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_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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