An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CODE, s. A chrysom.
V. [Cude].

To CODLE (corn), v. a. To make the grains fly out of the husks by a stroke, S. B. perhaps from cod, the pod.

CODROCH, adj.
1. Rustic, having the manners of the country, Loth. Fife.
Ferguson.
2. Dirty, slovenly, synon. [hogry-mogry], Loth.

Ir. cudar, the rabble.

COELTS, s. pl. Colts.
Monroe.

To COFF, COFFE, v. a. To buy, to purchase, S., most commonly in the pret. coft.
V. [Coup], v.
Shirrefs.

Germ. kaufte, bought, from kauf-en, Su. G. koep-a, to buy.

Coffe, Cofe, Coife, A merchant, a hawker; pedder coffe, a pedlar.
Bannatyne Poems.

COFFING, COFYNE, s.
1. A shrine, a box.
Wyntown.
2. The hard crust of bread.
Douglas.

Lat. cophin-us, a basket.