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Seed
·pl of Seed.
II. Seed ·noun Race; generation; birth.
III. Seed ·noun The principle of production.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cotton
Cotton, ōnis, f., a town of Aeolis, in Asia Minor , Liv. 37, 21, 5.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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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
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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
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Amber seed
·- Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Ind...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cola seed
·add. ·- The bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Seed-lac
·noun A species of lac. ·see the Note under <<Lac>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stick-seed
·noun A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Til seed
·add. ·- The seed of sesame.
II. Til seed ·add. ·- The seed of an African asteraceous plant (Guizot...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tilley seed
·- The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish cr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cotton batting
·add. ·- Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cotton State
·add. ·- Alabama;
— a nickname.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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cotton-shrub
n.
a name given in Tasmania to theshrub Pimelea nivea, Lab., N.O. Thymeleae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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
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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
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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.
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cotton, gun
See gun-cotton.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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gun-cotton
An explosive compound, having some advantages over gunpowder, but so irregular hitherto in its actio...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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