COTTAGES

Noun

cottages

plural of cottage

Verb

cottages

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cottage

Source: Wiktionary


COTTAGE

Cot"tage (kt"tj; 48), n. Etym: [From Cot a cotttage.]

Definition: A small house; a cot; a hut.

Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any residence or lodging house of rustic architecture, irrespective of size. Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.] -- Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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