A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Corow, n. [Cf. mod. dial. corrie to gossip intimately.] Close intercourse or gossip. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 29.
Ȝet suld gud wemen ware be To rowne with thaim in priuete, Or ȝet corow for to hald With sic wifis, fra thai be ald