Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†COGLIN TREE, n. comb. (See quot.) Cf. Covin Tree.Sc. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Sports and Adventures (1853) 333:
At all old Scottish mansion-houses, there was a tree at some distance from the door, called the coglin tree, (variously the covan tree,) where the landlord met his guests, and to which he always accompanied them uncovered, when they took their departure.
