01 n. A cottager; a cottier.
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A cottager; a cottier.“Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter.” — Whittier.
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Webster, 1913
Cotter
02 n. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening …
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A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key. Also: key
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A toggle.
03 v. t. To fasten with a cotter.
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To fasten with a cotter.