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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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COG, Cogue, v.1 [kɔg, kog]
†1. To empty into a “cog” or wooden vessel. Ppl.adj. coggit.Sc. 1737 Ramsay Proverbs 83:
Ye watna what Wife's Ladle may cogue your Kail.Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 191:
The fient a cap, nor cogue, nor pint he'll see, The wives the butt can better cogue than he.Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake, etc. 15:
Amang them, wast cam' Pate Powsowdie, The deil for drams an' coggit crowdie.
2. To feed from a “cog”; applied chiefly to calves (Abd.9 1937).
Hence cogged, ppl.adj., of calves; coger, a hand-reared calf.Bnff. 1924 “Knoweheid” in Swatches o' Hamespun 8:
The mither o' her widna be ower weel pleased gin she kennt o' her milkin' an' coguin the caar te lat that limmer, Betty, gyang awa' fleein the countryside.Bnff. 1968 Banffshire Jnl. (17 Dec.) 3:
1 Weaned Bullock Calf. 2 Cogged Calves.Abd.(D) 1917 C. Murray Sough o' War (1918) 41:
He's barely sense to muck the byre, an' cairry in the scull, An' park the kye, an' cogue the caur, an' scutter wi' the bull.Rnf. 1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 46:
An auld blunt axe, his breakin blade, An wha durst flaw wi' cogers freak.
