coat¹ /kōt/

1. An outer garment with sleeves
2. An overcoat
3. The hair or wool of an animal
4. Any covering
5. A membrane or layer, as of paint, etc
6. A coat of arms (see below)
7. A skirt or petticoat (dialect)

1. To clothe
2. To cover with a coat or layer

coatˈee noun

A short close-fitting coat

coatˈer noun

A worker, machine, etc that applies a layer or covering

coatˈing noun

1. A covering, layer
2. Cloth for coats

coatˈless adjective

Without a coat or a coat of arms

coatˈ-armour noun

1. A coat of arms, or heraldically embroidered garment worn over armour
2. Armorial devices

coatˈ-card noun

A card bearing the representation of a coated figure, the king, queen or jack (now called court card)

coatˈ-dress noun

A tailored dress with fastening from neckline to hem, usu worn without a coat or jacket (also coatˈ-frock)

coated lens noun

A lens coated with a thin film of transparent material to reduce the reflection of light from its surface

coatˈhanger noun

A curved piece of wood, etc, with a hook, by which clothes may be hung and kept in shape

coat of arms noun

1. The family insignia embroidered on the surcoat worn over the hauberk, or coat of mail
2. The heraldic bearings of a person, family or organization

coat of mail noun

A piece of armour for the upper part of the body, made of interlinked metal scales or rings

coat-of-mailˈ shell noun

A marine mollusc, the chiton

coatˈrack or coatˈstand noun

A rack or stand with pegs for hanging coats on

coatˈ-style adjective

Of a shirt, buttoning all the way down the front

coat tails plural noun

The long back-pieces of a tail coat

on someone's coat tails

Achieving one's position as a result of the promotion or advancement of a person to whom one has attached oneself, and not by one's own merit

trail one's coat (tails) (orig Irish)

To be aggressive, pick a quarrel (coatˈ-trailing noun)

turn one's coat

To change one's principles, or to turn from one party to another

quote /kwōt or formerly kōt/ (Shakespeare coat, coate or cote)

1. To cite as evidence, authority, illustration or example
2. To give the actual words of
3. Orig to divide into chapters, verses, etc, number the chapters of, or mark with references (obsolete)
4. To give the current price of, esp to state the market price of (shares, etc) on the Stock Exchange list
5. To enclose within quotation marks
6. To examine, scrutinize (Shakespeare)
7. To record, note, set down, mention, in writing or mentally (obsolete)
8. To set down in the prompter's book as due to be called (theatre)

1. To give the actual words, used as an interjection to indicate that what follows immediately is a quotation
2. To give a statement of price and terms (commerce)

1. A quotation
2. A quotation mark

quōˈtable adjective

1. Lending itself, herself or himself to quotation
2. Fit to quote

quōˈtableness or quōtabilˈity noun

quōˈtably adverb

quōtāˈtion noun

1. The act of quoting
2. Something that is quoted
3. A short passage of music, written or played, extracted from a longer piece
4. A statement of price and terms submitted to a prospective purchaser (commerce)
5. The current price of shares, etc on the Stock Exchange list
6. Registration of a company, etc with the Stock Exchange so that shares may be listed
7. A quadrat for filling blanks in type (orig those between marginal references)

quōtāˈtious adjective

Given to quoting

quōˈtative adjective

1. Quotatious
2. Indicating or consisting of a quotation

quōˈter noun

quōteˈworthy adjective

quotation mark noun

Either of the marks (printing and informal quotes) used to note the beginning and end of a quotation (see also inverted commas under comma)

quoted company noun

One whose shares are quoted on the Stock Exchange

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