Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COT, or COTE
COT, or COTE, n. [Sax. cot, cote, cyte; G. koth; D. kot; W. cwt. In Welsh, the word signifies a cot, a hovel or stye, an abrupt termination, a rump, a tail, a skirt. Cwta, short, abrupt, bob-tailed; cwtau, to shorten. This indicates that cot is from cutting off, and hence defending.]
- A small house; a hut; a mean habitation; also, a shed or inclosure for beasts. – 2 Chron. xxxii.
- A leathern cover for a sore finger.
- An abridgement of cotquean.
- A cade lamb. [Local.] – Grose.
- A little boat.
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