An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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COOKIE, _s._ A species of fine bread used at tea, of a round form, S.
Teut. _koeck_, lib.u.m.
COOLRIFE, _adj._
1. Cool, cold, S.
_Ross._
2. Indifferent, S.
V. ~Cauldrife~.
COOM, _s._ The wooden frame used in building the arch of a bridge, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Allied perhaps to _Queme_, q. v.
COOP, COUP-CART, _s._ A cart made close with boards, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _kuype_, a large vessel for containing liquids.
COOT, _s._ The ancle.
V. ~Cute~.
COOTH, _s._ A young coalfish.
V. ~Cuth~.
COOTIE, _adj._ A term applied to fowls whose legs are clad with feathers, S.
_Burns._
COP, COPE, _s._ A cup or drinking vessel.
A. S. _cop_, Isl. _kopp_, id.
_Dunbar._
COPOUT. "_To play copout_," to drink off all that is in a cup or drinking vessel; _cap-out_, S.
_Douglas._
COPE, _s._ A coffin; "a _cope_ of leid," a leaden coffin.
V. ~Caip~.
_Knox._
_To_ COPe _betuene_, to divide.
_King Hart._
Fr. _coup-er_, to cut, to cleave.
COPER, _s._ A dealer.
V. ~Couper~.
COPY, _s._ Plenty, abundance.
_Wyntown._
Lat. _copia_.
COPPER, _s._ A cupbearer.
_Palice of Hon._
Evidently from A. S. _cop_, a cup.
COPPIN, _part. pa. Coppin in hevin_, elevated to heaven.
_King's Quair._
A. S. _cop_, the summit.
CORANICH, CORRENOTH, CORRINOCH, _s._
1. A dirge, a lamentation for the dead, S.
