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coax, coaxy,
coax [kox]
v. To coax.
coaxy
adj. Coaxing.
cab, coab, cob, cob_on, cobble, keb, koab, kob,
cob [kob, kɔb]
n. A blow.
v. To beat or strike on the buttocks.
Compounds and phrases etc.
cobble: To pelt with stones.
cob on: I.Sh. A bad mood.
cobaut,
cobaut [ˈkoːbɑːt, ˈkoːbɔːt, N. I. ˈkoːbaːt]
n. Cobalt.
cobbelt, cobble, cobbletie-currie, cobblety-curry, cobelt, coble, cobled, cobletie-currie, coblety-curry, coblie, cockle, cowble, cowbled, cowblt,
coble [kɔbl, S. kobl, kʌubl, kɔubl]
n. A small flat-bottomed rowing boat. A water hole for steeping flax. A watering place for cattle, a small pond.
v. To rock, to float undulatingly. To play at see-saw.
pt. pp. cobelt
Compounds and phrases etc.
coblety-curry: SW. U. A see-saw.
caugh, coach, coaf, coaffed, coch, coch, cochle, cochlin, cocht, cogh, coghil, coghilin, coghle, coghlin, coghling, couch, couchle, couchlin, cough, keuch, keuchle, koach, koch, kyoch,
coch [kɔx, kox]
n. A cough.
v. To cough.
pt. pp. cocht
Compounds and phrases etc.
cochle [kɔxl]: To cough weakly.
cochlin [ˈkɔxlɪn]: Coughing weakly.
aircock, air-cock, black_cock, blackcock, black-cock, bubbly-cock, bublie-cock, cackit, cock, cock_o$_the_north, cock_o_the_north, cockach, cock-a-lee-a-law, cockaleerie, cockaloorie, cockalourie, cockalowrie, cockapentie, cock-a-pentie, cockapenty, cock-a-penty, cockerdecosie, cockerdehoy, cockertehoy, cockertie-coozie, cockertie-cousie, cockertie-hewie, cockertie-hooie, cocket, cockie, cockieleerie, cockie-leerie, cockieloorie, cockieloorie, cockiloorie, cockit, cockityhooie, cocklaft, cock-laft, cockleerie, cockmaleerie, cockmaleirie, cockoleary, cocksie-couzie, cocky, cok, coxie_coosie, eascock, ebb_cock, ess-cock, essock, gorcock, gor-cock, gorecock, hancock, hauf-cock, haundcock, horse_cock, horse-cock, kockaloorie, kok, kokkaloori, kokkaloorie, kokkeloori, kokkeluri, kucka, maircock, meercock, muckle_cockalourie, muckle_kokkaloori, muckle-kokkeluri, muff_cock, muffcock, muff-cock, muircock, muir-cock, murcock, paddle-cock, paiddle-cock, paidle_cock, paidle-cock, screich_cock, storm_cock, stormcock, storm-cock, thissel_cok, thistlecock, thrissil-cock, thristle-cock, thristle-cock, throstle-cock, trampcock, tramp-cock,
cock [kɔk]
n. A cock. A stack of hay. The target circle at the end of a curling rink.
dim. cockie
v. To cock, to raise in a threatening manner. To revive, to pick up after an illness etc. To resile from an engagement.
pt. pp. cockit adj. Set up, erect.
Compounds and phrases etc.
air-cock: A weathercock.
black cock: The (male) black grouse Tetrao tetrix.
bubbly-cock: A turkey.
cockach: NN.b. Cocky, conceited.
cockalourie: [I.Sh. kɔkəˈluri] The common daisy Bellis perennis. NN.b. A brightly coloured thing.
cock o the north: S. EC. The brambling Fringilla montifringilla. S. The snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis.
muckle cockalourie: I.Sh. The scentless mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum.
cockapentie: A snob.
cockertie-hewie [-ˈhui, -ˈçjui, -ˈhɔi]: To ride on someone's shoulders.
cockertie-cousie [-ˈkuːzi]: To ride on someone's shoulders.
cockieleerie [ˈkɔkɪˈliːri], cockmaleerie [-ˈməˈliːri]: The sound made by a crowing cock, the cock itself.
cockit on: Perched on.
cockit up: Dressed-up showily.
cock-laft: The gallery in a church.
cockle up: To revive in health or spirits.
cock's heid: WC. The marsh woundwort Stachys palustris.
cock up wi: To indulge, pamper.
ebb cock: I.Sh. The redshank Totanus calidris.
esscock: MN. The dipper Cinclus cinclus.
heather cock: N. The black grouse Tetrao tetrix.
gorcock: The male of the red grouse Lagopus scoticus.
hauf-cock: Tipsy.
haundcock: U. A small heap of hay.
muff cock: The woodcock Scolopax rusticola.
murcock: WC. The common dab Limanda limanda.
muircock: The red grouse Lagopus scoticus.
Peter's cock: WC. The storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
paidle-cock: NN. The lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus.
saund cock: S. The redshank Tringa totanus.
screich cock: U. The mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus.
storm cock: The mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus.
thristle-cock: SW. The song thrush Turdus philomelos, NN.b. I.Ork. The corn bunting Miliaria calandra.
throstle-cock: S. The male mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus.
trampcock: U. A haycock tramped with the feet to compact it.
cockaud,
cockaud [kɔkɑːd, kɔkɔːd, N. I. kɔaːd]
n. A cockade
Compounds and phrases etc
black caucaud: A cockade of black leather, as the badge of the House of Hanover, in contrast to the white cockaud of the Stewarts and the Jacobites.
Co$burn, Coburn, Cockburn,
Cockburn [ˈkobʌrn]
pn. Cockburn.
Co$paith, Co$path, Co$peth, Cockburnspaith, Cockburnspath, Cockburnspeth, Copath, Copperspaith, Copperspath, Copperspeth,
Cockburnspeth [ˈkobrənzpeθ, ˈkopərspeθ]
pn. Cockburnspath (Borders).
Locally Co'peth [ˈkopɛθ].
Cockenie, Cockennie, Cockenny, Cockinie, Cockinnie, Cockinny,
Cockennie [ˈkɑkɛne, ˈkukəne]
pn. Cockenzie (East Lothian).
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