Chapter Cothurnus to Couched of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Cotton cambric

. See Cambric, n., 2. — Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel. — Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney. — Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. — Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse injurious to cotton crops. - - Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is G. herbaceum. — Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton. — Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs covered with a white substance resembling cotton. — Cotton scale (Zoöl.), a species of bark louse which does great damage to the cotton plant. — Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant. — Cotton stainer (Zoöl.), a species of hemipterous insect which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; — called also redbug. — Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under Thistle. — Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton. — Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills. — Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state. — Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect (Aletia argillacea), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and Southern army worm.

Cotton
(Cot"ton), v. i.

1. To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. [Obs.]

It cottons well; it can not choose but bear
A pretty nap.
Family of Love.

2. To go on prosperously; to succeed. [Obs.]

New, Hephestion, does not this matter cotton as I would?
Lyly.

3. To unite; to agree; to make friends; - - usually followed by with. [Colloq.]

A quarrel will end in one of you being turned off, in which case it will not be easy to cotton with another.
Swift.

Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion?
Sir W. Scott.

4. To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; — used with to. [Slang]

Cottonade
(Cot"ton*ade`) n. [F. cottonade.] A somewhat stout and thick fabric of cotton.

Cottonary
(Cot"ton*a*ry) a. Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs.]

Cottonary and woolly pillows.
Sir T. Browne.

Cottonous
(Cot"ton*ous) a. Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn.

Cottontail
(Cot"ton*tail`) n. (Zoöl.) The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); — also called Molly cottontail.

Cottonweed
(Cot"ton*weed`) n. (Bot.) See Cudweed.

Cottonwood
(Cot"ton*wood`) n. (Bot.) An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.

Cottony
(Cot"ton*y) a.