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A ballad. Cotton.

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  • BALLADE
    A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
  • COTTONY
    1. Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly. 2. Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
  • COTTONADE
    A somewhat stoun and thick fabric of cotton.
  • COTTON BATTING
    Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.
  • BALLADRY
    Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. "Base balladry is so beloved." Drayton.
  • COTTONWOOD
    An American tree of the genus Populus or polar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.
  • COTTONARY
    Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. Cottomary and woolly pillows. Sir T. Browne.
  • COTTONSEED MEAL
    A meal made from hulled cotton seeds after the oil has been expressed.
  • COTTONOUS
    Resembling cotton. Evelyn.
  • BALLADER
    A writer of ballads.
  • COTTON
    and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes
  • COTTONWEED
    See CUDWEED
  • COTTON STATE
    Alabama; -- a nickname.
  • BALLAD
    A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. (more info) ballada a dancing song, fr. ballare to dance; cf. It. ballata. See 2d
  • COTTONTAIL
    The American wood rabbit ; -- also called Molly cottontail.
  • COTTON SEED; COTTONSEED
    The seed of the cotton plant.
  • BALLAD MONGER
    A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak.
  • COTTONSEED OIL
    A fixed, semidrying oil extracted from cottonseed. It is pale yellow when pure . and is extensively used in soap making, in cookery, and as an adulterant of other oils.
  • GUNCOTTON
    See GUN

 

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