Chapter Cothurnus to Couched of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Cothurnus to Couched

Cothurnus
(||Co*thur"nus) n. [L.] Same as Cothurn.

Coticular
(Co*tic"u*lar) a. [L. coticula a small touchstone, dim. cos, cotis, whetstone.] Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

Cotidal
(Co*tid"al) a. Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time.

Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time.

Cotillon
(||Co`til`lon") (ko`te`yôN" or ko`tel`-; 277), Cotillion
(Co*til"lion) n. [F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See Coat.]

1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.

2. A tune which regulates the dance.

3. A kind of woolen material for women's skirts.

Cotinga
(||Co*tin"ga) n. [Native South American name.] (Zoöl.) A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright-colored South American species; — called also chatterers.

Cotise
(Cot"ise) n. (Her.) See Cottise.

Cotised
(Cot"ised) a. (Her.) See Cottised.

Cotland
(Cot"land) n. Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.

Cotquean
(Cot"quean`) n. [Cot a cottage + quean.]

1. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison.

2. A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.]

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.

Cotqueanity
(Cot*quean"i*ty) n. The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Cotrustee
(Co`trus*tee") n. A joint trustee.

Cotswold
(Cots"wold`) 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.

Cottage
(Cot"tage) n. [From Cot a cottage.] A small house; a cot; a hut.

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.