Chapter L: B. cottar-ius, Fr. cottier, id. Hence S. cotterman,

_cotterfouk_, &c.

COVAN, _s._ A convent.

_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._

COUNYIE, _s._ Perhaps, motion.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _coign-er_, to beat, to strike.

COUNT, _s._ An accompt; _counting_, arithmetic, S.

_To_ COUNTERFACTE, _v. n._ To counterfeit.

_Acts Ja. VI._

COUNTYR, COWNTIR, _s._

1. Encountre.

_Douglas._

2. A division of an army engaged in battle.

_Wallace._

_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To exchange, to barter, S. A. Bor.

Su. G. _koep-a_, id.

~Coup~, _s._

1. Exchange, S.

_Maitland P._

2. _The hail coup_, the whole of any thing, S.

~Couper~, ~Coper~, _s._

1. A dealer; as, _horse-couper_, _cow-couper_.

_Chalm. Air._

2. One who makes merchandise of souls.

_Rutherford._

_To_ COUP, COWP, _v. a._ To overturn, to overset, S.

_Knox._

_To_ ~Coup~, _v. n._ To overset, to tumble, S.

_Muses Threnodie._

Sw. _gupp-a_, to tilt up.

~Coup~, ~Cowp~, _s._

1. A fall, S. _couppis_, S. B.

_Lyndsay._

2. A sudden break in the stratum of coals, S.

_Statist. Acc._

COUPLE, CUPPIL, _s._ A rafter, S.