<hw>Co-suf"fer*er</hw> <tt>(k?-s?f"f?r-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who suffers with another.</def>
<i>Wycherley.</i>
<h1>Cosupreme</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Co`su*preme"</hw> <tt>(k?`s?-pr?m")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Cosurety</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Co*sure"ty</hw> <tt>(k?-sh?r"t?; 136)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cosureties</plw> <tt>(-t<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <def>One who is surety with another.</def>
<h1>Cosy</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Co"sy</hw> <tt>(k?"z?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Cozy</er>.</def>
<h1>Cot</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Cot</hw> <tt>(k?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cot</ets>, <ets>cote</ets>, AS. <ets>cot</ets>, <ets>cote</ets>, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. <ets>kot</ets>, G. <ets>koth</ets>, <ets>kot</ets>, <ets>kothe</ets>. Cf. <er>Coat</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>A small house; a cottage or hut.</def>
<blockquote>The sheltered <b>cot</b>, the cultivated farm. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>A cover or sheath; <as>as, a roller <ex>cot</ex> (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a <ex>cot</ex> for a sore finger.</as></def>
<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[Cf. Ir. <ets>cot</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small, rudely-formed boat.</def>
<cs><col>Bell cot</col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Bell</er>.</cd></cs>
<h1>Cot</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Cot</hw> <tt>(k?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cot</ets> cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. <ets>coite</ets>, F. <ets>couette</ets> (E. <ets>quilt</ets>), LL. <ets>cottum</ets>, <ets>cottus</ets>, mattress. See <er>Cot</er> a cottage.]</ety> <def>A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cott</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Cotangent</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Co*tan"gent</hw> <tt>(k?-t?n"j<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>co</ets>. <ets>tangens</ets>, an abbrev. of L. <ets>complementi tangens</ets>. See <er>Tangent</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Trig.)</fld> <def>The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Functions</er>.</def>
<h1>Cotarnine</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Co*tar"nine</hw> <tt>(k?-t?r"n?n ∨ -n?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>narcotine</ets>, by transposition of letters.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline substance, <chform>C12H13NO3</chform>, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.</def>
<h1>Cote</h1> <Xpage=329>
<hw>Cote</hw> <tt>(k?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Cot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cottage or hut.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.</def>
<blockquote>Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled <b>cotes</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Cote</h1> <Xpage=329>
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