Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 133
Costume (n.) A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.
Costume (n.) The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume."
Costume (n.) Unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume."
Costume (n.) The prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments).
Costume (n.) The attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume."
Costume (v. t.) 給……穿上服裝；為……提供服裝；為……設計服裝 Dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" [syn: costume, dress up].
Costume (v.) Furnish with costumes; as for a film or play.
Costume (n.) The clothes that are worn by someone (such as an actor) who is trying to look like a different person or thing.
Costume (n.) The clothes worn by a group of people especially during a particular time in the past.
Costume (n.) The prevailing fashion in coiffure, jewelry, and apparel of a period, country, or class.
Costume (n.) An outfit worn to create the appearance characteristic of a particular period, person, place, or thing <Halloween costumes>.
Costume (n.) A person's ensemble of outer garments; especially : a woman's ensemble of dress with coat or jacket.
Costume (n.) (B2) [ C or U ] （某國或某一歷史時期或適合某種活動的）服裝 The set of clothes typical of a particular country or period of history, or suitable for a particular activity.
// Singers performing Mozart's operas often dress in/ wear historical costume.
// The dancers leading the procession were in colourful and elaborate costumes.
// (UK) The shop has a good selection of bikinis and bathing/ swimming costumes.
Costume (n.) (B2) [ C ] (UK also fancy-dress costume) （尤指派對或娛樂活動中穿的）化裝服 A set of clothes worn in order to look like someone or something else, especially for a party or as part of an entertainment.
// Our host was wearing a clown costume.
// The children were dressed in Halloween costumes.
Costumer (n.) One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.
Costumer (n.) Someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade) [syn: costumier, costumer, costume designer].
Costumey (adj.) (slang, of clothing) Overly elaborate, like a costume.
Costumey (a.) 服飾太過豪華奢侈的 Resembling a costume and therefore unrealistic.
Co-sufferer (n.) One who suffers with another. -- Wycherley.
Cosupreme (n.) A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme. -- Shak.
Cosureties (n. pl. ) of Cosurety.
Cosurety (n.) One who is surety with another.
Cosy (a.) See Cozy.
Compare: Cozy
Cozy (a.) Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also cosey and cosy.]
Cozy (a.) Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.]
Cosy (a.) Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space; "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment" [syn: cozy, cosy, snug].
Cosy (n.) A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm [syn: cosy, tea cosy, cozy, tea cozy].
Cot (n.) A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. -- Goldsmith.
Cot (n.) A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also finger cot.
Cot (n.) A small, rudely-formed boat.
Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.
Cot (n.) A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also cott.]
Cot (n.) A sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: fingerstall, cot].
Cot (n.) Baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: crib, cot].
Cot (n.) A small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn: cot, camp bed].
COT, () Central Office Terminal
Cotangent (n.) (Trig.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Cotangent (n.) Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle [syn: cotangent, cotan].
Cotarnine (n.) (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.
Cote (n.) A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
Cote (n.) A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. -- Milton.
Cote (v. t.) To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. -- Shak.
Cote (v. t.) To quote. [Obs.] -- Udall.
Cote (n.) A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons).
Cotemporaneous (a.) Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.
Cotemporary (a.) Living or being at the same time; contemporary.
Cotemporaries (n. pl. ) of Cotemporary.
Cotemporary (n.) One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary.
Cotenant (n.) A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.
Cotenant (n.) One of two or more tenants holding title to the same property.
Coterie (n.) 【法】圈內人；夥伴；同志 A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." -- Thackeray.
Coterie (n.) An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: {clique}, {coterie}, {ingroup}, {inner circle}, {pack}, {camp}].
Coterminous (a.) Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.
Coterminous (a.) Being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous].
Cotgare (n.) Refuse wool.
Cothurn (n.) A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general.
Cothurnate (a.) Alt. of Cothurnated.
Cothurnated (a.) Wearing a cothurn.
Cothurnated (a.) Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.
Cothurnus (n.) Same as Cothurn.
Coticular (a.) Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.
Cotidal (a.) Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time.
Cotillon (n.) Alt. of Cotillion.
Cotillion (n.) A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.
Cotillion (n.) A tune which regulates the dance.
Cotillion (n.) A kind of woolen material for women's skirts.
Cotillion (n.) A formal ball.
Cotinga (n.) A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.
Cotise (n.) See Cottise.
Cotised (a.) See Cottised.
Cotland (n.) Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.
Cotquean (n.) A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women.
Cotquean (n.) A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy.
Cotqueanity (n.) The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean.
Cotrustee (n.) A joint trustee.
Cotswold (n.) An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England.
Cottage (n.) [C] 農舍，小屋；（學校，療養院等內部的）單幢住所；（度假）別墅 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.
Cottage (n.) A small house with a single story [syn: {bungalow}, {cottage}].
Cottage (n.) A booth in a vineyard (Isa. 1:8); a temporary shed covered with leaves or straw to shelter the watchman that kept the garden. These were slight fabrics, and were removed when no longer needed, or were left to be blown down in winter (Job 27:18).
Cottage (n.) A lodging-place (rendered "lodge" in Isa. 1:8); a slighter structure than the "booth," as the cucumber patch is more temporary than a vineyard (Isa. 24:20). It denotes a frail structure of boughs supported on a few poles, which is still in use in the East, or a hammock suspended between trees, in which the watchman was accustomed to sleep during summer.
Cottage (n.) In Zeph. 2:6 it is the rendering of the Hebrew _keroth_, which some suppose to denote rather "pits" (R.V. marg., "caves") or "wells of water," such as shepherds would sink.
Cottage (n.), Estates. A small dwelling house. See 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 216; Sheph.
Touchst. 94; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1571, note.
Cottage (n.) The grant of a cottage, it is said, passes a small dwelling-house, which has no land belonging to it. Shep. To. 94.
Cottaged (a.) Set or covered with cottages.
Cottagely (a.) Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic.
Cottager (n.) One who lives in a cottage.
Cottager (n.) (Law) One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.
Cotter (v. t.) To fasten with a cotter.
Compare: Cottier
Cottier (n.) 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.]
Cotter (n.) Alt. of Cottar.
Compare: Cottar
Cottar (n.) A cottager; a cottier. -- Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. -- Whittier.
Cotter (n.) 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.
Cotter (n.) A toggle.
Cotter (n.) A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands [syn: cotter, cottar].
Cotter (n.) A medieval English villein [syn: cotter, cottier].
Cotter (n.) Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together [syn: cotter, cottar].
Cotter, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 921
Housing Units (2000): 501
Land area (2000): 2.465371 sq. miles (6.385282 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.465371 sq. miles (6.385282 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15490
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 36.274772 N, 92.528336 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72626
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cotter, AR
Cotter
Cotter, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 48
Housing Units (2000): 19
Land area (2000): 0.233849 sq. miles (0.605666 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.233849 sq. miles (0.605666 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16725
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.292202 N, 91.467217 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Cotter
Cottise (n.) 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 (a.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.
Cottoid (a.) Like a fish of the genus Cottus.
Cottoid (n.) A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.
Cottolene (n.) A product from cotton-seed, used as lard.
Cotton (n.) 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.
Cotton (n.) The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
Cotton (n.) Cloth made of cotton.
Cotton (v. i.) To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.
Cotton (v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed.
Cotton (v. i.) To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.
Cotton (v. i.) To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.
Cottonade (n.) A somewhat stout and thick fabric of cotton.
Cottonary (a.) Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony.
Cottonous (a.) Resembling cotton.
Cottontail (n.) The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.
Cottonweed (n.) See Cudweed.
Cottonwood (n.) An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.
Cottony (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.
Cottony (a.) Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
Cottrel (n.) A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire.
Cotyla (n.) Alt. of Cotyle.
Cotyle (n.) A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as Acetabulum.
Cotyledon (n.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.
Cotyledon (n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.
Cotyledon (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 子葉（植物種子胚的葉片，可儲藏食物或製造食物） A type of leaf that is part of the developing plant inside a seed and either stores food or grows from the seed to produce food.
Cotyledonal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.
Cotyledonary (a.) Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.
Cotyledonous (a.) Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.
Cotyliform (a.) Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.
Cotyligerous (a.) Having cotyles.
Cotyloid (a.) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.
Cotyloid (a.) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.
Coucal (n.) A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species.
Couched (imp. & p. p.) of Couch.
Couching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couch.
Couch (v. t.) 使躺下 [H]；表達 [H] [（+in）] To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. -- Shak.
Couch (v. t.) To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. -- T. Burnet.
Couch (v. t.) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. -- Bacon.
Couch (v. t.) (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
Couch (v. t.) To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. -- L'Estrange.
Couch (v. t.) To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Couch (v. t.) To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.
A well-couched invective. -- Milton.
I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. -- Blackw. Mag.