coticular
English
Etymology
From Latin coticula (“a small touchstone”), diminutive of cos, cotis (“whetstone”).
Adjective
coticular (comparative more coticular, superlative most coticular)
- Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for coticular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)