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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quoy, n.¹ Also: quoye, quoi; cuoy; coie; Coy, Koy, Kuoy. [Sc. var. of Quy n.¹ Also in the mod. north. Sc. dial.] A heifer. = Quy n.¹ Also attrib. and comb.For further instances, see Coldoch n. and Coupnocht n.(a) 1513 Doug. iv ii 19 (Sm.) (see Quy n.¹ sing. (a)).
Quoy [Ruddim., Coldw. quy] 1569 Edinb. Test. I 279b. 1577 Ib. V 295b.
Ane halkit quoy of tua ȝeir auld 1582 Ib. X 279.
Ane kippit quoy & ane brandit broun quoy price of the pece ourheid being tua ȝeir auldis xlvj s. viij d. 1583 St. A. Test. II 18. 1588 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 426. 1594 Edinb. Test. XXVI 156b (see Gairit adj. (a)). 1598 Ib. XXXI 309b.
Ane taggit alterlane quoy 1598 Crail B. Ct. MS 2 Oct. 1600 Glasgow B. Rec. I 204.
Ilk tua yeir auld quoy to paye as meikill as the kow 1617 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II 215. 1627 Brechin Test. 6 Aug. 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II 556.
Price of ane tua yeir auld stott or quoy sextene merkis 1628 Soc. Ant. XXIII 266. 1657 Boyd Fam. P. No. 235 (7 Dec.).
With four quoyes and tua stotts 1657 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 145. 1669 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I 235.
Ane quoy bassanet and whyte wombit 1670 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct.) 30 Sept.
Quoi 1694 Foulis Acc. Bk. 171.(b) 1675 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 24 March.
Item two two yeare old cuoyes at £3 a peice(c) 1685 Brechin Test. VII 128.
Ane young coieattrib. and comb. 1574 Edinb. Test. III 247b.
Ane thre ȝeir auld quoy beist — 1593 Edinb. Test. XXV 253.
Ane quoy coddow beast 1628 Dumfries Test. Ia 179.
Ane quoy quoddoche 1670 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct.) 30 Sept. — 1589 Edinb. Test. XXI 171b.
Thrie daiker of … weill & quoy hyds — 1581 Edinb. Test. X 98.
Ane quoy stirk 1588 Colquhoun Chart. II 347.