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Webster 1913 Edition


Cote

Cote

(kōt)
,
Noun.
[See 1st
Cot
.]
1.
A cottage or hut.
[Obs.]
2.
A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
In hurdled
cotes
.
Milton.

Cote

,
Verb.
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 with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before;
as, a dog
cotes
a hare
.
[Obs.]
Drayton.
We
coted
them on the way, and hither are they coming.
Shakespeare

Cote

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Quote
.]
To quote.
[Obs.]
Udall.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cote

COTE

,
Noun.
A sheepfold. [See Cot.]

COTE

,
Verb.
T.
TO pass by and turn before; to gain ground in coursing and give a competitor the turn. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


Côte

Côte

See also: cote, coste, Cote, coté, costé, côte, and côté

Norman

Proper noun

La Côte f

  1. (Jersey) Gaspé

côte

côte

See also: cote, coste, Cote, coté, costé, côté, and Côte

French

Noun

côte f (plural côtes)

  1. rib (bone)
  2. hill, slope
  3. coast

Derived terms


Norman

Etymology

From Old French coste, from Latin costa.

Pronunciation

Noun

côte f (plural côtes)

  1. (Jersey, geography) coast
  2. (Jersey, anatomy) rib

Derived terms