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cotum

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Searchable Lemmata: cottum (L), cotum (L), cotwm (W).
Alternate Forms: coto, cotto, cotumo.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Raw Material; cotton-wool; matted cotton in its raw state.(ante 1250 - circa 1450)
1. caput radere et cotum collo et capiti circumapponere et lana circumvolvere Medical. [DMLBS GILB. (IV 177v. 2) ante 1250]
2. in j sacco bone lane de bona collecta domus nostre sine cotto et garda, nigra, grissea, scabea, pellicea et omni vili vellere Accounts. [DMLBS Cart. Rievaulx (406) 1280]
3. super pulvinar plenum furfure vel cotumo vel lana succida (cf. ibid. 36. I: tunc erit superius in urina quid subtile album ad modum bombacis, et erit in urina quasi cotum carminatum) Medical. [DMLBS GAD. (33. 2) ante 1350]
4. Guto, gwnaed ffaling gotwm, / Gleddau cerdd arglwydd y Cwm. Poetic. [GPC GGl (88. 55-6) circa 1450]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, Cf. Latin cota, coto OR cottum (matted wool). Also cf. cotton.
WF:
Etym Cog: cotton.
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