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coach, coachie, coch, cotch, deevil$s_coachman, deil$s_coachman,
coach [kotʃ]
n. A coach. MN. A pram. NEC. The shell of a crab.
dim. coachie
Compounds and phrases etc.
deil's coachman: The devil's coach-horse beetle Ocypus olens
coachbell, coachbill, cochbel, cochbell, codgebell, codgybel, cotchbel, cotchbol, scodgebell, scodgie, scotchable, scotchable, scotchbald, scotchbell, scotchbol, scotchbolt, scotchie, scrudger, switchbell, switchpoll, swutchpil, touchbell, touchspale,
coachbell [ˈkotʃbɛl, ˈkɔtʃbɛl]
also switchbell or with prothetic s scoachbell [ˈskotʃbɛl, ′skodʒbəl]
n. S. The earwig Forficula auricularia.
coag, coagie, cog, gogie, koag, kogi,
coag [I.Sh. kog]
v. To peer.
Compounds and phrases etc.
coagie
n. A fishermen's taboo name for the land as opposed to the sea, the land as it looms up when seen from the water.
cail, cairry-coal, calliebuckie, caulie_backie, co_cairry, co_carry, coal, coal_cairry, coal_coum, coal_coumed, coalay_bag, coal-cairy, coal-carry, coal-coom, coal-coomed, coal-coum, coal-coumed, coal-coumed, coaley, coalibuckie, coalie, coalie_backie, coalieback, coalie-back, coaliebackie, coaliebag, coalie-bag, coalie-buck, coalie-buckie, coalied, coalit, coall, coallie-back, coalliebag, coalliebag, coallit, coally_back, coallybug, coalmie, coal-neuk, coal-slock, coaly, coaly_back, coaly_bucky, coalyback, coalybacks, coalybag, coaly-bag, coalybug, co-carry, co-carry, col, colcoom, colcoomed, colemie, coley, colit, coll, collcoomed, colley-back, collie_backie, collie_buckie, collie-back, collie-backie, colliebuckie, colliebuckie, collie-buckie, collied, collier, collit, coll-slock, colly_back, colly_bucky, collyback, colly-back, collybag, colly-buckie, collybucky, colly-bucky, colly-bug, colmey, colmie, colomy, coolie-backie, coul, cullie-buckie, cully, cullyback, cwile, cwilet, cwyle, cwylet, gaitherin-coal, getherin-coal, ghaist_coal, ghaistcoal, killy-backy, kol, kolkoom, kolkoomed, koll, koll-slock, kwile, kwilet, kwyle, kwylet, quile, quilet, quille, quillet, quyle, quylet,
coal [kol, kɔl, MN. kwəil]
n. A coal, a red-hot cinder.
dim. coalie MN. The saithe Pollachius virens.
coaly
v. To benight, to enshroud in darkness.
coalit
adj. Benighted, enshrouded in darkness, bewildered.
Compounds and phrases etc.
coalie-back/coalie-backie, coal-cairy: To go piggyback.
coal coum: Coal dust.
coal-coumed I.: Burned to a cinder.
coalman: A coalman.
coalmie: NEC. SN. MN. The coalfish Pollachius virens.
coal-neuk: A coal cellar.
coal-slock: I. A state of being exinguished.
collier: A coal miner or ship carrying coal. MN. The blackfly Aphis fabae.
gaitherin-coal: A large coal laid on the embers of a fire to keep it glowing overnight.
ghaist coal: A piece of shaly coal in its ashy state after burning, a white slaty cinder.
the coals: The coal-pits, mines.
tak ower the coals: To scold or call someone to account.
Coalfield,
Coalfield [ˈkɔːlfil(d)]
pn. Caulfield (Aberdour, Fife).
Coalhowm, Coalum, Coalyum,
Coalhum [ˈkol(j)əm]
pn. Coilsholm (Ayrshire).
From Gaelic cuingleum?
Coalisland, Collislann,
Coalisland [ˈkoləiˈlən(d), ˈkɔl-]
pn. Coalisland (County Tyrone).
Coalsfield,
Coalsfield [ˈkolzfil(d)]
pn. Coalsfield.
coast, cosst,
coast [kost]
n. arch. The side of the body. The coast.
baré, bari, barra, barra-coat, barracot, barrae, barraecoat, barraecoat, barrae-coat, barrey, barricoat, barrie, barry, bary, baurie, bori, buri, co$t, coat, coatie, coaties, cot, cott, cweet, cwite, cwyte, girtcoat, graetcoat, graitcoat, gratecoat, greatcoat, greatcwite, greatcwyte, grehtcoat, greitcoat, gretcoat, greytcoat, gritcoat, gritecoat, grytecoat, keat, kott, kwite, kwyte, petticoat, petticoatee, petticoatie, quite, quyte, reidcoat, reid-coat, sarkit, shelliecoat, shellycoat, sirkit, surcoat, waiskie, waiskit, wallicoat, walliecoat, walycoat, waskit, wastcoat, wastkit, wellycoat, wescit, weskit, westcoat, whylie_coat, wiley-coat, wiliecoat, wollycoat, wyliecoat, wylie-coat, wysket, wystcoat, wystkit,
coat [kot, MN. kwəit & kwit]
n. A coat. A woman's or child's petticoat, a skirt.
dim. coatie
Compounds and phrases etc.
barrae-coat [ˈbarə-, ˈbarɪ-, ˈbare-,]: A flannel coat worn by an infant, a wrappe, sometimes also used for a binder. A woman's undergarment. Usually in the form barrie.
big coat: A greatcoat.
black coat: A clergyman.
coatin: Coating.
cootch [kutʃ]: I.Sh. To treat fishing nets with preservative.
dister coat: A light, loose-fitting long coat originally worn by horsemen to protect their clothing from trail dust.reat
greatcoat: A large, heavy overcoat.
jockie coat: A great coat.
kilt the coat: To be pregnant.
muckle coat: An overcoat.
on ane's ain coat-tail(s): Forced to pay one's own way, to do something independently.
petticoat [ˈpɛtɪkotɪ]: A petticoat. dim. petticoatie a type of dance for four people.
petticoat tails: Sweet, buttery shortbread biscuits.
reid-coat [rid-, rɪd-]: A ladybird.
shellycoat: A water spirit.
surcoat [ˈsʌrkət]: A kind of undershirt or waistcoat, a fisherman's jersey.
weskit [ˈwɛskɪt, MN. ˈwəiskɪt]: A waistcoat.
shaftit weskit: A sleeved waistcoat.
wyliecoat: A warm garment similar to a frock or smock that is worn between the outer clothing and under clothing. A kind of long men's (flannel) under-waistcoat or short undercoat with sleeves and reaching to the thigh. An under-petticoat. A sort of frock worn as an outer or under garment by children. A child's nightgown or a woman's sleeved nightdress.
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