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COUNYIE, _s._ Perhaps, motion.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _coign-er_, to beat, to strike.
COUNT, _s._ An accompt; _counting_, arithmetic, S.
_To_ COUNTERFACTE, _v. n._ To counterfeit.
_Acts Ja. VI._
COUNTYR, COWNTIR, _s._
1. Encountre.
_Douglas._
2. A division of an army engaged in battle.
_Wallace._
_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To exchange, to barter, S. A. Bor.
Su. G. _koep-a_, id.
~Coup~, _s._
1. Exchange, S.
_Maitland P._
2. _The hail coup_, the whole of any thing, S.
~Couper~, ~Coper~, _s._
1. A dealer; as, _horse-couper_, _cow-couper_.
_Chalm. Air._
2. One who makes merchandise of souls.
_Rutherford._
_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To overturn, to overset, S.
_Knox._
_To_ ~Coup~, _v. n._ To overset, to tumble, S.
_Muses Threnodie._
Sw. _gupp-a_, to tilt up.
~Coup~, ~Cowp~, _s._
1. A fall, S. _couppis_, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
2. A sudden break in the stratum of coals, S.
_Statist. Acc._
COUPLE, CUPPIL, _s._ A rafter, S.
C. B. _kupul-ty_, id.
_Wyntown._
_To_ COUR, _v. n._ To stoop, to crouch, S., _cower_, E.
_To_ COUR, _v. n._ To recover.
V. ~Cower~.
COURCHE, _s._ A covering for a woman's head. S. _Curchey_, Dunbar.
_Wallace._
Fr. _couvre-chef_.
COURERS, CURERS, _s. pl._ Covers.
_Gl. Sibb._
COUT, COWT, _s._ A young horse, S. corr. from _colt_.
