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  1. Cotton
    Cotton is Black-American slang for the hair of a woman's pudendum.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Cotton
    [motorcycle] The Cotton Motorcycle Company, was a British motorcycle manufacturer of 11a Bristol Road, Gloucester, and was founded by Frank Willoughby Cotton in 1918. F.W. presided over the company until his retirement in 1953. The company was reconstituted as E. Cotton (Motorcycles) Ltd, an...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_(mot

  3. Cotton
    Cotton is Black-American slang for the hair of a woman's pudendum.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  4. Cotton
    [series] The Cotton (コットン) series is a line of shoot `em up video game software developed by Success with a long history of releases both in arcades and on home video game consoles. With the series debuting in 1991, the Cotton games have helped to establish the visual style of shoot ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_(ser

  5. Cotton
    [disambiguation] Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that can be spun and woven into a textile of the same name. Cotton may also refer to: ==Surname== ===Athletes=== ===Musicians=== ===Politicians and nobility=== ===Science and engineering=== ===Television=== ===Other=== ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_(dis

  6. cotton
    [n] - silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state 2. [n] - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers 3. [n] - thread made of cotton fibers 4. [n] - fabric woven from cotton fibers 5. [v] - take a liking to
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  7. Cotton
    Usually elasticated cotton is used to whip baits onto your hook. Ideal for holding soft baits like mussel and peeler crab on when your cod fishing in winter.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  8. cotton
    a tropical or subtropical plant of the genus Gossypium(mallow family),grown for this fibre or its seed Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Cotton
    Cot'ton (kŏt't'n) noun [ French coton , Spanish algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, from Arabic qutun , alqutun , cotton wool. Confer Acton , Hacqueton .] 1.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/169

  10. Cotton
    Cot'ton intransitive verb 1. To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. [ Obsolete] « It cottons well; it can not choose but bear A pretty nap. Family of Love. » 2. To go on prosperously; to succeed. [ Obsole...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/169

  11. cotton
    <botany> Any of the cultivated varieties of gossypium, herbs or shrubs of the malvaceae family that yield fibre for textiles and absorbent dressings, oil from seeds, and various chemicals. ... The fibres cause byssinosis if inhaled over a period. Gossypol is a male anti-fertility agent from cottonseed oil. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. cotton
    cotton cloth noun fabric woven from cotton fibers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. cotton
    cotton plant noun erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. cotton
    verb take a liking to; `cotton to something`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. cotton
    noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. cotton
    (kot´әn) a plant of the genus Gossypium. a textile material derived from the seeds of this plant. absorbable cotton oxidized cellulose. absorbent cotton , purified cotton cotton freed from impurities, bleached, and steri...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  17. Cotton
    • (v. i.) To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with. • (v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed. • (n.) The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below. • (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. cotton
    seed-hair fibre of a variety of plants of the genus Gossypium, belonging to the Malvaceae family, native to most subtropical countries. The shrubby ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/148

  19. cotton
    seed-hair fibre of a variety of plants of the genus Gossypium, belonging to the Malvaceae family and native to most subtropical parts of the world. ... [50 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/148

  20. cotton
    cotton Derived from the Arab word qutun. The Arabs played a very extensive role in the cotton trade and so the word for cotton came from the Arab traders into the European vocabulary.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  21. Cotton
    Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal. The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton

  22. cotton
    A highly absorbent natural fabric with no wicking ability and, unlike wool, provides no insulating properties when wet. Cotton is good for very hot conditions because it actually sucks heat from the body when wet. However, in any other climate cotton can be uncomfortable or even dangerous. Wearing w...
    Found on http://www.ectextile.com/glossary.html?

  23. cotton
    A subtropical plant of the genus Gossypium, grown for the soft white fibers attached to its seed, which can be woven into cloth. The seeds are planted in the early spring and the plats bloom after four months. The white flowers redden and fall in a few days, leaving the seed pods, which are fully gr...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  24. Cotton
    A natural fabric known for it`s breathability making it excellent in hot climates and weather. Often has a bit of another fabric for shape or stretch. Cotton can generally be machine washed in cold, tumbled dry in low heat.
    Found on http://www.labeshops.com/news/?page_id=9

  25. cotton
    cotton, most important of the vegetable fibers, and the plant from which the fiber is harvested.Sections in this article:IntroductionThe Cotton PlantPlanting and ProductionUses of CottonHistoryBibliography
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08137



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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