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cotquean
† cotquean Obs. (ˈkɒtkwiːn) Also 6 cote- cott-, 6–8 cot-. [f. cot + quean ‘woman’, esp. as a depreciatory term. The first element is apparently cot n.1, cote n.1 in the sense ‘mean house, hut’: the original meaning being thus ‘housewife of a labourer's cot’. Thence the transition is easy on the one ...
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cottish
cottish, a. (ˈkɒtɪʃ) [app. f. cot n.5 + -ish.] ? Savouring of a cot (n.5), or cotquean.1801 W. Huntington Bank of Faith 119 A gown has such a cottish appearance on a labourer in the vineyard.
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List of English words of Old English origin
out
copout
copperhead
copycat
copyright
copywriter
core (disputed)
corn (grain)
corn row
cornerstone
cornhole
cornmeal
Cornwall
corny
cot (hut)
cote
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pruriginous
pruriginous, a. (prʊˈrɪdʒɪnəs) (Also 8 -genous, 9 -ginious.) [ad. F. prurigineux (1495 in Godef. Compl.), ad. late L. prūrīginōs-us adj., f. prūrīgo, -inem: see next and -ous.] 1. Affected by or liable to prurigo or itching; pertaining to or of the nature of prurigo.1656 Blount Glossogr., Pruriginou...
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cot
▪ I. cot, n.1 (kɒt) Also 5–9 cott. [OE. cot neut. (pl. cotu), in Lindisf. Gosp. also ? cott (dat. cotte, cottum) = MDu. cot (infl. cōte), Du. kot, MLG. and mod.LG. kot; also ON. kot (infl. koti) neut.:—OTeut. type *kuto{supm}. Beside this is found in same sense OE. cote (see cote) = MDu. cōte, MLG. ...
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grope
▪ I. grope, n.1 (grəʊp) Also 1 gráp, 3 grap, 6 Sc. graip. [In sense 1, repr. OE. gráp (see grope v.); in sense 2, f. grope v.] † 1. Grasp; fig. grasp of a subject. Obs.Beowulf 555 Me..fæste hæfde grim on grape. c 1000 Guthlac 407 Wæron hy reowe to ræsanne ᵹifrum grapum. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 855 Esculap...
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wife
▪ I. wife, n. (waɪf) Pl. wives (waɪvz). Forms: sing. α. 1–5 (6 Sc.) wif, 3–5 wijf, 3–6 wyf, 4–6 wyff(e, wyfe, (chiefly Sc.) vif, vyf(e, 5–6 wiff(e, 6 Sc. vyff, (1, 4 wiif, 4 vijfe, whife, wieffe, wyefe, weyffe, 4–5 weife, wiue, wyue, 5 wyif, wyyfe, wyȝffe, whyf(f)e, 5–7 wiefe, 6 wieff, 6–7 wief), 4–...
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