A cotter is a thief; he that lifts a drove from a Sassenach laird is a gentleman-drover. From Wordnik.com. [The Waverley] Reference
Figure 32 - Driving out of a taper shank by cotter. From Wordnik.com. [7. Undoing of Keyed Joints] Reference
As regards the agricultural labourer, or cotter, Mr. Laing conceived. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Grenades have a small, removable cotter pin in the firing mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of a Patriot] Reference
These are just flat pieces of airplane ply held together by cotter pins. From Wordnik.com. [Kindled fiction sampler] Reference
I reattached the blade control rod and set it in place with a washer and cotter pin. From Wordnik.com. [My Life] Reference
Solem across to Einar, the first cotter, to ask if he would come and help them carry. From Wordnik.com. [Look Back on Happiness] Reference
The cotter pin was bright and a blob of grease still clung to the thread of the turnbuckle. From Wordnik.com. [The Mandarin Cypher]
The assistant pulls out the cotter pin that acts as a safety measure in the gallows mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [A Place of Execution]
Locking devices, particularly cotter pins, spring rings and toothed washers, are used only once. From Wordnik.com. [4. Selected Types of Locking Devices for Bolts and Screws] Reference
The inner edge of the cotter pin should have a distance of 240 mm to the inner edge of the wall. From Wordnik.com. [10. Special Constructional Recommendations] Reference
I had nightmares about cotter pins and would rush back to work only to find that I did put one in. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rice Was Against Iraq Group Before She Was For It] Reference
The valves were closed and locked shut with cotter pins, so that any vibration in transit could not open them. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum of all Fears]
When using hammers, make sure that the head of the hammer is firmly connected with the shaft by the cotter punch. From Wordnik.com. [1. Aims and Contents of Practical Vocational Training in the Techniques of Straightening] Reference
I bent the wire into a box shape, slipped two cotter pins on it and then placed those at the ends of my shoulder bar. From Wordnik.com. [Fog witch grip, shoulders and elbows] Reference
I have used cotter pins that are around 4 inches long to hold wicks in the center while candles are hardening/setting up. From Wordnik.com. [Off Center Wick] Reference
It's the cotter pin that will make the wheel come off. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
There were the cotter tenants, satisfied, certain of justice. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Bloweth] Reference
Einar, the first cotter, to ask if he would come and help them carry. From Wordnik.com. [Look Back on Happiness] Reference
'No; he that steals a cow from a poor widow, or a stirk from a cotter, is. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley] Reference
I want to live in a cot like a cotter -- that is, for us to live like two cotters. From Wordnik.com. [John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein] Reference
Accordingly, wherever he goes, he finds out some cotter or small farmer who is his cousin. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete] Reference
Dumfriesshire people, from the laird to the cotter, indeed, more than was good for himself. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Burns] Reference
Dawtie was the child of a cotter pair, who had an acre or two of their father's farm, and helped him with it. From Wordnik.com. [The Elect Lady] Reference
Then, putting on waterproof coats, we rode over to the place which had excited my wife's desire to become a cotter. From Wordnik.com. [John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein] Reference
It's Thursday's news, but it bears repeating. announced his approval of the gargantuan cotter dam expansion project. From Wordnik.com. [The RiotACT] Reference
The two girls were hardly acquainted, nor would Elsie have dreamed of familiarity with the daughter of a poor cotter. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
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