An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 187

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 187


_Dunbar._


Anciently written _covent_.


_Sir Gawan._


In S., _caivin_ is still used for convent.


COUDIE, _adj._


V. ~Couth~.


COUATYSE, COVETISE, COWATYSS, _s._


1. Covetousness.


_Douglas._


O. Fr. _couvoitise_, id.


2. Ambition, or the l.u.s.t of power.


_Barbour._


COUBROUN, _adj._ Uncertain, both as to signification and etymon.


_Lyndsay._


COUCHER, _s._ A coward.


_Rutherford._


_Coucher Blow_, the last stroke, S.


From the E. v. _couch_, Fr. _couch-er_.


COVE, _s._ A cave, S. A. Bor.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


A. S. _cofe_, Isl. _kofe_, id.


COUGHT, for _couth_. Could.


_S. P. Rep._


COUHIRT, _s._ Cow-herd.


_Dunbar._


_To_ COUK.


V. ~Cook~.


_To_ COUK, _v. n._ A term used to denote the sound emitted by the cuckoo.


_Montgomerie._


COULIE, COWLIE, _s._


1. A boy, S.


Su. G. _kullt_, id.


2. A term applied to a man in the language of contempt, S.


_Cleland._


COULPE, _s._ A fault.


_Complaynt S._


Fr. _coulpe_, Lat. _culp-a_.


COULPIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, bartered, for _coupit_.


_Maitland Poems._


_To_ COUNGEIR, _v. a._ To conjure.


_Abp. Hamiltoun._


~Coungerar~, _s._ A conjurer.


_Abp. Hamiltoun._







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