An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 186
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 186
_Douglas._
Corr. from _Cordowan_, q. v.
COSCH, COSHE, _s._ A coach.
_Bruce._
Fr. _coche_.
_To_ COSE, COSS, COISS, _v. a._ To exchange; _coss_, Loth.
_Wallace._
~Cossing~, _s._ The act of exchanging.
_Skene._
COSH, _adj._
1. Neat, snug; as denoting a comfortable situation, S.
_Ferguson._
2. Quiet, without interruption, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
3. In a state of intimacy, S.
Isl. _kios_, a small place well fenced.
~Coshly~, _adv._ Snugly, S.
_Ferguson._
COSIE, COZIE, _adj._ Warm, comfortable, snug, well-sheltered, S.
_Burns._
This seems radically the same with _Cosh_.
~Cosiely~, _adv._ Snugly, comfortably, S.
_Ramsay._
COSINGNACE, _s._
1. A relation by blood, a cousin.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. A grand-daughter; or a niece.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_To_ COSS, _v. a._ To exchange.
V. ~Cose~.
COST, _s._ Side.
V. ~Coist~.
COSTAGE, _s._ Expence.
_Douglas._
_To_ COSTAY, _v. n._ To coast.
_Wyntown._
COSSNENT, _s. To work at cossnent_, to receive wages without victuals, S.
_To work black cossnent_, to work without meat or wages, Ayr.
Fr. _caust aneanti_, cost abrogated, q. expences not borne.
_To_ COT _with one_, _v. n._ To cohabit, S. B. q. to live in the same _cot_.
COTTAR, COTTER, _s._ One who inhabits a _cot_ or cottage. S.
_Statist. Acc._
L. B. _cottar-ius_, Fr. _cottier_, id. Hence S. _cotterman_, _cotterfouk_, &c.
COVAN, _s._ A convent.