What's the difference between cot and scot?

Cot


Definition:

  • (n.) A small house; a cottage or hut.
  • (n.) A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
  • (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.
  • (n.) A small, rudely-formed boat.
  • (n.) A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
  • (2) Of these, only the blood-cotting proteins and the vertebrate plasma samples were shown to contain gamma-carboxyglutamic acid.
  • (3) Transcripts from the chromatin templates when hybridized to DNA showed a larger proportion of RNase resistance of the 32P-termini at low Cot's.
  • (4) To date, a disproportionate amount of effort may have been spent on deciphering putative intracellular regulatory mechanisms, without knowing some essential fundamental properties of the Na+-Pi-COT.
  • (5) The body of one of the men was reportedly found charred and lying on a cot.
  • (6) The same strains were isolated from the baby warmer mattress, baby cot, suction machine bottle and wall of the fridge.
  • (7) In total preparations of DNA-24 and DNA-36 at cot 0.02-0.06, the number of fast reassociating sequences was increased, on the average, by 4%.
  • (8) The BBC will cut short a controversial cot death story in EastEnders that looks set to become the long-running soap's most complained-about plotline to date.
  • (9) Boutik Services (+33 6 0958 0988) in 1850 has cots, booster seats, changing tables, buggies and child skis for hire.
  • (10) cot-1 is a temperature sensitive mutant of N.crassa that exhibits restricted colonial growth.
  • (11) Kinetics of DNA reassociation was studied by direct optical scanning and the data obout Cot curve were analized by an improved computer programm "Finger".
  • (12) The cot-2 strains produce an invertase with altered heat sensitivity, Km, and ratio of heavy to light forms.
  • (13) Treatment-induced increases in serum Ca2+ had no effect on the reduced RBC CoT function in HYPO.
  • (14) As the babies were refused admission to the regional perinatal centre because intensive care cots were not available this deficiency should be corrected.
  • (15) Several complementary DNAs for the peroxisomal enzyme carnitine octanoyltransferase (COT), cloned in the expression vector lambda gt11, have been isolated.
  • (16) Other BBC controversies of late included a cot death baby swap story on BBC1's EastEnders which led to 13,400 complaints to the BBC and another 1,044 to Ofcom in early 2011.
  • (17) The cot death story triggered 13,400 complaints to the BBC and another 1,044 to the regulator itself.
  • (18) New Zealand's high mortality rate from the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) prompted the development of the New Zealand cot death study.
  • (19) Previously, the six-year-old had been sleeping on a mattress from her sister's cot that was too short; the other child had been sleeping in a travel cot.
  • (20) 50 min after each subject had consumed an amount of water equal to 1% of his body weight, he reclined on a cot.

Scot


Definition:

  • (n.) A name for a horse.
  • (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
  • (n.) A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
  • (2) It is what struck me, too, about Gordon Aikman , a 29-year-old Scot with a terminal diagnosis of motor neurone disease.
  • (3) After a fairly competitive first set, it turned into a rout almost on the scale of the triple-bagle thrashing the Scot gave the Luxembourg part-timer Laurent Bram when he returned to Davis Cup action in Glasgow four years ago.
  • (4) If the Scots vote yes to independence on 18 September 2014, everyone else is affected willy-nilly, not just the Scots themselves.
  • (5) The XI the Scot sent out featured no Robin van Persie, who was on the bench, while Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Chris Smalling, Danny Welbeck and Marouane Fellaini did not make the squad due to injuries.
  • (6) In the latest round of the epic divorce battle between Michelle and Scot Young, the judge, Mr Justice Moor, is making a fresh attempt to discover how much the property dealer is worth.
  • (7) The leading edge of the rod a-wave recorded from normal observers and patients with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) was described by a linear process for flash intensities up to the maximum available flash intensity, 2.0 log scot td-sec.
  • (8) The most recent poll on independence among Scots who say they are certain to vote next year has 28% opting for independence, 50% for remaining in the UK and 22% still to decide.
  • (9) Read more on Scottish independence • ' I believe in solidarity with the folk living south of Carlisle ' • ' The UK is on shifting sands – we can't assume survival ' • ' Better Together is truly scraping the barrel now ' The fact is that far from fearing the breakup of the UK, the English are looking at the benefits that devolution has brought the Scots and asking why they are not able to enjoy the same.
  • (10) Clarification: Jirehouse Capital and Stephen Jones - see Clarification and footnote Jailed British property developer Scot Young, an associate of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, constructed a secret network of offshore companies to hold his assets during a multimillion-pound divorce battle, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ's) research.
  • (11) The supreme court judges had ruled that there was not "the remotest chance that the European court would hold that, because of other protections that Scots law provides for accused persons, the Scottish system could omit the safeguard of allowing legal advice prior to interviewing".
  • (12) China and India got away, the largest producers of CO 2 internationally, got away scot-free,” he said.
  • (13) No call for the resurrection of the proud, shared traditions of Scots, Welsh and English people as they defied the powerful to build a better society; no convincing pledge that a new Britain would be forged, just and equal and fair unlike what New Labour failed to deliver.
  • (14) The biographer of James Maxton, a Scots leftwinger with his own iconic status, he knows about party loyalties and tribal heroes.
  • (15) When you go up from the Championship everyone says how great you are and you sit there and take the plaudits, so when the team goes down I’ll take the brunt of the blame,” said the Scot.
  • (16) The Scot has spoken many times of his ill fortune in reaching his peak at a time when his vanquished opponent Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have dominated.
  • (17) So, the Scots learned to vote tactically, ganged up on the Tories and reduced the Conservative party in Scotland to a rump.
  • (18) After the Scot sued Rooney over allegations in a biography the pair reconciled but whether Moyes would want him to stay at United is not yet clear, though he will have the final say on the striker's future.
  • (19) Clements is pushing ahead with The Scots At War, another hint of the direction that STV is moving in, not so much for the nationalistic subject matter – part of it will focus on the Black Watch – but because it is co-produced by the History Channel.
  • (20) She was questioned by Scot Young, who is representing himself.

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