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cod, coddin,
cod [U. kɔd]
n. A practical joker. A botch, a mess.
v. To joke, to kid.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
coddin: Joking.
coddelt, coddle, coddled,
coddle [ˈkɔdlt eplz, -ɛplz, ˈkodlt-]
v. To roast or toast before the fire.
pt. pp. coddelt
caff, caft, coaft, coff, coffed, cofft, coft, cowft, koft, uncoft,
coff [kɔf]
v. To buy, purchase.
pt. pp. coft Bought, purchased.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tae coff: For sale, to buy.
uncoft: Unbought.
coaffie, coafie, coffee, coffie, coffy,
coffee [ˈkofi]
n. Coffee.
ciffin, coffin,
coffin [ˈkɔfɪn]
n. A coffin.
coag, cog, kaug, kug,
cog [kɔg]
v. U. To copy homework.
coag, coagie, cog, coggie, cogie, cogue, coug, cougie, kogi, oxter-cog,
cog [kɔg, kog, NN. kʌug]
n. A cog. A wedge or support fixed under anything to steady it.
dim. coggie
v. To steady anything that is shaky by wedging it. A small iron wedge fixed in a horse's shoe to prevent slipping on ice, a kind of frost-nail.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
oxter-cog: SW. U. To help a person to walk by supporting them under the arm.
coag, coagle, cog, coggie, coggiefae, coggiefu, coggit, coggle, cogie, cogill, cogle, cogue, coguel, cogues, coug, cougle, cug, kog, kogi,
cog [kɔg, kog, NN. kʌug]
n. A wooden vessel, made of staves and girded with metal bands, used in milking cows, carrying water, or in drinking or eating. One or two staves longer than the rest form the handle or handles.
dim. coggie
 
cogle
n. A bowl full.
v. To empty into a cog. To feed from a cog.
pt. pp. coggit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
coger: A hand-reared calf.
coggiefu: A pailfu.
cowp the cog: To drink.
tak a stave oot o somebody's cog: To reduce one's own expenditure or curtail someone else's allowance.
coaggly, coagle, coaglie, coaglin, coagly, cobbly, cockly, coggel, coggelt, coggelt, coggeltie, coggelty, coggelty-curry, coggle, coggled, cogglet, coggle-te-carrie, coggle-te-carry, coggletie, coggletie-currie, cogglety, cogglety-curry, coggley, cogglie, cogglit, coggly, cogly, coogle, coogled, cuggle, cuggly, goggle, kiggle, kuggle, kugl,
coggle [kɔgl, kog(ə)l, kʌgl]
n. Unsteadiness, lack of balance. Anything that rocks or looks like toppling.
v. To rock, totter, shake, cause to rock so as to seem ready to overturn.
pt. pp. coggelt
 
coggly [ˈkɔglɪ, ˈkog(ə)lɪ, ˈkʌglɪ]
also SW. U. coggelty
adj. Unstable, wobbly, easily overturned.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
coggelty-curry: SW. U. A see-saw.
cognac, conek, coniac, conie, cony, conyack,
cognac [kɔŋjək]
n. Cognac. French brandy.
col. conie

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