COTING

Verb

coting

present participle of cote

Anagrams

• cognit, contig

Source: Wiktionary


COTE

Cote (kt), n. Etym: [See 1st Cot.]

1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]

2. 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. Etym: [Prob. from F. c sode, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [See Quote.]

Definition: To quote. [Obs.] Udall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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