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covenant, covenanter, covenenter, coveynanter,
covenant [ˈkɔvənantər]
n. An agreement.
n. An agreement.
Compounds and phrases etc.
covenanter: A subscriber or adherent of the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643.
covet [ˈkʌvət]
v. To desire to have something.
v. To desire to have something.
Compounds and phrases etc.
covetous: Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
covetousness: The desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
covetousness: The desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
covin, covine,
covin [ˈkoːvɪn triː]
n. A compact or agreement, a plot.
n. A compact or agreement, a plot.
couan, couaner, cowan, cowaner,
cowan [ˈkʌuən]
also cowaner
n. A mason who builds dry-stone dikes and walls. In freemasonry: one who is outside the brotherhood. Used contemptuously for an unskilled or uninitiated person, an amateur, a bungler.
also cowaner
n. A mason who builds dry-stone dikes and walls. In freemasonry: one who is outside the brotherhood. Used contemptuously for an unskilled or uninitiated person, an amateur, a bungler.
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.
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.
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)
pn. Cowdenknowes (Borders)
Coldingham, Cowdenium, Cowdenyam, cowdinham, Cowdnam, Cowjum,
Cowdinham [ˈkʌud(ə)njəm, ˈkʌud(ə)ŋgəm, ˈkʌud(ə)n(h)əm]
pn. Coldingham (Borders).
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.
n. A hobgoblin, an object of terror.
v. To upbraid, to rate, to scold an equal, or superior. To rebuke.
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.
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.
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).
pn. Colvend (Dumfries and Galloway).
Compounds and phrases etc.
Cowen elder: A local name for a cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo.