Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cotter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius,
cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.]
A cottager; a cottier. --Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow
to the cotter. --Whittier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cotter \Cot"ter\ (k[o^]t"t[~e]r), n.
1. 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.
Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly
called a {key}.
2. A toggle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cotter \Cot"ter\, v. t.
To fasten with a cotter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[i^]*[~e]r), 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. [Written also
{cottar} and {cotter}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cotter
n 1: a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands [syn: {cottar}]
2: a medieval English villein [syn: {cottier}]
3: fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a
slot to hold two other pieces together [syn: {cottar}]
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