_Dunbar._
Anciently written _covent_.
_Sir Gawan._
In S., _caivin_ is still used for convent.
COUDIE, _adj._
V. ~Couth~.
COUATYSE, COVETISE, COWATYSS, _s._
1. Covetousness.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _couvoitise_, id.
2. Ambition, or the lust of power.
_Barbour._
COUBROUN, _adj._ Uncertain, both as to signification and etymon.
_Lyndsay._
COUCHER, _s._ A coward.
_Rutherford._
_Coucher Blow_, the last stroke, S.
From the E. v. _couch_, Fr. _couch-er_.
COVE, _s._ A cave, S. A. Bor.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _cofe_, Isl. _kofe_, id.
COUGHT, for _couth_. Could.
_S. P. Rep._
COUHIRT, _s._ Cow-herd.
_Dunbar._
_To_ COUK.
V. ~Cook~.
_To_ COUK, _v. n._ A term used to denote the sound emitted by the cuckoo.
_Montgomerie._
COULIE, COWLIE, _s._
1. A boy, S.
Su. G. _kullt_, id.
2. A term applied to a man in the language of contempt, S.
_Cleland._
COULPE, _s._ A fault.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _coulpe_, Lat. _culp-a_.
COULPIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, bartered, for _coupit_.
_Maitland Poems._
_To_ COUNGEIR, _v. a._ To conjure.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Coungerar~, _s._ A conjurer.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._