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A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.

The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

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.

A cottage or hut. [Obs.]

A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide.

Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Living or being at the same time; contemporary.

A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.

Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.

Refuse wool. [Obs. or Prov.]

nce, tragedy in general. The moment had arrived when it was thought that the mask and the cothurn might be assumed with effect. Motley.

Wearing a cothurn.

Same as Cothurn.

Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time.

A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.

A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright- colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

See Cottise.

See Cottised.