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_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 l.u.s.t 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.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

A. S. _cofe_, Isl. _kofe_, id.

COUGHT, for _couth_. Could.