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Webster 1913 Edition


Cot

Cot

(kŏt)
,
Noun.
[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 farm.
Goldsmith.
2.
A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
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
.
4.
[Cf. Ir.
cot
.]
A small, rudely-formed boat.
Bell cot
.
(Arch.)
See under
Bell
.

Cot

(kŏt)
,
Noun.
[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.
[Written also
cott
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


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 indicates that cot is from cutting off, and hence defending.]
1.
A small house; a hut; a mean habitation; also, a shed or inclosure for beasts. 2 chronicles 32.
2.
A leathern cover for a sore finger.
3.
An abridgement of cotquean.
4.
A cade lamb. [Local.]
5.
A little boat.

Definition 2024


cót

cót

See also: cot, cốt, and çot

Rohingya

Numeral

cót

  1. (cardinal) hundred

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowing from French corde

Pronunciation

Noun

cót

  1. winding key