English-Thai Dictionary
cotta
N เสื้อคลุม ของ พระ ที่ ใส่ ใน พิธีทางศาสนา
cottage
N กระท่อม bungalow kra-tom
cottage
N ที่ พักตากอากาศห ลังเล็กๆ ti-pak-tak-ar-kad-lang-lek-lek
cottage
N บ้านพัก เดี่ยว ban-pak-diao
cottager
N ผู้ ที่มา พักผ่อน อยู่ ใน กระท่อม phu-ti-ma-pak-pon-yu-nai-kra-tom
cotter
N คน ที่อยู่ กระท่อม ชาวนา ชาวชนบท สลัก หรือ ลิ่ม
cottier
N คน ที่อยู่ กระท่อม ผู้เช่า โคย ตรง
cotton
N ต้น ฝ้าย พืช ประเภท ฝ้าย cotton plant ton-fai
cotton
N ผ้าฝ้าย cotton cloth pa-fai
cotton
N ฝ้าย ใย ฝ้าย สำลี fai
cotton cloth
N ผ้าฝ้าย cotton pa-fai
cotton to
PHRV ชอบ กัน (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ ดึงดูดใจ chob-kan
cotton up to
PHRV เริ่ม เป็นมิตรกับ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ roem-pen-mid-kab
cottonade
N สิ่งทอ ด้วย เส้น ใย กับ ฝ้าย
cottonmouth
N งูพิษ พวก Ancistrodon piscivorous
cottonseed
N เมล็ด ฝ้าย
cottontail
N กระต่าย พวก Sylvilagus มี หาง สี ขาว พบ ใน อเมริกา เหนือ
cottonweed
N พืช พวก Gnaphalium
cottonwood
N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง มี เมล็ด เป็น ปุย คล้าย ฝ้าย
cottony
ADJ ที่ เหมือน ผ้าฝ้าย ti-muan-pa-fai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COTT
n.A small bed; on board of ships, a bed frame suspended from the beams, for the officers to sleep in, between the decks; a piece of canvas, extended by a frame.
COTTAGE
n.[from cot. ] A cot; a hut; a small mean habitation. The sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds. Zephaniah 2:6.
COTTAGED
a.Set or covered with cottages.
COTTAGER
n. 1. One who lives in a hut or cottage.
2. In law, one who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
COTTER, COTTAR or COTTIER
n.A cottager.
COTTON
n. 1. A soft downy substance, resembling fine wool, growing in the capsules or pods of a shrub, called the cotton-plant. It is the material of a large proportion of cloth for apparel and furniture.
2. Cloth made of cotton.
Lavender-cotton, a genus of plants, Santolina, of several species; shrubs cultivated in gardens. One species, the chamoecyparyssus or abrotanum foemina, female southernwood, is vulgarly called brotany.
Philosophic cotton, flowers of zink, which resemble cotton.
Silk-cotton tree, a genus of plants, the Bombax, growing to a great size in the Indies, and producing a kind of cotton in capsules.
COTTON
a.Pertaining to cotton; made of cotton; consisting of cotton; as cotton cloth; cotton stockings.
COTTON
v.i. 1. To rise with a nap.
2. To cement; to unite with; a cant word.
COTTON-GIN
n.A machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by that celebrated mechanician, E. Whitney.
COTTON-GRASS
n.A genus of plants, the Eriophorum.
COTTON-MACHINE
n.A machine for carding or spinning cotton.
COTTON-MILL
n.A mill or building, with machinery for carding, roving and spinning cotton, by the force of water or steam.
COTTON-PLANT, COTTON-SHRUB
n.A plant or shrub of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates. The principal species are, 1. The herbaceous cotton, with smooth leaves and yellow flowers, succeeded by roundish capsules, full of seeds and cotton; 2. The hairy American cotton, with hairy stalks and leaves, and yellow flowers succeeded by oval pods; 3. The Barbadoes shrubby cotton, has a shrubby stalk, yellow flowers and oval pods; 4. The arboreum or tree cotton, with a woody perennial stalk, bears yellow flowers and large pods. The first three species are annual plants; the last is perennial. In the southern states of America, the cotton cultivated is distinguished into three kinds; the nankeen cotton, so called from its color; the green seed cotton, producing white cotton with green seeds. These grow in the middle and upper country, and are called short staple cotton. The black seed cotton, cultivated in the lower country near the sea, and on the isles near the shore, produces cotton of a fine, white, silky appearance, very strong and of a long staple. The seeds of the long staple cotton are separated by roller-gins. The seeds of the short staple cotton are separated with more difficulty, by a sawgin invented by E. Whitney.
COTTON-THISTLE
n.A plant, the Onopordum.
COTTON-WEED
n.A plant, the Filago. The name is given also to the Gnaphalium, cud-weed, or goldy-locks.
COTTONY
a. 1. Downy; nappy; covered with hairs or pubescence like cotton.
2. Soft like cotton.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COTTA
Cot "ta, n. [LL. See Coat. ]
1. (Eccl.)
Defn: A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
2. A kind of very coarse woolen blanket.
COTTAGE
Cot "tage (kt "tj; 48 ), n. Etym: [From Cot a cotttage.]
Defn: A small house; a cot; a hut.
Note: 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.
COTTAGED
COTTAGED Cot "taged (-tjd ), a.
Defn: Set or covered with cottages. Even humble Harting's cottaged vale. Collins.
COTTAGELY
COTTAGELY Cot "tage *ly (-tj-l ), a.
Defn: Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs. ] Jer. Taylor.
COTTAGER
COTTAGER Cot "ta *ger (kt "t-jr ), n.
1. One who lives in a cottage.
2. (Law )
Defn: One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
COTTER; COTTAR
Cot "ter, Cot "tar (kt "tr ), n. Etym: [LL. cotarius, cottarius,coterius. See Cot. ]
Defn: A cottager; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.
COTTER
COTTER Cot "ter (kt "tr ), 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.
Note: [See Illust. ] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
2. A toggle.
COTTER
COTTER Cot "ter, v. t.
Defn: To fasten with a cotter.
COTTIER
Cot "ti *er (-t-r ), n. Etym: [OF. cotier. See Coterie, and cf. Cotter. ]
Defn: 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. ]
COTTISE
Cot "tise (kt "ts ), n. Etym: [Cf. F. c side, L. costa rib. ] (Her. )
Defn: 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.
COTTISED
COTTISED Cot "tised (-tst ), a. (Her. )
Defn: Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.
COTTOID
Cot "toid (kt "toid ), a. Etym: [NL. cottus sculpin + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like a fish of the genus Cottus. -- n.
Defn: A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.
COTTOLENE
COTTOLENE Cot "to *lene `, n.
Defn: A product from cottonseed, used as lard.
COTTON
Cot "ton (kt "t'n ), n. Etym: [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.
2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
3. Cloth made of cotton.
Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cottton bagging; cotton clotch; cotton goods; cotton industry; cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick. Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2. -- Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it is called swan's- down cotton, or Canton flannel. -- Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney. -- Cotton grass (Bot. ), a genus of plants (Eriphorum ) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia ), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. -- Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse (Hesperomys gossypinus ), injurious to cotton crops. -- Cotton plant (Bot. ), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is G. herbaceum. -- Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton. -- Cotton rose (Bot. ), a genus of composite herbs (Filago ), covered with a white substance resembling cotton. -- Cotton scale (Zoöl.), a species of bark louse (Pulvinaria innumerabilis ), which does great damage to the cotton plant. -- Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant. -- Cotton stainer (Zoöl.), a species of hemipterous insect (Dysdercus suturellus ), which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug. -- Cotton thistle (Bot. ), the Scotch thistle. See under Thistle. -- Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton. -- Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills. -- Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state. -- Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect (Aletia argillacea ), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc. , and hence is often called corn worm, and Southern army worm.
COTTON
COTTON Cot "ton, v. i.
1. To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. [Obs. ] It cottons well; it can not choose but bear A pretty nap. Family of Love.
2. To go on prosperously; to succeed. [Obs. ] New, Hephestion, does not this matter cotton as I would Lyly.
3. To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with. [Colloq. ] A quarrel will end in one of you being turned off, in which case it will not be easy to cotton with another. Swift. Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion Sir W. Scott.
4. To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to. [Slang ]
COTTONADE
Cot "ton *ade ` (kt "t'n-d `), n. Etym: [F. cottonade. ]
Defn: A somewhat stoun and thick fabric of cotton.
COTTONARY
COTTONARY Cot "ton *a *ry (--r ), a.
Defn: Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs. ] Cottomary and woolly pillows. Sir T. Browne.
COTTON BATTING
COTTON BATTING Cot "ton bat "ting.
Defn: Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.
COTTONOUS
COTTONOUS Cot "ton *ous (-s ), a.
Defn: Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn.
COTTON SEED; COTTONSEED
COTTON SEED; COTTONSEED Cotton seed, or, usually collectively, Cot "ton *seed `, n.
Defn: The seed of the cotton plant.
COTTONSEED MEAL
COTTONSEED MEAL Cottonseed meal.
Defn: A meal made from hulled cotton seeds after the oil has been expressed.
COTTONSEED OIL
COTTONSEED OIL Cottonseed oil.
Defn: A fixed, semidrying oil extracted from cottonseed. It is pale yellow when pure (sp. gr. ,.92 -.93 ). and is extensively used in soap making, in cookery, and as an adulterant of other oils.
COTTON STATE
COTTON STATE Cotton State.
Defn: Alabama; -- a nickname.
COTTONTAIL
COTTONTAIL Cot "ton *tail ` (kt "t'n-tl `), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus ); -- also called Molly cottontail.
COTTONWEED
COTTONWEED Cot "ton *weed ` (-wd `), n. (Bot. )
Defn: See Cudweed.
COTTONWOOD
COTTONWOOD Cot "ton *wood ` (-wd `), n. (Bot. )
Defn: An American tree of the genus Populus or polar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp. , the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.
COTTONY
COTTONY Cot "ton *y (-), a.
1. Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.
2. Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
COTTREL
COTTREL Cot "trel (kt "trl ), n.
Defn: A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire. Knight.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cotta
cot ta |ˈkätə ˈkɑdə | ▶noun a short garment resembling a surplice, worn typically by Catholic priests and servers. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Italian; ultimately related to coat .
cottage
cot tage |ˈkätij ˈkɑdɪʤ | ▶noun a small simple house, typically one near a lake or beach. • a dwelling forming part of a farm establishment, used by a worker: farm cottages. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cotage and Anglo-Latin cotagium, from cot 2 or cote .
cottage cheese
cot tage cheese |ˈˌkɑdɪʤ ˈˌtʃiz | ▶noun soft, lumpy white cheese made from the curds of slightly soured milk.
cottage garden
cot |tage gar ¦den ▶noun an informal garden stocked typically with colourful flowering plants.
cottage hospital
cot |tage hos |pital ▶noun Brit. a small hospital in a country area.
cottage industry
cot tage in dus try |ˈˌkɑdɪʤ ˈɪndəstri | ▶noun a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.
cottage loaf
cot |tage loaf ▶noun Brit. a loaf consisting of two round sections of bread, the smaller of which is on top of the larger.
cottage pie
cot |tage pie ▶noun Brit. a dish of minced meat topped with browned mashed potato.
cottager
cot tag er |ˈkätijər ˈkɑdɪʤər | ▶noun a person living in a cottage. • a person vacationing in a cottage.
cottar
cot tar |ˈkätər ˈkɑdər |(also cotter ) ▶noun historical (in Scotland and Ireland ) a farm laborer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labor. ORIGIN late Old English, from cot 2 + -ar 4 .
Cottbus
Cott bus |ˈkätˌbo͝os ˈkɑtbʊs | an industrial city in southeastern Germany, in the state of Brandenburg, on the Spree River; pop. 103,800 (est. 2006 ).
Cotten, Joseph
Cot ten, Joseph |ˈkätn ˈkɑtn | (1905 –94 ), US actor. A star of stage, film, and television. Notable movies: Citizen Kane (1941 ), Gaslight (1944 ), The Third Man (1949 ), and Heaven's Gate (1980 ).
cotter pin
cot ter pin |ˈkätər ˈkɑdər pɪn |(also cotter ) ▶noun a metal pin used to fasten two parts of a mechanism together. • a split pin that is opened out after being passed through a hole. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
cottier
cot ti er |ˈkätēər ˈkɑdiər | ▶noun 1 Brit. archaic a rural laborer living in a cottage. 2 historical an Irish peasant holding land by cottier tenure. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cotier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to cot 2 .
cottier tenure
cot ti er ten ure ▶noun historical (in Ireland ) the renting of land in small portions direct to the laborers, at a rent fixed by competition.
cottise
cot tise |ˈkätis ˈkɑtəs |(also cotise ) ▶noun Heraldry a narrow band adjacent and parallel to an ordinary such as a bend or chevron. DERIVATIVES cot tised adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French cotice ‘leather thong. ’
cotton
cot ton |ˈkätn ˈkɑtn | ▶noun 1 a soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant and is used as textile fiber and thread for sewing: a cargo of cotton and wheat | a white cotton blouse | an Indian hammock woven in colored cottons. • a thread of this fiber. • absorbent cotton. 2 (also cotton plant ) the plant that is commercially grown for this product. Oil and a protein-rich flour are also obtained from the seeds. [Genus Gossypium, family Malvaceae: many species and forms, including G. barbadense, which is grown in the southern US. ] ▶verb [ no obj. ] informal 1 (cotton on ) begin to understand: he cottoned on to what I was trying to say. 2 (cotton to ) have a liking for: his rivals didn't cotton to all the attention he was getting. DERIVATIVES cot ton y adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French coton, from Arabic ḳuṭn.
cotton batting
cot ton bat ting ▶noun light, soft cotton fibers formed into layers, used esp. for filling quilts, cushions, etc.
Cotton Belt
Cot ton Belt ▶noun (the Cotton Belt ) informal a region of the US South where cotton is the historic main crop, esp. in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.
cotton bud
cot ¦ton bud ▶noun Brit. a small wad of cotton wool on a short, thin stick, used for cosmetic purposes or cleaning the ears.
cotton cake
cot ton cake ▶noun compressed cotton seed, used as food for cattle.
cotton candy
cot ton can dy |ˈˌkɑtn ˈˌkændi | ▶noun a mass of fluffy spun sugar, usually pink or white, wrapped around a stick or a paper cone.
cotton gin
cot ton gin |ˈkɑtn ˌʤɪn | ▶noun a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
cotton grass
cot ton grass ▶noun a sedge that typically grows on swampy land in the northern hemisphere, producing tufts of long white silky hairs, which aid in the dispersal of the seeds. [Genus Eriophorum, family Cyperaceae. ]
cotton lavender
cot ton lav en der ▶noun chiefly British term for lavender cotton.
cotton-leaf worm
cot ton-leaf worm ▶noun the larva of a migratory tropical moth that feeds on the leaves of the cotton plant and was formerly a major pest in North America. [Alabama argillacea, family Noctuidae. ]
cottonmouth
cot ton mouth |ˈkätnˌmouTH ˈkɑːtnmaʊθ | ▶noun 1 a large, dangerous semiaquatic pit viper that inhabits lowland swamps and waterways of the southeastern US. When threatening, it opens its mouth wide to display the white interior. Also called water moccasin. [Agkistrodon piscivorus, family Viperidae. ] 2 (also cotton mouth ) informal dryness of the mouth: I often have cotton mouth and a headache when I wake up.
cotton-picking
cot ton-pick ing (also cotton-pickin' ) ▶adjective informal used for emphasis, esp. with disapproval or reproach: just a cotton-picking minute! | he's a cotton-pickin' liar!
cotton rat
cot ton rat ▶noun a short-tailed rat found in grassland and scrub from North America to Guyana. [Genus Sigmodon, family Muridae: several species. ]
cottonseed
cot ton seed |ˈkätnˌsēd ˈkɑtnsid | ▶noun the seed of the cotton plant, yielding cottonseed oil.
cotton spinner
cot ¦ton spin |ner ▶noun a dark sea cucumber of shallow seas which ejects long sticky threads from the anus when disturbed. ●Holothuria forskali, class Holothuroidea.
cotton stainer
cot ton stain er ▶noun a North American bug that feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibers. [Genus Dysdercus, family Pyrrhocoridae, suborder Heteroptera: several species, in particular D. suturellus. ]
Cotton State
Cot ton State a nickname for the state of Alabama.
cotton swab
cot ton swab ▶noun a small wad of absorbent cotton on a short thin stick, used for cosmetic or hygienic purposes.
cottontail
cot ton tail |ˈkätnˌtāl ˈkɑtnteɪl | ▶noun an American rabbit that has a speckled brownish coat and a white underside to the tail. [Genus Sylvilagus, family Leporidae: several species. ]
cotton waste
cot ¦ton waste ▶noun [ mass noun ] scraps of waste cotton yarn, used typically to clean machinery.
cottonweed
cotton |weed |ˈkɒtənwiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a yellow-flowered aromatic plant of the daisy family, with silvery felted leaves and stems. It grows on sandy beaches, chiefly in southern and western Europe. ●Otanthus maritimus, family Compositae.
cottonwood
cot ton wood |ˈkätnˌwo͝od ˈkɑtnˌwʊd | ▶noun a North American poplar with seeds covered in white cottony hairs. [Genus Populus, family Salicaceae: several species, including P. deltoides. ]
cotton wool
cot ton wool |ˌkɑtn ˈwʊl | ▶noun 1 raw cotton. 2 British term for absorbent cotton.
cottony-cushion scale
cottony-cushion scale ▶noun [ mass noun ] an Australian scale insect with a large fluted cottony egg sac, infesting citrus trees. It threatened to destroy the Californian citrus industry until it was controlled by the introduction of the Australian vedalia beetle. ●Icerya purchasi, family Margarodidae, suborder Homoptera.
Oxford Dictionary
cotta
cotta |ˈkɒtə | ▶noun a short garment resembling a surplice, worn typically by Catholic priests and servers. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Italian; ultimately related to coat .
cottage
cot |tage |ˈkɒtɪdʒ | ▶noun 1 a small house, typically one in the country. • a simple house forming part of a farm, used by a worker. 2 Brit. informal (in the context of casual homosexual encounters ) a public toilet. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (usu. as noun cottaging ) Brit. informal perform homosexual acts in a public toilet. DERIVATIVES cottagey adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cotage and Anglo-Latin cotagium, from cot 2 or cote .
cottage cheese
cot |tage cheese ▶noun [ mass noun ] soft, lumpy white cheese made from the curds of skimmed milk.
cottage garden
cot |tage gar ¦den ▶noun an informal garden stocked typically with colourful flowering plants.
cottage hospital
cot |tage hos |pital ▶noun Brit. a small hospital in a country area.
cottage industry
cot |tage in |dus |try ▶noun a business or manufacturing activity carried on in people's homes.
cottage loaf
cot |tage loaf ▶noun Brit. a loaf consisting of two round sections of bread, the smaller of which is on top of the larger.
cottage pie
cot |tage pie ▶noun Brit. a dish of minced meat topped with browned mashed potato.
cottager
cot |tager |ˈkɒtɪdʒə | ▶noun Brit. a person living in a cottage. • N. Amer. a person holidaying in a cottage.
cottar
cottar |ˈkɒtə |(also cotter ) ▶noun historical (in Scotland and Ireland ) a farm labourer or tenant occupying a cottage in return for labour. ORIGIN late Old English, from cot 2 + -ar 4 .
Cottbus
Cottbus |ˈkɒtbʊs | an industrial city in SE Germany, in Brandenburg, on the River Spree; pop. 103,800 (est. 2006 ).
Cotten, Joseph
Cot ten, Joseph |ˈkätn ˈkɑtn | (1905 –94 ), US actor. A star of stage, film, and television. Notable movies: Citizen Kane (1941 ), Gaslight (1944 ), The Third Man (1949 ), and Heaven's Gate (1980 ).
cotter pin
cotter pin |ˈkɒtə pɪn |(also cotter ) ▶noun a metal pin used to fasten two parts of a mechanism together. • a split pin that is opened out after being passed through a hole. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
cottier
cottier |ˈkɒtɪə | ▶noun 1 archaic a rural labourer living in a cottage. 2 historical an Irish peasant holding land by cottier tenure. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cotier, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to cot 2 .
cottier tenure
cot |tier ten ¦ure ▶noun [ mass noun ] historical (in Ireland ) the letting of land in small portions direct to the labourers, at a rent fixed by competition.
cottise
cottise |ˈkɒtɪs |(also cotise ) ▶noun Heraldry a narrow band adjacent and parallel to an ordinary such as a bend or chevron. DERIVATIVES cottised adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French cotice ‘leather thong ’.
cotton
cot ¦ton |ˈkɒt (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is made into textile fibre and thread for sewing. • [ often as modifier ] textile fabric made from cotton fibre: a white cotton blouse. • thread made from cotton fibre. • N. Amer. cotton wool. 2 (also cotton plant ) the tropical and subtropical plant which is commercially grown to make cotton fabric and thread. Oil and a protein-rich flour are also obtained from the seeds. ●Genus Gossypium, family Malvaceae: many species and forms. ▶verb [ no obj. ] informal 1 (cotton on ) begin to understand: he cottoned on to what I was trying to say. 2 (cotton to ) N. Amer. have a liking for: his rivals didn't cotton to all the attention he was getting. DERIVATIVES cottony adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French coton, from Arabic quṭn.
cotton batting
cot ¦ton bat |ting ▶noun North American term for cotton wool ( sense 1 ).
cotton belt
cot ¦ton belt ▶noun the cotton-producing region of the southern US.
cotton bud
cot ¦ton bud ▶noun Brit. a small wad of cotton wool on a short, thin stick, used for cosmetic purposes or cleaning the ears.
cotton cake
cot ¦ton cake ▶noun [ mass noun ] compressed cotton seed, used as food for cattle.
cotton candy
cot ¦ton candy ▶noun North American term for candyfloss.
cotton gin
cot ¦ton gin ▶noun a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
cotton grass
cot ¦ton grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a sedge which typically grows on wet moorlands in the northern hemisphere, producing tufts of long white silky hairs which aid in the dispersal of the seeds. Also called bog cotton. ●Genus Eriophorum, family Cyperaceae.
cotton lavender
cot ¦ton lav ¦en |der ▶noun a small aromatic shrubby plant of the daisy family, with silvery or greenish lavender-like foliage and yellow button flowers. Native to the Mediterranean area, it has insecticidal properties. ●Genus Santolina, family Compositae: several species, in particular S. chamaecyparissus.
cotton-leaf worm
cotton-leaf worm ▶noun the larva of a migratory tropical moth which feeds on the leaves of the cotton plant and was formerly a major pest in North America. ●Alabama argillacea, family Noctuidae.
cottonmouth
cottonmouth |ˈkɒt (ə )nməʊθ |(also cottonmouth moccasin ) ▶noun a large, dangerous semiaquatic pit viper which inhabits lowland swamps and waterways of the south-eastern US. When threatening it opens its mouth wide to display the white interior. Also called water moccasin. ●Agkistrodon piscivorus, family Viperidae.
cotton-picking
cotton-picking ▶adjective [ attrib. ] N. Amer. informal used for emphasis: just a cotton-picking minute!
cotton rat
cot ¦ton rat ▶noun a short-tailed rat found in grassland and scrub from North America to Guyana. ●Genus Sigmodon, family Muridae: several species.
cottonseed
cot ton seed |ˈkätnˌsēd ˈkɑtnsid | ▶noun the seed of the cotton plant, yielding cottonseed oil.
cotton spinner
cot ¦ton spin |ner ▶noun a dark sea cucumber of shallow seas which ejects long sticky threads from the anus when disturbed. ●Holothuria forskali, class Holothuroidea.
cotton stainer
cot ¦ton stain ¦er ▶noun a North American bug which feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibres. ●Genus Dysdercus, family Pyrrhocoridae, suborder Heteroptera: several species, in particular D. suturellus.
cotton state
cot ¦ton state ▶noun any of the states of the southern US of which cotton is or was a major product. • ( Cotton State ) informal name for Alabama.
cotton swab
cot ¦ton swab ▶noun North American term for cotton bud.
cottontail
cotton |tail |ˈkɒt (ə )nteɪl | ▶noun an American rabbit which has a speckled brownish coat and a white underside to the tail. ●Genus Sylvilagus, family Leporidae: several species.
cotton waste
cot ¦ton waste ▶noun [ mass noun ] scraps of waste cotton yarn, used typically to clean machinery.
cottonweed
cotton |weed |ˈkɒtənwiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a yellow-flowered aromatic plant of the daisy family, with silvery felted leaves and stems. It grows on sandy beaches, chiefly in southern and western Europe. ●Otanthus maritimus, family Compositae.
cottonwood
cotton |wood |ˈkɒt (ə )nwʊd | ▶noun 1 a North American poplar with seeds covered in white cottony hairs. ●Genus Populus, family Salicaceae: several species, including P. deltoides. 2 any of a number of downy-leaved Australasian shrubs: ● an evergreen shrub of the buckthorn family (Pomaderris phylicifolia, family Rhamnaceae ). ● a shrub of the daisy family (Bedfordia salicina, family Compositae ).
cotton wool
cot ¦ton wool ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 Brit. fluffy wadding of a kind originally made from raw cotton, used for cleaning the skin or bathing wounds. 2 US raw cotton. PHRASES wrap someone in cotton wool be overprotective towards someone.
cottony-cushion scale
cottony-cushion scale ▶noun [ mass noun ] an Australian scale insect with a large fluted cottony egg sac, infesting citrus trees. It threatened to destroy the Californian citrus industry until it was controlled by the introduction of the Australian vedalia beetle. ●Icerya purchasi, family Margarodidae, suborder Homoptera.
American Oxford Thesaurus
cottage
cottage noun We spent the long summers up at Anna and Renzo's cottage: cabin, lodge; bungalow, country house; shack, chantey.
Oxford Thesaurus
cottage
cottage noun she had a cottage in Wales: small house, house, bungalow, villa, lodge, chalet, cabin, shack, shanty; holiday home, holiday cottage, retreat; home, residence, place, abode; in Scotland bothy; in Russia dacha; in France gîte; Scottish but and ben; S. African rondavel; informal pad, semi; N. Amer. informal crib; Austral. informal weekender; literary bower; archaic cot.
Duden Dictionary
Cottage
Cot tage Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈkɔtɪdʒ |das Cottage; Genitiv: des Cottage [s ], Plural: die Cottages englisch cottage, aus dem Altfranzösischen 1 englische Bezeichnung für: [einstöckiges ] Haus auf dem Lande, Ferienhaus 2 |kɔˈteːʃ |die Cottage; Genitiv: der Cottage ostösterreichisch Villenviertel in Wien
Cottbus
Cott bus Eigenname |C o ttbus |Stadt an der Spree
Cottbuser
Cott bu ser , Cott bus ser Adjektiv Cottbusser |C o ttbuser C o ttbusser |indeklinables Adjektiv die Cottbuser Bürger
Cottbuser
Cott bu ser , Cott bus ser Substantiv, maskulin , der Cottbusser |C o ttbuser C o ttbusser |der Cottbuser; Genitiv: des Cottbusers, Plural: die Cottbuser Einwohnerbezeichnung
Cottbuserin
Cott bu se rin , Cott bus se rin Substantiv, feminin , die Cottbusserin |C o ttbuserin C o ttbusserin |weibliche Formen zu Cottbuser , Cottbusser
Cottische Alpen
Cot ti sche Al pen Eigenname |C o ttische A lpen |Teil der Westalpen
Cotton
Cot ton Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |ˈkɔtn̩ |der oder das Cotton; Genitiv: des Cottons englisch cotton < französisch coton < arabisch qu ṭ un, Kattun a englische Bezeichnung für: Baumwolle, Kattun b englische Bezeichnung für: Baumwollstoff
cottonisieren
cot to ni sie ren kotonisieren |cottonis ie ren |
Cottonmaschine
Cot ton ma schi ne Substantiv, feminin , die |C o ttonmaschine ˈkɔtn̩ …|nach dem englischen Erfinder W. Cotton, 1786 –1866 Wirkmaschine zur Herstellung von Damenstrümpfen
Cottonöl
Cot ton öl Substantiv, Neutrum , das |C o ttonöl ˈkɔtn̩ …|aus Baumwollsamen gewonnenes Öl, das in Technik und Heilkunde verwendet wird
Cottonstuhl
Cot ton stuhl Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈkɔtn̩ …|der Cottonstuhl; Genitiv: des Cottonstuhls, Plural: die Cottonstühle Cottonmaschine
Cottonwood
Cot ton wood Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈkɔtn̩wʊd |das Cottonwood; Genitiv: des Cottonwood [s ] englisch Holz der amerikanischen Pappel
French Dictionary
cottage
cottage n. m. nom masculin 1 Petite maison de style rustique située à la campagne. 2 Maison située généralement à la ville et entourée d ’un jardin. Prononciation Ce mot se prononce généralement à l ’anglaise, [kɔtɛdʒ, kɔtaʒ ]
cotte
cotte n. f. nom féminin anciennement Tunique. LOCUTION Cotte de mailles. Armure souple constituée de petits anneaux de fer entrelacés.
Spanish Dictionary
cotton bud
cotton bud nombre masculino Venez Cotón (pequeño palo ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
cottage
cot tage /kɑ́tɪdʒ |kɔ́t -/〖原義は 「(質素な )小さな住居 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /C 1 ｟主に英 ｠(通例田舎の )小さな家 , 小屋 ▸ a country cottage 小さな田舎家 2 ｟米 ｠(避暑地などの )山小屋 , 山荘 , ロッジ .3 ｟米 ｠(病院 ホテルなどの )別棟 , 離れ屋 .4 ｟俗 ｠(同性愛者の出会いの場としての )公衆トイレ .～̀ ch é ese カッテージチーズ .～̀ h ó spital ｟英 ｠田舎の小さな病院 .～̀ í ndustry 家内工業 .～̀ l ó af ｟英 ｠コテージパン 〘鏡餅のように大小2つのパンを重ねて焼いたもの 〙.～̀ p í e ｟英 ｠＝shepherd's pie .～̀ p ú dding コテージプディング 〘スポンジケーキに甘いソースをかけた菓子 〙.
cottager
c ó t tag er 名詞 C 1 ｟英 やや古 ｠田舎家 [小屋 ]に住む人 ; ｟米 ｠別荘に住む人 .2 ｟英俗 ｠(公衆トイレで )相手を探す男性同性愛者 [ホモ ].
cottaging
cot tag ing /kɑ́tɪdʒɪŋ |kɔ́t -/名詞 U ｟英俗 ｠(公衆トイレで )男性同性愛者 [ホモ ]が相手を探すこと .
cotter
cot ter /kɑ́tə r |kɔ́tə /名詞 C 1 〘機 〙コッター 〘平形くさびの一種 〙.2 コッターピン, 止めピン, 割りピン (cotter pin ) 〘コッターが抜けるのを防ぐため先端を割り開く 〙.
cotton
cot ton /kɑ́t (ə )n |kɔ́t (ə )n /名詞 複 ～s U 1 〖種類では 可算 〗綿布 , 木綿 (cotton cloth ); 〖形容詞的に 〗木綿 (製 )の ; 〖しばしば ～s 〗木綿製衣類 ▸ cotton T-shirts [towels ]綿のTシャツ [タオル ]▸ a blend of cotton and polyester 綿とポリエステルの混紡 2 綿 , 綿花 ; 〖集合的に 〗(作物としての )綿 (cotton plant )▸ grow cotton 綿を栽培する 3 ｟主に英 ｠(主に綿の )縫い糸 (｟米 ｠cotton thread ).4 ｟米 ｠脱脂綿 (cotton batting [｟英 ｠ wool ]).5 (ほかの植物の )柔らかい綿毛 .動詞 自動詞 ｟くだけて ｠仲よくやる .c ò tton ó n ｟英 くだけて ｠ «…を » 理解する, 悟る «to » .c ò tton (ú p ) to A ｟米 くだけて やや古 ｠A 〈人 物 〉のことが好きになる, 気に入る (!しばしば否定文で ) .～́ b à ll ｟米 ｠コットンボール, 綿玉 .C -́ B è lt 〖the ～〗コットンベルト 〘米国南部の綿花地帯 〙.～́ b ù d ｟英 ｠＝cotton swab .～́ c à ke 綿の実のしめかす 〘飼料用 〙.～̀ c á ndy ｟米 ｠綿菓子 (｟英 ｠candyfloss ).～́ g ì n 綿繰り機 〘綿と種子を分離する機械 〙.～́ gr à ss 〘植 〙ワタスゲ .～́ r è el ｟英 ｠糸まき .～́ sw à b ｟米 ｠綿棒 (Q-tip ).～́ w à ste 綿くず 〘機械類の掃除用 〙.～̀ w ó ol 1 ｟米 ｠原綿 , 生綿 （きわた ）.2 ↑4 ▸ wrap A (up ) in cotton wool A 〈人など 〉を過保護にする, 甘やかす
cottonmouth
c ó tton m ò uth 名詞 ＝water moccasin .
cotton-picking
c ó tton-p ì cking 形容詞 ｟主に米話 やや古 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗いまいましい, くだらない .
cottontail
c ó tton t à il 名詞 C ｟米 ｠〘動 〙ワタオウサギ 〘白い綿毛のような尾を持つことから; 小型の野ウサギ 〙.
cottonwood
c ó tton w ò od 名詞 C U 〘植 〙(北米産の )ポプラの一種 〘種子が白い綿毛のようなもので覆われている 〙.
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