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<hw>Cot"ti*er</hw> <tt>(-t?-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cotier</ets>. See <er>Coterie</er>, and cf. <er>Cotter</er>.]</ety> <def>In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cottar</asp> and <asp>cotter</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cottise</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"tise</hw> <tt>(k?t"t?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>c<?/t<?/</ets> side, L. <ets>costa</ets> rib.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a <i>cost</i>. See also <er>Couple-close</er>.</def>

<h1>Cottised</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"tised</hw> <tt>(-t?st)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.</def>

<h1>Cottoid</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"toid</hw> <tt>(k?t"toid)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>cottus</ets> sculpin + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like a fish of the genus <spn>Cottus</spn>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus <spn>Cottus</spn>. See <er>Sculpin</er>.</def></def2>

<h1>Cottelene</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"te*lene`</hw> <tt>(k?t"t?-l?n`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A product from cottonseed, used as lard.</def>

<h1>Cotton</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton</hw> <tt>(k?t"t'n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>coton</ets>, Sp. <ets>algodon</ets> the cotton plant and its wool, <ets>coton</ets> printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. <ets>qutun</ets>, <ets>alqutun</ets>, cotton wool. Cf. <er>Acton</er>, <er>Hacqueton</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The cotton plant. See <cref>Cotten plant</cref>, below.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Cloth made of cotton.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Cotton</i> is used as an adjective before many nouns in a sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, <i>cottton</i> bagging; <i>cotton</i> clotch; <i>cotton</i> goods; <i>cotton</i> industry; <i>cotton</i> mill; <i>cotton</i> spinning; <i>cotton</i> tick.</note>

<cs><col>Cotton cambric</col>. <cd>See <er>Cambric</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</cd> -- <col>Cotton flannel</col>, <cd>the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it is called <i>swan's-down cotton</i>, or <i>Canton flannel</i>.</cd> -- <col>Cotton gin</col>, <cd>a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney.</cd> -- <col>Cotton grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a genus of plants (<spn>Eriphorum</spn>) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.</cd> -- <col>Cotton mouse</col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a field mouse (<spn>Hesperomys gossypinus</spn>), injurious to cotton crops.</cd> -- <col>Cotton plant</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Gossypium</spn>, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is <spn>G. herbaceum</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Cotton press</col>, <cd>a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton.</cd> -- <col>Cotton rose</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a genus of composite herbs (<spn>Filago</spn>), covered with a white substance resembling cotton.</cd> -- <col>Cotton scale</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of bark louse (<spn>Pulvinaria innumerabilis</spn>), which does great damage to the cotton plant.</cd> -- <col>Cotton shrub</col>. <cd>Same as <i>Cotton plant</i>.</cd> -- <col>Cotton stainer</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of hemipterous insect (<spn>Dysdercus suturellus</spn>), which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; -- called also <altname>redbug</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Cotton thistle</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the Scotch thistle. See under <er>Thistle</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cotton velvet</col>, <cd>velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton.</cd> -- <col>Cotton waste</col>, <cd>the refuse of cotton mills.</cd> -- <col>Cotton wool</col>, <cd>cotton in its raw or woolly state.</cd> -- <col>Cotton worm</col> <fld>(Zool.)</fld>, <cd>a lepidopterous insect (<spn>Aletia argillacea</spn>), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc., and hence is often called <altname>corn worm</altname>, and <altname>Southern army worm</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cotton</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It <b>cottons</b> well; it can not choose but bear A pretty nap. <i>Family of Love.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To go on prosperously; to succeed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>New, Hephestion, does not this matter <b>cotton</b> as I would? <i>Lyly.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by <i>with</i>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>A quarrel will end in one of you being turned off, in which case it will not be easy to <b>cotton</b> with another. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith <b>cottoned</b> in with his beggarly companion? <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with <i>to</i>.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Cottonade</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton*ade`</hw> <tt>(k?t"t'n-?d`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cottonade</ets>.]</ety> <def>A somewhat stoun and thick fabric of cotton.</def>

<h1>Cottonary</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton*a*ry</hw> <tt>(-?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>