Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short surplice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short surplice, either sleeveless or having half-sleeves.
- noun A sort of blanket made of the coarsest wool.
- noun Same as
cota .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
- noun A kind of very coarse woolen blanket.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Terra cotta is cracked all over the exterior of the building.
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Terra cotta, which is afterwards baked, is plastic; and yet becomes hard; thus a Tanagra figurine is an example of plastic art, while a Florentine marble statuette is a product of sculpture.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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After this, having been summoned from England into Spain, he made many works there, which are scattered about in various places, and are held in great estimation; and, among others, he made a Crucifix of terra-cotta, which is the most marvellous thing that there is in all Spain.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo Giorgio Vasari 1542
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Agouti hunting is already prohibited in Brazil; restaurants in Belem, for example, once offered a variety of "cotta" (agouti) dishes at prices equivalent to those of choice filet mignon, but since the early 1970s they have been banned from serving it.
15 Agouti 1991
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In addition to the surplice we find frequent early mention of a "cotta".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The prehistoric root flourished in many Indo-European languages, mainly carrying ideas to do with “cooking” and “ripening,” as seen in numerous words that English has borrowed: cook, cuisine, kitchen, kiln, terra cotta, and even precocious, as in “pre-ripened,” or “mature ahead of time.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The prehistoric root flourished in many Indo-European languages, mainly carrying ideas to do with “cooking” and “ripening,” as seen in numerous words that English has borrowed: cook, cuisine, kitchen, kiln, terra cotta, and even precocious, as in “pre-ripened,” or “mature ahead of time.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Against crumbling cobblestone facades hang old wooden clogs and terra cotta pots filled with the best blooms of the season.
Susan Fogwell: An American Sculptor in Holland Susan Fogwell 2011
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Against crumbling cobblestone facades hang old wooden clogs and terra cotta pots filled with the best blooms of the season.
Susan Fogwell: An American Sculptor in Holland Susan Fogwell 2011
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Other materials like limestone or terra cotta might have worked better in its place.
Condos Clash In Park Slope Peter Grant 2011
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