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cooard, cooardie, cooardie, cooardie, cooardie, cooardiness, cooardly, cooart, cooartie, cooartie, cooartiness, coord, coordie, coordie, coordiness, coordly, coordy, coordy, coordy, coordy, coordy-lick, coortie, cooward, couard, couardie, couardie, couardiness, couart, couartie, couartie, couartie-lick, couartiness, couarty, couarty, courdie, courdie,
couart [ˈkuərt, ˈku(ə)rt/d]
n. A coward.
dim. couartie
 
couarty [ˈkuərti, ˈku(ə)rdi]
adj. Cowardly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
couartiness: Cowardice.
couartie-lick: A coward's blow.
Coocaddens, Coocaddins, Coocauddens, Coucaddens, Coucauddens, Coucaudens, Coucawdens,
Coucaudens [ˈkukɑːdənz, ˈkukɔːdənz, N. I. ˈkukaːdənz, S. ˈkʌukɑːdənz]
pn. Cowcaddens (Glasgow).
Coodenbeeth, Coudenbaith, Coudenbeith,
Coudenbeith [kudənˈbiθ, ˈkudənˈbeθ]
pn. Cowdenbeath (Fife).
 
From a personal name such as Coudone.
coog, coogit, cook, cooke, cooket, cookit, couk, coukit, cuk, koog, koogit, kook, kookit, kuk,
couk [kuk, kug]
n. The cry given in the game hide-and-seek.
v. To disappear suddenly from view, to take cover quickly, to dart in and out of hiding.
pt. pp. coukit adj. Hidden, secluded.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
couk aboot: To court secretly.
caal, cool, coolie, coul, coulie, cowl, kool, koul, kowl,
coul [kul]
n. A close-fitting cap, a night-cap.
dim. coulie
coolan, coulan,
coulan [NN.a. ˈkulən]
n. A young pig. The youngest in a breed.
 
From Gaelic cuilean.
coom, coom$t, coomed, coomie, coomit, coomy, coum, coum$t, coumed, coumie, coumit, coumt, coumy, cu$m, koom,
coum [kum]
n. Coal dust, dross for smithy fires, flakes of soot emanating from burning coals or adhering to cooking utensils. Peat dust, fine dried turf mould.
v. To dirty, blacken, stain. To reduce to a fine powder by grinding, pounding, or burning.
pt. pp. coumt, coumed
 
coumy
adj. Sooty, grimy.
coonger, coonjer, coonjer, coundger, counger, counjer,
counger [ˈkun(d)ʒər, ˈkʌn(d)ʒər]
v. To beat, To keep under. To keep in order, usually a child or a dog. To overawe. To intimidate or still by threatening.
n. A scolding.
coopan, coupan, cupan,
coupan [NN.a. ˈkupən]
n. A hen's stomach.
 
From Gaelic cupan.
boam-couple, boam-kipple, coople, cooples, coupla, couple, couple_o, couples, couplo, cupla, cuppla, cupple, cupples, cupul, kiple, kippil, kipple, kipples,
couple [ˈkʌp(ə)l, ˈkɪp(ə)l]
n. A couple. A sloping rafter supporting the roof.
pl. couples
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
boam-couple: A roof-beam.
couple o: A couple of …

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