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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cotch, n. Also: cotche, cotsche, kotch-. [Later spellings of Coche n.1]
1. A coach.1613 Haddington Corr. 123.
I [am] sa euel horsit, that it is past my traueling til our fair cotch com haim 1628 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 266.
Ane cotche, pryce iiijc lib. 1635 Lundie Poems 11.
Heaven's bricht Apollo … driv's his cotch amain 1644 Edinb. Test. LXI. 2.
Sex cotsche hors with thair harniesching & cotsche 1653 Nicoll Diary 106.
A staitlie chariot cled with blak … and sex kotches covered in the lyke maner followit the chariot
2. Attrib. with hors, hous.1614 M. Works Acc. X. 3 b.
The stable quhair my l. chanchler his cotche hors standis 1628 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 266.
Four cotch hors, pryce of the peice overhead ijc lib. 1633 M. Works Acc. XXV. 44 b.
Fyve forkes, twa … to the kingis cotchorsis, twa to his great horsis, and ane to his wagoun horsis 1644 Edinb. Test. LXI. 2 (see sense 1 above). —1626 Ib. XIX. 27.
For … theiking anew ane greit pairt of my lord Chancellaris cotchhous
