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

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.