Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COTS
Noun
COTS
Acronym of crown-of-thorns starfish.
Adjective
COTS
Acronym of commercial/consumer off-the-shelf (Refers to ready-made merchandise that is available for sale, defined by market need, significant functionality and complexity, and self-contained.)
Hyponyms
• (Commercial/Consumer off-the-shelf): Mil-COTS
Proper noun
COTS
(NASA, space) Acronym of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (program for delivery to the International Space Station by private companies)
Anagrams
• CSTO, CTOs, Cost, OCTS, OSTC, Scot, Scot., TOCs, cost, scot
Noun
cots
plural of cot
Anagrams
• CSTO, CTOs, Cost, OCTS, OSTC, Scot, Scot., TOCs, cost, scot
Source: Wiktionary
COT
Cot (kt), n. Etym: [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. Coat.]
1. A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.
2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.
4. Etym: [Cf. Ir. cot.]
Definition: A small, rudely-formed boat. Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.
Cot (kt), n. Etym: [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See Cot a cottage.]
Definition: A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also cott.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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