Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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COAG, KOG, Koag, v.1 Also koog (Sh. 1975). “To be on the outlook, to peep slily” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., coag); “to peer, to look out cautiously” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), kog); “to raise the head and look intently as a fowl does when she is surprised” (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., koag). [ko:g]Sh. 1900 Shetland News (10 Nov.):
I guid as naur as I could, an' dan koog'd at da back o' a brae.Sh. 1991 William J. Tait in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 46:
For wha coags frae a black clood but auld Madam Muin,
Auld judge o what-you-may-caa'ims, an straucht in the street.
