*cote*

v. t. [ See Quote. ] To quote. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Cot. ] 1. A cottage or hut. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
In hurdled cotes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Prob. from F. côté side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. côtoyer to go or keep at the side of. See Coast. ] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Coteaux /plu>. [ F., a hill. ] [ Canada & U. S. ] 1. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The side of a valley. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Contemporaneous. ] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Living or being at the same time; contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cotemporaries One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tenant in common, or a joint tenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot. ] A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. “The queen of your coterie.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Conterminous. ] Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shed for swine; a sty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A common tropical American shrub or small tree (Spondias purpurea) with purplish fruit.
Syn. -- mombin, mombin tree, Spondias purpurea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ F. picoté dotted, picked. ] (Bot.) A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the velvet, or double, scoter (Oidemia fusca). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter (Oidemia Deglandi), called also velvet duck, white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the black scoter (Oidemia Americana), called also black coot, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter, or surf duck (Oidemia perspicillata), called also baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead, pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are collectively called also coots. The females and young are called gray coots, and brown coots. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The squeteague. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hogsty. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]