Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The down of the cotton-plant; raw cotton.
  • noun Cotton-wool, or wadding.
  • noun Padding; stuffing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Cotton; padding.

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  • noun obsolete cotton; padding

Etymologies

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Old French

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