From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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