cottownn.
/ˈkɒttaʊn/, /ˈkəʊttaʊn/, U.S. /ˈkɑtˌtaʊn/, /ˈkoʊtˌtaʊn/, Scottish English /ˈkottʌʊn/ Scottish.
A village or hamlet of cot-houses.
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1446 in Cartul. Aberdeen 8 (Jam.) And the Cotton sal frely occupy the ta side of the said lonyng on the north part, and the hospitale on the south side.
1561 Reg. St. Andrews Kirk Sess. (1889) I. 114 To put hyr in conjunct fe of the cottoun of Forret.
1813 J. Headrick Gen. View Agric. Angus 137 Cottagers are collected in small villages, called cottowns, where they occupy a house and garden, and sometimes keep a cow, under the farmer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1446- to shoot at etc
- to shoot at etc an object
- to shoot at rovers
- to shoot at to
- to shoot at to an object
- to shoot back
- to shoot beside
- to shoot blanks
- to shoot casino
- to shoot compass
- to shoot craps
- to shoot down
- to shoot down in flames
- to shoot far from
- to shoot flying
- to shoot for the stick
- to shoot forth, out, away
- to shoot from the hip
- to shoot in
- to shoot in another's bow
- to shoot in bow
- to shoot it out
- to shoot near the mark
- to shoot nipshot
- to shoot off a tie