Anagrams of: COTTIDAE

• an authoritative rule

• a guiding principle

• issue commands or orders for

• say out loud for the purpose of recording

• rule as a dictator

• having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination

• having or dressed in a coat

• a member of an armed gang of robbers

• a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals

• To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

• To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

• To vomit.

• To go wandering at night.

• To gossip in a catty manner.

• To apply the cat command to (one or more files).

• To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

• a military trainee (as at a military academy)

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• make reference to

• commend

• refer to

• repeat a passage from

• refer to for illustration or proof

• advance evidence for

• call in an official matter, such as to attend court

• a formal or authoritative proclamation

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)