cot|tar

cot|tar
cot|ter1 «KOT uhr», noun.
1. a locking device consisting of a pin, key, wedge, or bolt, usually flat in section and tapered, inserted into a hole or through a slot to hold such things as small parts of machinery or wheels in place.
2. = cotter pin. (Cf.cotter pin)
[origin uncertain]
cot|ter2 or cot|tar «KOT uhr», noun.
1. Scottish. a peasant who works for a farmer and is allowed to use a small cottage and a plot of land; cottager.
2. (in Irish history) = cottier (def. 2). (Cf.cottier)
[< Medieval Latin cotarius < cota cot2 < Old English cot]

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  • Cottar — Cotter Cot ter, Cottar Cot tar (k?t t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.] A cottager; a cottier. Burns. [1913 Webster] Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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