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cot·ton 
[kot-n] Pronunciation Key
[kot-n] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used without object)
—Verb phrase
| 1. | a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc. |
| 2. | the plant itself, having spreading branches and broad, lobed leaves. |
| 3. | such plants collectively as a cultivated crop. |
| 4. | cloth, thread, a garment, etc., of cotton. |
| 5. | any soft, downy substance resembling cotton, but growing on other plants. |
| 6. | Informal. to get on well together; agree. |
| 7. | Obsolete. to prosper or succeed. |
| 8. | cotton to or on to, Informal.
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[Origin: 1250–1300; ME coton < OF < OIt cotone < Ar qutun, var. of qutn]
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Cot·ton
[kot-n] Pronunciation Key
[kot-n] Pronunciation Key –noun
| John, 1584–1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather). |
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| cot·ton
(kŏt'n) Pronunciation Key
n.
intr.v. cot·toned, cot·ton·ing, cot·tons Informal
[Middle English cotoun, from Old French coton, from Old Italian cotone, from Arabic quṭn, quṭun; see qṭn in Semitic roots.] |
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| Cot·ton
(kŏt'n) Pronunciation Key
English-born American cleric who was vicar of Saint Botolph's Church in England until he was summoned to court for his Puritanism. He fled to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became a civil and religious leader. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cotton (n.)
cotton (n.)
1286, from O.Fr. coton, ult. (via Prov., It., or O.Sp.) from Ar. qutn, perhaps of Egyptian origin. Philip Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden sent the first cotton seeds to American colony of Georgia in 1732. Cotton-picking was first recorded in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, but the noun meaning "contemptible person" dates to around 1919, probably with racist overtones that have faded over the years. The Cottonian library in the British Museum is from Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1570-1631).
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cotton (v.)
cotton (v.)
"to get on with" (usually with to), 1567, perhaps from Welsh cytuno "consent, agree." But perhaps also a metaphor from cloth finishing and thus from cotton (n.).
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| cotton | |
noun | |
| 1. | soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state |
| 2. | fabric woven from cotton fibers |
| 3. | erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers |
| 4. | thread made of cotton fibers |
verb | |
| 1. | take a liking to; "cotton to something" |
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Cotton Plant, AR (city, FIPS 15550) Location: 35.00694 N, 91.25147 W
Population (1990): 1150 (559 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72036
Cotton Valley, LA (town, FIPS 17915) Location: 32.81272 N, 93.42300 W
Population (1990): 1130 (517 housing units)
Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71018
Cotton County, OK (county, FIPS 33) Location: 34.28483 N, 98.37390 W
Population (1990): 6651 (3152 housing units)
Area: 1649.0 sq km (land), 13.7 sq km (water)
Poplar-Cotton Center, CA (CDP, FIPS 58191) Location: 36.05674 N, 119.14642 W
Population (1990): 1901 (495 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Cotton
Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half. 2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below. 3. Cloth made of cotton. Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry; cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick. 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 (seedlike achenia), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse (Hesperomys gossypinus), 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 (Filago), covered with a white substance resembling cotton. Cotton scale (Zo["o]l.), a species of bark louse (Pulvinaria innumerabilis), which does great damage to the cotton plant. Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant. Cotton stainer (Zo["o]l.), a species of hemipterous insect (Dysdercus suturellus), 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.
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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]
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