A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cowg, variant of coug Cog n.2 —1662 Crim. Trials III. 615.
Johnne Taylor brought hom clay … We poured in vater in a cowg amongst it