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Cottage allotment
(gcide) | Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]
1. The act of allotting; assignment.
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2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted
or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the
act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a
distinct party.
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The alloments of God and nature. --L'Estrange.
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A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
--Broome.
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3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a
particular thing to a particular person.
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Cottage allotment, an allotment of a small portion of land
to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]
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Cottage allotment
(gcide) | Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From Cot a cottage.]
A small house; a cot; a hut.
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Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the
poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful
dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any
residence or lodging house of rustic architecture,
irrespective of size.
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Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.]
Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained,
salted, and pressed into a ball.
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