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als, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.

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.

A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.]

aving compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.

A shed for swine; a sty.

A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges.

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.

A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

The squeteague.

A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]

chariot. [Obs.] Of old time coaches were not known in this island, but chariots, or whirlicotes. Stow.

n . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote.

a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set. As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. Macaulay.

A dovecote or pigeon house.

A dovecote; a pigeon house. Sir T. Browne.