A tree of the poplar kind (Populus monilifera), found in the United States, especially in the south-west.Cŏt'ton-wool', n. p. 300Cotton in its raw or woolly state.Cŏt'ton-y, a. p. 300Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy. 2. Soft, like cotton.Cōt'trel, n. p. 300A trammel to support a pot over a fire.Cō'tun-nīte, n. p. 300(Min.) A mineral, consisting principally of chloride of lead, occurring in acicular crystals; — so called from a distinguished physician at Naples.Co-tōr'nix, n. p. 300(Ornith.) A genus of birds including the grouse, quail, and partridge.Cŏt'y-la or Cŏt'y-le, n. p. 300(Anat.) The cavity of a bone which receives the end of another in articulation. 2. (Zool.) One of the suctorial cups or disks on the arms of the cuttle-fish, by means of which it attaches itself to…Cŏt/y-lē'don, n. p. 300(Anat.) A cup-shaped, vascular body or lobe, as those which unite to form the placenta. 2. (Bot.) (a.) One of the seed-lobes of a plant, which involves and nourishes the embryo plant, and then…Cōt'y-lēd'o-nal, a. p. 300Having the form of a cotyledon.Cōt'y-lēd'o-noŭs, a. p. 300Pertaining to cotyledons; having a seed-lobe.Co-tyl'i-form, a. p. 300(Physiol.) Having the form of a cotyle; shaped like a cup, with a tube at the base.Cōt'y-līg'er-oŭs, a. p. 300Having cotyles or sucking cups. Dana.Cŏt'y-loid, a. p. 300Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh-bone.Couch, v. t. p. 300To lay down or deposit upon or in a bed, or other resting-place; to spread; to place; to adjust. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.…Couch, v. i. p. 300To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose, “Where souls do couch on flowers, we'll hand in hand.” Shak. Fierce tigers couched around, and lolled their fawning tongues.…Couch, n. p. 300A place for rest or sleep; a bed or seat; any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, &c. Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch? Shak. Nor…Couch'an-cy, n. p. 300State of lying down for repose.Couch'ant, a. p. 300Lying down; squatting. 2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; — said of a lion or other beast. Couchant and levant…Cou'chee, n. p. 300Bed-time; hence, a visit received about bed-time; — opposed to levée. [Obs.] Dryden. “The duke's levee and couchées were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Burnett.Couch'er, n. p. 300One who couches. 2. (O. Eng. Law.) (a.) A factor resident in a country for traffic. (b.) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. [Obs.] Jacobs.Couch'-fēl'lōw, n. p. 300A bed-fellow; a companion in lodging. Shak.Couch'-grass, n. p. 300(Bot.) A species of grass (Triticum repens) which extends rapidly its creeping roots, and is very troublesome in fields, gardens, &c.; — called also twitch-grass, quick-grass, quick-grass…Couch'less, a. p. 300Having no couch or bed.Cou'dee, n. p. 300A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the hand; a cubit.