_Douglas._

Corr. from _Cordowan_, q. v.

COSCH, COSHE, _s._ A coach.

_Bruce._

Fr. _coche_.

_To_ COSE, COSS, COISS, _v. a._ To exchange; _coss_, Loth.

_Wallace._

~Cossing~, _s._ The act of exchanging.

_Skene._

COSH, _adj._

1. Neat, snug; as denoting a comfortable situation, S.

_Ferguson._

2. Quiet, without interruption, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

3. In a state of intimacy, S.

Isl. _kios_, a small place well fenced.

~Coshly~, _adv._ Snugly, S.

_Ferguson._

COSIE, COZIE, _adj._ Warm, comfortable, snug, well-sheltered, S.

_Burns._

This seems radically the same with _Cosh_.

~Cosiely~, _adv._ Snugly, comfortably, S.

_Ramsay._

COSINGNACE, _s._

1. A relation by blood, a cousin.

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

2. A grand-daughter; or a niece.

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

_To_ COSS, _v. a._ To exchange.

V. ~Cose~.

COST, _s._ Side.

V. ~Coist~.

COSTAGE, _s._ Expence.

_Douglas._

_To_ COSTAY, _v. n._ To coast.

_Wyntown._

COSSNENT, _s. To work at cossnent_, to receive wages without victuals, S.

_To work black cossnent_, to work without meat or wages, Ayr.

Fr. _caust aneanti_, cost abrogated, q. expences not borne.

_To_ COT _with one_, _v. n._ To cohabit, S. B. q. to live in the same _cot_.

COTTAR, COTTER, _s._ One who inhabits a _cot_ or cottage. S.

_Statist. Acc._

L. B. _cottar-ius_, Fr. _cottier_, id. Hence S. _cotterman_, _cotterfouk_, &c.

COVAN, _s._ A convent.

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