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fey
coze
fisc
cote
purl

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PRONUNCIATION:

(koht)

MEANING:

noun: A shelter for animals.
verb tr.: To pass by.

ETYMOLOGY:

For noun: From Old English cote (cottage). Earliest documented use: before 1034.
For verb: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1555.

USAGE:

"The doves in the cote above flutter, as always, and settle down again."
Brian Jackson; Streaming; Routledge; 2012.

"We coted them on the way and hither are they coming to offer you service."
William Shakespeare; Hamlet; 1603.

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