Look up: Cotter

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   Cotter
   Cotter is a city in Baxter County Arkansas, USA Cotter is a city in Louisa County Iowa, USA
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   cotter
   [n] - a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands 2. [n] - a medieval English villein 3. [n] - fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
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   cotter
   designed,like cotter pins,to pass through holes or for fitting into grooves or slots cut round the shaft,spindle,etc.to prevent objects mounted thereon from moving along them Category: Various industries and crafts • a wedge,generally of rectangular section,used to assemble two coaxial parts by being passed through both of them in a radial slot Category: Mechanical engineering
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   Cotter
   Cot'ter (kŏt'tẽr) noun 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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   Cotter
   Cot'ter transitive verb To fasten with a cotter.
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   cotter
   cottar noun fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
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   cotter
   cottier noun a medieval English villein
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   cotter
   noun a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands
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   Cotter
   In mechanical engineering a `cotter` is a pin or wedge passing through a hole to fix parts tightly together. Typical applications are in fixing a crank to its crankshaft, as in a bicycle, or a piston rod to a crosshead, as in a steam engine. A cotter, particularly one with a circular cross-section, may be referred to as a `cotter pin`, but this is confusing. A cotter pin (or split-pin) is so named for its use in retaining a cotter. A cotter is...
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    Cotter
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) Alt. of Cottar • (n.) A toggle. • (v. t.) To fasten with a cotter.Cotter: ...
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    cotter
    
    1. a medieval English villein
    2. fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
    
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