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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1600-1610

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(Cot-nek,) Cott-neak, n. [Cot n.1] The collar of a coat. —1600-1610 Melvill 139.
I … caught him be the cott neak, and taking a gripe of my horse mean, he wad and wan to land

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