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cotton
English
Etymology 1
Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic ?????? (qu?un), of uncertain origin. There is no apparent semantic link between the Arabic word and the root ? ? ?? (q-?-n), leading to suggestions that it is a corruption of another word, such as ??????? (katt?n, “flax”) or (more distant phonologically) ???????? (jafna, “vine”). Cognate to Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Italian cotone, Spanish algodón, and Portuguese algodão.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?t.n?/, [?k??.n?]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?t.n?/
- Rhymes: -?t?n
- Hyphenation: cot?ton
Noun
cotton (usually uncountable, plural cottons)
- Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
- Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
- Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
- (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
- (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
cotton (not comparable)
- Made of cotton.
Translations
Verb
cotton (third-person singular simple present cottons, present participle cottoning, simple past and past participle cottoned)
- (transitive) To provide with cotton.
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To fill with a wad of cotton.
- (horticulture) To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
- To cover walls with fabric.
- (tar and cotton) To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
- To supply with a cotton wick.
- To make or become cotton-like
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To develop a porous, cottony texture.
- To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
- To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
- To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
- To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
- To rub or burnish with cotton.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cotton”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Duschak, Moritz (1870) Die Botanik des Talmud (in German), Pest: I. Neuer, pages 7–10
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen?[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 92
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden?[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 235 seqq., for Arabic Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden?[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 241–242.
Etymology 2
1560s, either from Welsh cydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.
Verb
cotton (third-person singular simple present cottons, present participle cottoning, simple past and past participle cottoned)
- To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
Usage notes
Generally used with prepositions on, to; see cotton on, cotton to.
Derived terms
- cotton on
- cotton to
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cotton”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Take Our Word For It: Issue 178, page 2
- Palmer, Abram Smythe (1882) Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, G. Bell and Sons, page 76
Middle English
Noun
cotton
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of coton
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huckaback
English
Noun
huckaback (countable and uncountable, plural huckabacks)
- A type of coarse, absorbent cotton or linen fabric used for making towels.
- 1910, H G Wells: The History of Mr Polly, p 27:
- "Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop.
- 1910, H G Wells: The History of Mr Polly, p 27:
Translations
References
- huckaback in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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