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coud, couder, coudie, coudle, coudy, cowd, cowder, cowdie, cowdlan, cowdle, cowdlin, cowdy,
cowd [WC. kʌud]
also cowdy
v. To float slowly in water and rock gently with the motion of slight waves.
cowdle
v. To bob up and down on the waves.
Compounds and phrases etc.
cowder: A boat that sails pleasantly.
Coodenknowes, Coudenknowes, Cowdenknowes,
Cowdenknowes [kʌudənˈ(k)nʌuz]
pn. Cowdenknowes (Borders)
Coldingham, Cowdenium, Cowdenyam, cowdinham, Cowdnam, Cowjum,
Cowdinham [ˈkʌud(ə)njəm, ˈkʌud(ə)ŋgəm, ˈkʌud(ə)n(h)əm]
pn. Coldingham (Borders).
cow, cowe,
cowe [kʌu]
n. A hobgoblin, an object of terror.
v. To upbraid, to rate, to scold an equal, or superior. To rebuke.
pt. pp. cowed.
cow, cow$t, cowan, cowe, cowed, cowes, cowes_a, cowes_a$, cowes_aa, cowes_aw, cowie, cowit, cowt, heather-cowe, hedder-cowe, hedder-kowe, kow, kowe, whin-cow, whin-cowe,
cowe [kʌu]
n. A crop, a haircut. A trouncing, a humiliating defeat. A twig or tufted stem of a shrub or bush such as heather, broom or gorse.
v. To poll or crop the hair. To cut, to cut short. To overtop, surpass, outdo.
pt. pp. cowed adj. Closely cut, having short, thin hair. Polled, hornless. Frightened, coerced.
Compounds and phrases etc.
cowes aw: Surpasses all.
cowie, U. cowan: A seal (because it has no visible ears).
heather-cowe: A large piece of heather pulled from the root.
whin-cowe: A large piece of gorse or furze pulled from the root.
Co$en, Cowe$en, Cowen, Cowend,
Cowen [ˈkʌuən, ˈkoən]
pn. Colvend (Dumfries and Galloway).
Compounds and phrases etc.
Cowen elder: A local name for a cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.
couer, couerr, cour, courr, cover, coverr, cower, cowered, cowerin, cowerr, cowred, recower, recowerr,
cower [ˈkʌuər, ˈkuːər]
v. N. To recover, get well, to get over, to recover from.
pt. pp. cowert, cowered
Compounds and phrases etc.
cowerin: Curative, therepeutic.
couck, couckit, couk, coukin, coukit, cowk, cowkin, cowkit, kowk, kowkit,
cowk [kʌuk, kok]
n. Retching or vomiting caused by nausea. The act of retching.
pt. pp. cowkit
Compounds and phrases etc.
cowkin: Retching or vomiting.
Coulrain, Cowlrain, Cowlraine,
Cowlraine [kʌulren]
pn. Coleraine (County Londonderry).
coan, cone, coun, cown,
cown [kʌun, koːn]
v. Of children: to weep, to cry aloud, lament.
Also keenie to cry, mourn, weep.
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