Glossary : cottage
Definition 1
estates. A small dwelling house. See 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 216;
Sheph. Touchst. 94; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1571, note.
2. The grant of a cottage, it is said, passes a small dwelling-house, which
has no land belonging to it. Shep. To. 94.
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