cdtelaine 
cotelaine (ko'te-len), . Same as cdteliiw. 
cdte!6 (ko'te-la'i, . (]'., ribbed, ult. < Ij. "rwt- 
trllntux : see ciislrll/ili-.] In deeontHM nrl, 
bounded by many sides, (straight or curved, in- 
stead of a cDiiiiniiiMis curved outline: said of a 
disli, plaque, or (lie like. 
c6telette (ko-ie-let'j, . [F.] See cutlet. 
COteline ( ko-te-lon '),. A kind of white muslin, 
usually a BOCOM muslin. Also written cdb-liiim . 
COtemporant (ko-tem'po-ran), n. [Cf. cotempo- 
i-ii/ii-niix.] A contemporary. Nort*. [Bare.] 
cotemporaneous, cotemporary. Less usual 
forms ot' mtttt'iiijHtrtiiit'otiH, crm/i nijinfi'i'it. 
cotenancy (ko- ten 'an- si), . [< co-l + ten- 
iixi-i/.] The state of being a cotenant orcoten- 
ants ; joint tenancy. 
Tin' .Indi.'mcnlsiir I'ii-Tenancy" is n Hrchon law-tract, 
still iiii|tiilili^hcil at [In 1 time at which I writ*-, and pre 
senting. iii Its present staff, considerable difficulties o( 
interpretation. Maine, Early llUt. of Institutions, p. 112. 
cotenant (ko-ten'ant), n. [< co- 1 4- tenant.] 
A tenant in common with another or others; a 
joint tenant. 
coterie (ko'te-re), n. [P., a set, circle, coterie, 
< OF. coterie, cottcrie, company, society, asso- 
ciation of people, cotter tenure, < ML. cotcria, 
an association of cotters to hold any tenure, < 
eota, a cottage: see cot 1 , cote 1 , cotter 1 .'] A set 
or circle of persons who are in the habit of 
meeting for social, scientific, or literary inter- 
course, or other purposes ; especially, a clique. 
In file scientific f"t,-,-i,.< of Parts there is just now an 
A nieriean name well known that of Benjamin Franklin. 
D. U. Mitchell, Bound Together, iv. 
The danger, the bloodshed, the patriotism, had been 
Mending coterie* into communities. 
Arch. t'or/>rx, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 145. 
The House developed a marked tendency to split up into 
a number of cliques and coterifH, banded together for the 
propagation of some crotchet. 
Fortnightly Rev., N. 8., XL. 133. 
coterminous (ko-ter'mi-nus), a. [< co- 1 + ter- 
iniiioiis, after conterminous.] Same as conter- 
minous. 
With the fall of these [Greek] communities, there came 
in the Stole conception of the universal city, cotcrtninowt 
with mankind. O. /'. Fisher, Begin, of Christianity, p. ITS. 
C6te-r6tie (kot'ro-te'), . [P.] An excellent 
red wine produced in the vineyards of the same 
name on the Rh6ne near Lyons, France. 
Cotesian (ko-te'zhi-an), a. Pertainingto or dis- 
covered by the English mathematician Roger 
Cotes (1682-1716). -Cotesian theorem. Same as 
Cote*'* pro]tertiex of the circle (which see, under circle). 
cotgare (kot'gar), n. [< eo<2 + *gare, perhaps 
for gear.] Refuse wool, flax, etc. 
cothH (koth), n. [< ME. coth, cothe, < AS. cothu 
(pi. cotha), cothe (pi. cothan), disease.] 1. A 
disease. 
Thise ar ao hidus with many a cold coth. 
Towrneley Mysteries, p. 31. 
2. A fainting. 
Cothe or swownynge, sincopa. Prompt. Pare., p. 96. 
coth'-'t. An obsolete form of quoth. 
COthe (koTH), v. i. ; pret. and pp. cothed, ppr. 
mtltinq. [E. dial. ; also written coathe; < com 1 , 
n.] To faint. [Prov. Eng.] 
C0thisht(k6'thisu),a. [< coth 1 +-i*l.] Sickly; 
faint. We T. lirowne. 
cothon (ko'thon), n. [Or. icaBuv, applied to 
the inner harbor at Carthage, otherwise to a 
drinking-vessel.] A quay or dock ; a wharf. 
n'vrcmti r. 
cothurn (ko-thern'), n. [= F. cothurne = Sp. 
It. column == Pg. cothurno = G. rothiirn = Dan. 
kotliunit; < L. cothurnus, < Gr. nAfhpvof, a bus- 
kin.] Same as cothurnus, which is more com- 
monly used. 
The moment hail arrived when it was thought that the 
mask and the cothurn might be assumed with effect. 
Motley. 
cothurnal (ko-ther'nal), a. [< cothurn + -of.] 
Pertaining to or characteristic of the cothurnus 
or buskin ; hence, relating to the drama ; tragic ; 
cothurnate. 
The scene wants actors ; I'll fetch more, and clothe it 
In rich cothurnal pomp. Lust's Dominion, v. !. 
cothurnate, cothurnated (ko-ther'nat, -na- 
ted), . [< L. futliiirniititf, < cothurnus: see co- 
thi/rn nnd-nt<'l.] 1. Bxiskined. 2. Tragical; 
solemn or stilted: applied to style. 
Desist, O blest man, ttiy cothiirnatf style, 
And from these forced iiunliics fail awhile. 
Ht'iiiiiiiKl. Hierarchy of Angels, p. 348. 
COthurned (ko-therud'), a. [< cothurn + -ecA] 
Buskined. [Rare.] 
Peasants in blue, red, \ello\i. mantled and cothurned. 
Harper's May., LXV. 663. 
1293 
cothurni. . Plural of cothurnus. 
Cothurnia (ko-ther'ni-ft), n. [NL., < L. cothnr- 
inix. a buskin: see rntlnirii.] An extensive ^'e- 
iins of peritriehotis ciliato infusorians, of the 
family VOrttceUithr and subfatnily t'niiiiiimlintr. 
founded by Ehrenberg. The species inhabit 
fresh and salt water, as C. imberbis and I', mari- 
Initn. 
cothurnus (ko-ther'nus), n. ; pi. cothurni (-ni). 
[L., < (jr. K60o/>vof., a buskin : see cothurn.] The 
buskin of the Greeks and Romans, it was held 
by tbe Komans to lie a 
characteristic part of 
Hie costume of tragic 
actors, whence cothur- 
nut Is sometimes n- 
uratively used for tra- 
gedy. The Greeks, how- 
ever, called thci.li f 
I i';ii:ic ;ietor> ,' r rins or 
iFftarii. It is shown by 
monument- to have 
been a closed shoe, like 
a usual form of the 
hunting-buskin, but 
differing from this in 
having a very thick 
sole ; and, like the 
hunting-buskin, it was 
probably laced high on 
the leg, though this is 
not certain. Also co- 
thurn. 
In their tragedies 
they [Shakspere's con- 
temporaries] become 
heavy without gran- 
deur, like Johnson, or 
mistake the stilts for the cothurim*. as chapman and Web- 
ster too often do. Loicell, Study W indows, p. 317. 
Cothurnus Figure of Artemis, from 
Purification of Orestes on a Greek red- 
figured vase. 
othy (ko'thi), a. [< coth 1 + 
faint. [Prov. Eng.] 
oticet (kot'is), n. In her., sam< 
Sickly; 
coticet (feot'is), n. In her., same as cottise. 
cotice (kot-i-sa'), ft. In her., bendwise: said 
especially of small parts. 
coticular (ko-tik'u-lar), a. J[< L. coticttla, dim. 
of cos (cot-), a whetstone.] Pertaining to whet- 
stones ; like or suitable for whetstones. 
cotidal (ko-ti'dal), a. [< co- 1 + tidal.] Mark- 
ing an equality of tides.- Cotidal lines, Imaginary 
lines on the surface of the ocean, throughout which high 
water takes place at or about the same time. 
cotidlant, cotidient, a- and n. Obsolete forms 
of quotidian. 
cotignac (ko-te-nyak'), n. [See codiniac.] A 
conserve prepared from quinces not entirely 
ripe. It is stomachic and astringent. Dun- 
glinon. 
dotile (ko'ti-le), n. [NL. (Boie, 1822); often 
erroneously Cotyle ; < Gr. Kurftji, fern, of Kuri).of, 
chattering, prattling, babbling; of a swallow, 
twittering; cf. nuriM^tv, chatter, prattle.] A 
genus of swallows, of the family Hirundinida', 
having a small tuft of feathers isolated at the 
bottom of the tarsus, a slightly forked tail, the 
edge of the outer primary not serrate, and 
plain mouse-gray and white plumage. The type 
Is the well-known bank-swallow, C. riparta, widely dis- 
tributed in the northern hemisphere. See cut under bank- 
ttteallow. The proper name of the genus is Clivicola (which 
sec). 
cotillion (ko-til'yon), n. [Also, as P.. cotillon 
(E. -Hi- repr. the (former) sound of F. -11-), a 
sort of dance, lit. a petticoat, dim. of OF. cote, 
F. cottc, a coat : see coa< 2 .] 1. A lively French 
dance, originated in the eighteenth century, 
for two, eight, or even more performers, and 
consisting of a variety of steps and figures; 
specifically, an elaborate series of figures, often 
known in the United States as the german. 
The term is now often used as a generic name 
for several different kinds of quadrille. 2. 
Music arranged or played for a dance. 3. A 
black-and-white woolen fabric used for women's 
skirts. 
cotinga (ko-ting'ga), n. [NL., from S. Amer. 
native name.] 1. The native name of several 
cotset 
South American inanakins: applied to sundry 
c'ntitigiiie birdH. (n) !</.] Applied in 1700 by BrlMon 
to Hi,- I, In, purple-breasted manakluof Edwards, thus u 
coming In ornithology a KCIIU* having tbi* hj* cie^, . I,,- 
prli* cotimja (Linn L >n<ia nrrul'a, as its t>|e , 
Mllee IlKlde tile tvpldl KCIIIH "I tile l:.lllll\ <',,l , n'H'lil 
(6) [cap.] Applied in 1786 by Mcrrem to a gentu of relat- 
ed lords, the cocks-of-the-rock < , of the gcnui 
ifercim. 
2. Any bird of the family ' 'ntii/i/nlir. 
Cotingidae (ko-tin'ji-de), . pi. [NL., < t'o- 
tinija (a) + -><l<e.] A family of South Ameri- 
can passerine birds, proposed bv Bonaparte in 
1849, of uncertain definition and position, con- 
taining the cotingas, manakins, cocks-of-the- 
rock, bell-birds, fruit-crows, etc. The term is 
used in varying senses by different authors, and is inex- 
tricably confused with l'\prida, Ainvelida', BombyciUidtr, 
etc. By G. R. Gray (1889) It is made to cover 62 genera 
and IWi species, divided Into 7 subfamilies: Tityrina, Co- 
tingince (the cotingas proper). t.',">niiiur, (iymnodcriiitr 
(the fruit-crows, as the averanos, arapungai, Iwll-blrds, 
umbrella-birds, etc.), J'iyriiur (the manakiiiH proper), 
Rupicoliiur (cocks-of-the-rock). and Phytotmnina. The 
group thus constituted is a highly diversified one, con- 
taining many beautiful and interesting forms, character- 
istic of the South American fauna. In a common usage, 
Cotinffidie are exclusive of the 1'ipritlee and Phyiotomida: 
as separate families. 
Cotinginae (kot-in-ji'ne), n. fil. [NL., < Co- 
tinga (a) + -iaa;.] The typical subfamily of 
the family CotingMa, represented by such gen- 
era as t'otinga, I'hibalura, and Ampelion. 
cotingine (ko-tin'jin), a. [< cotinga + -ine 1 .] 
Like or likened to a cotinga ; specifically, of or 
pertaining to the Cotingittce or Cotinginee ; pip- 
rine; ampeline. 
cotise, cotised. See cottise, cottised. 
COtland (kot'land), n. [< cot 1 + land.] La ml 
appendant to a cottage. 
cotnar (kot'n^r), n. Same as minor. 
coto (ko'to), n. [Sp., a cubit: see cubit.] A 
Spanish measure of length, the eighth part of a 
vara (which see). 
Coto bark (ko'to bark). A bark of unknown 
botanical origin, obtained from Bolivia. It is 
used in medicine as a remedy in cases of diar- 
rhea. 
cotoin (ko'to-in), n. [< Coto (bark) + -r2.] 
A substance, crystallizing in yellowish-white 
prisms, derived from Coto bark. 
cotonea (ko-to'ne-a), . [NL. ML., var. of L. 
cydonia, quince-tree : see codiniac, coin 2 , quince. ] 
The quince-tree. Bailey. 
Cotoneaster (ko-to-ne-as'ter), n. [NL., < NL. 
cotonea, quince (see quince), 4- L. term, -outer.] 
A genus of small trees or trailing shrubs, nat- 
ural order Kosaeea', resembling the medlar, c. 
rrdgarit Is a common European species, having rose-col- 
ored petals and the margins of the calyx downy. The other 
species arc natives of the south of Europe and the moun- 
tains of India and Mexico. They are all adapted for shrub- 
beries. 
cotorra (ko-tor'S), . [Native name.] A name 
of the agouti. 
C0toy6 (ko-to-ya'), a. In her., same as cottised. 
Blue Cotinga ( ttfrnfa c 
* ,^' ' i M \,\j ,11111111 i"i WVH ''Jill v . I i r lllil M i, 
+ quean, a woman. Cf. cotbetty and cuckquean.] 
1. A man who busies himself with the affairs 
which properly belong to women. 
Cap. Look to the hak'd meats, good Angelica : 
Spare not for cost 
Surte. Go, you cot-t[uean, go, 
Get you to bed. ,S'**-., R. and J. , IT. 4. 
I cannot abide these apron husbands ; such cotqwaru. 
Miiidlctm and Dekkrr, Roaring Girl, ill. i 
A stateswoman Is as ridiculous a creature as a cotquean ; 
each of the sexes should keep within it- bounds. Aaditon. 
2. A coarse, masculine woman ; a bold hussy. 
Si old like a cotquean, that's your profession. 
Ford, 'Tit Pity, i. 2. 
cotqueanityt (kot'kwen-i-ti), n. [< cotquean + 
-ity.] The character or conduct of a cotquean. 
We tell thee thou angerest us, cotqnean ; and we will 
thunder thee in pieces for thy cotqtteanity. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 3. 
COtriple (ko-trip'l), a. [< co- 1 + triple.] In 
math., connected with a triple branch of a 
curve Cotrlple tangent, the tangent, at a close-point 
of a surface, of the triple branch of the curve of intersec- 
tion of the surface anil its tangent. 
COtrustee (k6-trus-t'), n. [< eo- 1 + trustee.] 
A joint trustee. 
COtsett, . [ML. cotsetus, cothsetus, Latinized 
forms of AS. 'cotweta (Somner not authen- 
ticated) (= MLG. kotsete, kotge, koste = G. koth- 
sasse, kossaxse, also kossatc, kox.-tat, kotse); AS. 
also cotsetla (spelled kotsetla, kotesetla) (ML. 
cotaetlc), with term, -la equiv. to -ere, E. -er (as 
MLG. MtMfcr. k(it;iT, Icimlrr). < cot or cote, a 
cottage. + sata (= G. sasse), a settler, dweller 
