What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face?
We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures.
B. Jonson.
Cot*quean"i*ty (k?t-kw?n"?-t?), n. The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Co`trus*tee" (k?`tr?s-t?"), n. A joint trustee.
Cots"wold` (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.] An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England.
Cotswold sheep, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.
Cot"tage (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From Cot a cottage.] A small house; a cot; a hut.
&fist; The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any residence or lodging house of rustic architecture, irrespective of size.
Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.] -- Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.
Cot"taged (-t?jd), a. Set or covered with cottages.
Even humble Harting's cottaged vale.
Collins.
Cot"tage*ly (-t?j-l?), a. Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Cot"ta*ger (k?t"t?-j?r), n. 1. One who lives in a cottage.
2. (Law) One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
{ Cot"ter, Cot"tar } (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.] A cottager; a cottier. Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang
Good morrow to the cotter.
Whittier.
Cot"ter (k&obreve;t"t&etilde;r), n. 1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge- shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.