A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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(Cowp,) Coup, n.3 (Meaning obscure.) —a1585 Montg. Maitland Quarto MS lxxi. 27.
Yit houp hings be ane hair, Houping aganes all houp; Albeit from cair to cair Thow catche my hairt in coup