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cotter1 Machinery 1. any part, such as a pin, wedge, key, etc., that is used to secure two other parts so that relative motion between them is prevented 2. short for cotter pin cotter2 1. English history a villein in late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman times occupying a cottage and land in return for labour 2. a peasant occupying a cottage and land in the Scottish Highlands under the same tenure as an Irish cottier cotter [′käd·ər] (design engineering) A tapered piece that can be driven in a tapered hole to hold together an assembly of machine or structural parts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The new Vatican document on homosexuality and admission to seminaries and holy orders is not an "attack on homosexuals," says Cardinal Georges Cottier. They were chosen for their competence," Cardinal Georges Cottier, papal household theologian and former head of the commission told Reuters after the announcement. Cottier told of a recent encounter in Nigeria, where a traditional leader had told him they were trying to apply the spirit of dialogue advocated at Caux. |
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