Cotton

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• Cotton

  ·noun Cloth made of cotton. II. Cotton ·noun The cotton plant. ·see Cotten plant, below. III. Cott...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cotton

  Cotton is now both grown and manufactured in various parts of Syria and Palestine; but there is no p...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Cotton batting

  ·add. ·- Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cotton seed

  ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Cottonseed>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cotton State

  ·add. ·- Alabama; — a nickname. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cotton, Charles

  (1630-1687) Poet and translator, succeeded to an embarrassed estate, which his happy-go-lucky metho...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mather, Cotton

  (1663-1728) Divine, s. of Increase M., a leading American divine, was ed. at Harvard, became a mini...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Cotton Court

  North out of Shoemaker Row, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by office...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Cotton Street

  West out of Australian Avenue at No. 20 to Hare Court and Aldersgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Cri...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• cotton-bush

  n. name applied to two treescalled Salt-bush (q.v.). (1) Bassia bicornis,Lindl. (2) Kochia aphylla,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cotton-shrub

  n. a name given in Tasmania to theshrub Pimelea nivea, Lab., N.O. Thymeleae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cotton-tree

  n. an Australian tree, Hibiscusteliaceus, Linn., N.O. Malvaceae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nativ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cotton-wood

  n. the timber of an Australiantree, Bedfordia salicina, De C., N.O. Compositae.Called Dog-wood (q.v...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to cotton to

  'To cotton to one,' is to take a liking to him; to fancy him; literally to stick to him, as cotton w...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• cotton, gun

  See gun-cotton. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• gun-cotton

  An explosive compound, having some advantages over gunpowder, but so irregular hitherto in its actio...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce

  (1571-1631) Antiquary, b. at Denton, Hunts, and ed. at Camb., was a great collector of charters and...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin