cotter drill

A drill for boring slots; it or the work having a lateral motion after its depth is attained. IMG:content-1080.png:[blocks in formation] "The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes." Burns: The Cotter's Saturday Night. B. As adj .: (See the compound.) cotter-tenure, cottier-tenure, s . A system of tenure in which the amount of rent, ., is put up to competition in each year, the result being exce ive competition and exorbitant rents. Cotter tenure is defined to be a tenancy of a cottage with not more than half an acre of ground attached, and rented at not more than £5 ($25) a year. ( English .) cot-ter-ell, *cot-ter-ill, s. [A dim in. from cotter (1), s.] A small cotter. cot-ter-ite, s . [Named by Prof. Harkne after Mi Cotter, a local beauty of Mallow, in Ireland.] Min.: A beautiful pearly variety of quartz. ( Mr. Thos. Davis , F. G. S.)