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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cot \Cot\ (k[o^]t), noun [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. {Coat}.]
1. A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. --Goldsmith.
2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also {finger cot}.
4. [Cf. Ir. cot.] A small, rudely-formed boat.
{Bell cot}. (Arch.) See under {Bell}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cot \Cot\ (k[o^]t), noun [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See {Cot} a cottage.] A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also {cott}.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cot
noun
1: a sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: {fingerstall}]
2: baby bed with high sides [syn: {crib}]
3: a small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn: {camp bed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "cot": Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, bassinet, bed-davenport, berth, blockhouse, box, bungalow, bunk, bunk bed, cabin, camp bed, chalet, cote, cottage, cradle, crib, day bed, door bed, double bed, double bunk, duplex bed, feather bed, fold-away bed, four-poster, hammock, hospital bed, king-size bed, lodge, log cabin, love nest, lower berth, pallet, panel bed, pied-a-terre, pipe berth, poster bed, quarter berth, queen-size bed, roll-away bed, single bed, snuggery, sofa-bed, tester bed, three-quarter bed, truckle bed, trundle bed
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
COT Central Office Terminal
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