Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
Massinger.
Coat armor. See under Armor. -- Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. -- Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "ĹI am a coat card indeed.' ĹThen thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'" Rowley. -- Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain. -- Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. -- Sail coat (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.
Coat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coating.] 1. To cover with a coat or outer garment.
2. To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.
Coat*ee" (?), n. A coat with short flaps.
Co*a"ti (k&osl;*ń"t&esl; or k&osl;*ā"t&ibreve;), n. [From the native name: cf. F. coati.] (Zo÷l.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.
&fist; The red coati (N. socialis), called also coati mondi, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati (N. narica) is found in Surinam and Brazil.
Coat"ing (?), n. 1. A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.