Cotenant

A joint tenant; a tenant in common. Côte d'Or, ( kõte - dor,) an E. dep. of France, formed of part of the old province of Burgundy, in Lat. 46° 55′48° 10' N., Lon 4°2′-5° 30′ E. - Area, 3,350 sq. m. The surface is in genera! rather elevated, and is traversed by a chain of hills forming the connecting-link between the Cevennes and the Vosges. A portion of that range, called the Côte d'Or (golden slope), receives its name on account of the excellence of the wines produced on its declivities. A great part of the dep. is covered with forests. The valleys and plains are fertile, and there is good pasture-land; but the vine culture is by far the most important branch of industry. To this dep. belong the first cla wines of Clos Vougeot, Romanée, Chamber tin, Corton, Richebourg, Volnay, Pomard, Beaune, Montrachet, and Meursault. C. is watered by the Seine, which rises in the N W., and by several of its affluents; by the Saone, and by Arroux, a tributary of the Loire. The climate is temperate; iron, coal, marble, gypsum, and lithographic stones are found, the first in large quantities. C. is divided into 4 arrondi ements, viz., Beaune, Châtill on-sur-Seine, Dijon, and Semur, with Dijon for its capital. Pop. 382,762. Cotentin, ( ko - ten'tă ,) a district of France, in the old prov. of Normandy It forms a peninsula, stretching into the English Channel, in the dep of Manche, and having, at its extremity, Cape La Hague. Coterie, ( koʻte -rë) n. [Fr., a company of villagers holding a fief under one lord, from Lat. cotarius , from cot a , a cottage] A circle of familiar friends; a meeting for social or literary intercourse; an exclusive society; a clique; a political party; as, a coterie of strong-minded women. Coter'mino us, a . Conterminous; approximating to; adjacent: -preceding with ; as, one county is coterminous with another. Côtes du Nord, ( kote - doo - nor,) a maritime dep. of France, forming part of the prov. of Bretagne, and bounded N. by the English Channel, in which are several small islands belonging to C .; Lat. 48° 3'-48°57′N., Lon. 1°53′3° 35' W. Area , 2,840 sq. m. The Armoric Hills, called also the Montagnes Noires, and the Menez Mountains, cro the dep. from E. to W. They have a breadth of about sixteen miles, and consist chiefly of granite and clay slate. These formations give a rude and broken aspect to the coasts. The chief rivers, which are short but navigable, are the Rancé, Gouet, Trieux, Guer, and Argue non. The cultivation of flax and hemp, with pasturage and iron mining, supply employment in the mountainous districts; while in the sheltered valleys and on the coast-levels all European kinds of grain, with pears and apples and other fruits, are produced and maize is cul Fig . 701. tivated, but does not A BRETON FARMER. (France.) always ripen The coasts are well supplied with various kinds of fish. The dep. is divided into the 5 arrond. of St. Brieuc, Dinan, Loudéac, Lannion, and Guingamp. The chief town is St. Brieuc. Pop . 641,210. Côte sans De e in, in Mi ouri , a village of Call away co., on the Mi ouri river, about 12 m. E. N. E. of Jefferson C.ty. Cotindi'ba, or COTINGUIBA, a river in Brazil. It rises in the N. side of Mount I tab a i anna, flows E. and enters the Atlantic Ocean 18 m. N.N.E. of Sergipe del Rey.