Cot"ter, v. t. To fasten with a cotter.
Cot"ti*er (-t&ibreve;*&etilde;r), n. [OF. cotier. See Coterie, and cf. Cotter.] 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. [Written also cottar and cotter.]
Cot"tise (k&obreve;t"t&ibreve;s), n. [Cf. F. c&ocit;tÚ side, L. costa rib.] (Her.) 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 cost. See also Couple-close.
Cot"tised (-t?st), a. (Her.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.
Cot"toid (k?t"toid), a. [NL. cottus sculpin + -oid.] (Zo÷l.) Like a fish of the genus Cottus. -- n. A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.
Cot"to*lene` (k&obreve;t"t&osl;*lēn`), n. A product from cotton-seed, used as lard.
Cot"ton (k&obreve;t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.] 1. 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.