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cot·ter

(kŏt′ər)

1. A bolt, wedge, key, or pin inserted through a slot in order to hold parts together.

2. A cotter pin.

[Origin unknown.]

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cotter

(ˈkɒtə) machinery

1. (Mechanical Engineering) any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc, that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented

2. (General Engineering) short for cotter pin

(Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to secure (two parts) with a cotter

[C14: shortened from cotterel, of unknown origin]

cotter

(ˈkɒtə)

1. (Historical Terms) English history Also called: cottier a villein in late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman times occupying a cottage and land in return for labour

2. (Historical Terms) Also called: cottar a peasant occupying a cottage and land in the Scottish Highlands under the same tenure as an Irish cottier

[C14: from Medieval Latin cotārius, from Middle English cote cot²]

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cot•ter

(ˈkɒt ər)
n.

1. a pin, wedge, or the like inserted into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.

2. cotter pin.

[1300–50; Middle English coter; akin to late Middle English coterell iron bracket; of uncertain orig.]

cotter

Past participle: cottered
Gerund: cottering

Imperative
cotter
cotter

Present
I cotter
you cotter
he/she/it cotters
we cotter
you cotter
they cotter

Preterite
I cottered
you cottered
he/she/it cottered
we cottered
you cottered
they cottered

Present Continuous
I am cottering
you are cottering
he/she/it is cottering
we are cottering
you are cottering
they are cottering

Present Perfect
I have cottered
you have cottered
he/she/it has cottered
we have cottered
you have cottered
they have cottered

Past Continuous
I was cottering
you were cottering
he/she/it was cottering
we were cottering
you were cottering
they were cottering

Past Perfect
I had cottered
you had cottered
he/she/it had cottered
we had cottered
you had cottered
they had cottered

Future
I will cotter
you will cotter
he/she/it will cotter
we will cotter
you will cotter
they will cotter

Future Perfect
I will have cottered
you will have cottered
he/she/it will have cottered
we will have cottered
you will have cottered
they will have cottered

Future Continuous
I will be cottering
you will be cottering
he/she/it will be cottering
we will be cottering
you will be cottering
they will be cottering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cottering
you have been cottering
he/she/it has been cottering
we have been cottering
you have been cottering
they have been cottering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cottering
you will have been cottering
he/she/it will have been cottering
we will have been cottering
you will have been cottering
they will have been cottering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cottering
you had been cottering
he/she/it had been cottering
we had been cottering
you had been cottering
they had been cottering

Conditional
I would cotter
you would cotter
he/she/it would cotter
we would cotter
you would cotter
they would cotter

Past Conditional
I would have cottered
you would have cottered
he/she/it would have cottered
we would have cottered
you would have cottered
they would have cottered

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Noun	1.	cotter - a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands cottar bucolic, peasant, provincial - a country person
	2.	cotter - a medieval English villein cottier helot, serf, villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
	3.	cotter - fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together cottar cotter pin - a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured (after passing through a hole) by splitting the ends apart fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Translations

sokkatappitorppari

cotter

[ˈkɒtəʳ] N → chaveta f

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cotter (pin)

n → Splint m

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cotter

[ˈkɒtəʳ] n (Tech) cotter pin → copiglia

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In one of Burns's own poems, The Cotter's Saturday Night, we get some idea of the simple home life these kindly God- fearing peasants led-- "November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh;* The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry bests retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose; The toil-worn Cotter Frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend.

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It has been adopted in no small number of the greatest subsequent English poems, including such various ones as Burns' 'Cotter's Saturday Night,' Byron's 'Childe Harold,' Keats' 'Eve of St.

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We slept till far into the afternoon, and then got up hungry enough to make cotter fare quite palatable to the king, the more particularly as it was scant in quan- tity.

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CORK City boss John Cotter says he had no reservations about springing teenager Cian Bargary from the bench at the UCD Bowl on Monday night.

COTTER KNEW CIAN WAS ABLE FOR IT

Reading International announced that the Nevada trial court dismissed with prejudice all claims asserted against Reading Directors Guy Adams, Ellen Cotter and Margaret Cotter by James J.

Reading International: Derivative litigation dismissed against all directors

OKLAHOMA CITY Cotter Ranch Tower is for sale, though it does not have an asking price.

Cotter Ranch Tower poised for quick sale

Dean Cotter, who has been pictured posing with the giant weapon while masked, absconded from HMP Kirkham on Friday along with Liam Martin Byrne and Peter Marron, police said.

Machete-wielding thug who gagged and threatened OAP in his own home escapes from prison with two inmates; Dean Cotter, who has been pictured posing with the giant weapon, absconded from HMP Kirkham on Friday along with two other men

Cotter, a Batavia resident, served about two months in the temporary role while village officials conducted a search for a permanent department leader a position for which he also applied.

East Dundee chooses interim director to lead public works

GREGOR TOWNSEND is the perfect man to build on the foundations laid by out-going Scotland head coach Vern Cotter, according to Dark Blues wing Tim Visser.

Wing MANVISSER backs Townsend for top job; SCOTLAND ......................29 ITALY ..................................0

VERN COTTER has warned his bruised Scotland players to prepare for another brutal scrap against Argentina at Murrayfield tomorrow.

ARGIE BARGY; Scotland coach Cotter in warning to players over clash with Pumas WORLD OF SPORT .

Globalism is returning to the world of contemporary art in the form of global consciousness, explains Holland Cotter of the New York Times.