n. a natural family of fish including the sculpins.
n. [ OF. cotier. See Coterie, and cf. Cotter. ] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm.
n. [ Cf. F. côté side, L. costa rib. ] (Her.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a
a. (Her.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess. [ 1913 Webster ]