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Webster 1913 Edition
Cot
Cot
(kŏt)
, Noun.
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
. See also cot
(the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot
for a sore fingerfinger cot
. 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.
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.