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cot·ter1       [kot-er] Pronunciation Key Machinery
–noun
1.a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
2.cotter pin.
–verb (used with object)
3.to secure with a cotter.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME coter; akin to late ME coterell iron bracket; of uncert. orig.]
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cot·ter2       [kot-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Scot. a person occupying a plot of land and cottage, paid for in services.
2.cottager (def. 2).
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME cotere < AF cot(i)er; see cot2, -er2]
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cot·ter       (kŏt'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A bolt, wedge, key, or pin inserted through a slot in order to hold parts together.
  2. A cotter pin.


[Origin unknown.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cotter 
1649, perhaps a shortened form of cotterel, a dial. word for "cotter pin or bolt, bracket to hang a pot over a fire" (1570), itself of uncertain origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cotter

noun
1. a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands 
2. a medieval English villein 
3. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together 

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Cotter, AR (city, FIPS 15490) Location: 36.28249 N, 92.52023 W
Population (1990): 867 (434 housing units)
Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72626

Cotter, IA (city, FIPS 16725) Location: 41.29259 N, 91.47047 W
Population (1990): 53 (22 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.

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Cotter

Cot"ter\, v. t. To fasten with a cotter.

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