Definition of otter

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Otter (n.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their fur is soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the American otter is L. Canadensis; other species inhabit South America and Asia..

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Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
Stagger :: Stagger (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.
Cotter :: Cotter (n.) A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key..
Cotter :: Cotter (v. t.) To fasten with a cotter.
Lustering :: Lustering (n.) The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery..
Glazing :: Glazing (n.) The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper..
Trotter :: Trotter (n.) One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel..
Policy :: Policy (n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy..
Zaffer :: Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc..
Ceramic :: Ceramic (a.) Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings..
Potter :: Potter (n.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
Pottery :: Pottery (n.) The place where earthen vessels are made.
Cup :: Cup (n.) A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like..
Machinator :: Machinator (n.) One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer..
Tottered :: Tottered (imp. & p. p.) of Totte.
Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like..
Wedgwood Ware :: Wedgwood ware () A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels..
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter..
Paste :: Paste (n.) A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware..
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