Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small shed or shelter for sheep or birds.
- v. Obsolete To go around by the side of; skirt.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hut; a little house; a cottage: same as cot, 1.
- n. A sheepfold.
- n. A former spelling of coat.
- To pass on one side of; pass by; pass.
- n. The act of passing by; a going by.
- To quote.
- n. An obsolete form of cot.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A cottage or hut.
- n. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
- v. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
- v. To quote.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English.Probably from French côtoyer, to skirt, from côté, side, from Old French coste, rib; see costrel.
Examples
“Few passes my door without a bite or a sup, specially at tea-time, Mr. Nor'cote, which is sociable time, as I always says.”
“If it be objected that the word "cote" is not in use in this sense, it may be remarked that French, "After the scole of Stratford atte bowe," might borrow such a meaning to suit the sound, from "côte," in the sense of”
“Where did he get elastic bands that big?? jay. cote jupigare”
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“D/FW Airport adds police, cameras as thefts rise" [WFAA-TV] (Thanks to James!) (Photo: cote)”
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“His cote hardy is tight on the bodice with a loose, gored skirt with a dagged hem.”
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“The mother, a rogue pigeon escaped from the cote, did not return.”
“We support taxes and good government and the only ones who benefit are people out in the suburbs who cote against both of those.”
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“In particular, the combination bell-cote/chimney is quite fine.”
“I'm a 26-almost-27 year young Floridian living in Colombes, a small 'burb next to Nanterre, a larger ville, just a cote a Paris.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cote’.
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[Open] Correctly-spelled words that look like m...
Thanks to everyone who added to this list. (I moved it to a new URL, so all the words added on the first day are credited to me—sorry about that.)
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These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
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Hence
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