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

Fr. coi, coy, id., from Lat. quiet-us.

COIDOCH, COYDYOCH, s. A term of contempt applied to a puny wight.
Polwart.

COIF, s. A cave.
Douglas.

COIG.
V. [Cog, Coag].

COILHEUCH, s. A coalpit, S.
Skene.

COIN, COYNYE, s. A corner.
Barbour.

Fr. coin, id. Ir. cuinne, a corner, an angle.

COISSING, Cherrie and Slae.
V. [Cose], v.

COIST, COST, s.
1. The side in the human body.
Douglas.
Wallace.
2. The trunk of the body.
Douglas.
3. Also used for E. coast, Lat. ora, Doug.

Coist, s.
1. Expence, cost.
Douglas.
2. The provision made for watching the borders.
Acts Ja. II.