Cot

Cot
Cot Cot (k[o^]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. [1913 Webster]

The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote. [1913 Webster]

3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also {finger cot}. [1913 Webster]

4. [Cf. Ir. cot.] A small, rudely-formed boat. [1913 Webster]

{Bell cot}. (Arch.) See under {Bell}. [1913 Webster]


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  • -cot — cot·yl; …   English syllables

  • cot — cot·y·la; cot·y·lar; cot·y·le·don; cot·y·le·don·al; cot·y·le·don·ary; cot·y·lig·er·ous; cot·y·loid; cot·y·loph·o·ra; cot·y·loph·o·rous; cot·y·lo·saur; cot·y·lo·sau·ria; di·cot; di·cot·y·le·do·ne·ae; di·cot·y·le·do·nes; di·cot·y·les;… …   English syllables

  • cot — CÓT, (I 1) coate şi (I 2, 3, 4) coturi, s.n., (II) coţi, s.m. I. s.n. 1. (anat.; la om) Partea exterioară a articulaţiei dintre humerus şi cubitus, care uneşte braţul cu antebraţul. ♢ loc. adv. Cot la cot = alături; împreună. ♢ expr. A da din… …   Dicționar Român

  • COT — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : kot …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cot — steht als Abkürzung für: Kotangens, eine trigonometrische Funktion, siehe Tangens und Kotangens Cyclooctatetraen, ein zyklischer Kohlenwasserstoff Car of Tomorrow, ein neues Fahrzeugdesign im US amerikanischen NASCAR Sprint Cup Commitment of… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • COT — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda COT o Cot puede referirse a: Cirugía ortopédica y traumatología, especialidad médica, rama de la cirugía. El Código Orgánico de Tribunales, el cuerpo legal que regula la organización y atribuciones de los tribunales… …   Wikipedia Español

  • cot — 〈Abk. für〉 Kotangens * * * COT: Abk. für ↑ Cyclooctatetraen. * * * cot = Kotangens. * * * cot,   Funktionszeichen für Kotangens (Cotangens), eine Winkelfunktion. * * * cot = Kotangens …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Cot — (k[o^]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 bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cot — There are two words with this spelling. The word meaning ‘a small bed for a child’ is Anglo Indian; cot death is a term dating from the 1970 is for the unexplained death of a baby while asleep (the AmE form is usually crib death). The (mainly… …   Modern English usage

  • Cot-1 — may refer to: Cotangent, an inverse trigonometric function Cot 1 DNA, used in comparative genomic hybridization This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter number combination. If an internal link led… …   Wikipedia

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