An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - BestLightNovel.com
You’re reading novel An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 183 online at BestLightNovel.com. Please use the follow button to get notification about the latest chapter next time when you visit BestLightNovel.com. Use F11 button to read novel in full-screen(PC only). Drop by anytime you want to read free – fast – latest novel. It’s great if you could leave a comment, share your opinion about the new chapters, new novel with others on the internet. We’ll do our best to bring you the finest, latest novel everyday. Enjoy
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.
