A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Kosch(e, Cosche, a. [Cf. Gael. còsach cavernous, full of hollows, recesses or crevices (Ir. cuasach also concave, hollow), f. còs n. a hollow, crevice, cave, hole, MIr. cuas id.] Hollow. —1513 Doug. v. viii. 55.
The mekil kosch [v.r. cosche] fyr tre [L. cava … pinus]
