Cotton

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Cloth made of cotton.

II. Cotton ·noun The cotton plant. ·see Cotten plant, below.

III. Cotton ·vi To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.

IV. Cotton ·vi To go on prosperously; to Succeed.

V. Cotton ·vi To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton;

— used with to.

VI. Cotton ·vi To Unite; to Agree; to make friends;

— usually followed by with.

VII. Cotton ·noun 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.

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