Cot"ter, Cot"tar (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.]
A cottager; a cottier.
Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang
Good morrow to the cotter.
Whittier.
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Cot"ter (k?t"t?r), n.
1.
A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.
2.
A toggle.
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Cot"ter, v. t.
To fasten with a cotter.
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