coulter

coulter
coulter O.E. culter, from L. culter "knife, iron blade in a plowshare," from PIE root * (s)kel- "to cut." As a surname (13c.), probably from Coulter in Lancashire.

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  • Coulter, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 262 Housing Units (2000): 118 Land area (2000): 2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Coulter — This long established surname, widespread in Scotland and in the Ulster counties of Down and Antrim, is of locational origin either from the parish and village of Coulter in Lanarkshire, or from the lands of Coulter in Aberdeenshire, so called… …   Surnames reference

  • coulter — Colter Col ter, n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. {Cutlass}.] A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also {coulter}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Coulter —    (1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called ploughshare (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the facing piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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