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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CUDDOCH, CUTTOCH, CUDDOCK, Cuttach, n. A young cow, from a year or eighteen months to two years old (Sc. 1887 Jam.6, cuttoch, -ach; Wgt. 1794 in G. Fraser Lowland Lore (1880) 70, cuddoch, 1855 J. C. Morton (ed.) Cycl. Agric. II. 722, cuddock; Kcb.3 1929, cuttoch). [′kʌdəx, ′kʌtəx, ′kʌdək]wm.Sc. 1835–37 Old Ballad in Laird of Logan Add. 576:
The kye's gane to the birken wood, The cuttochs to the broom.Dmf. 1831 R. Shennan Tales, etc. 80:
The cuddochs I saw, A' packed in crues, with their heads to the wa'.

[O.Sc. has cowdach, cowdoch, from 1570, later forms of coldo(ch), from 1533 [see P.L.D. § 78.2]; also variant coddoch, from 1568, all meaning a young cow or ox (D.O.S.T.). Perhaps reduced form of colpindach, a.1040, id., which also has form cowpendoch, 1485 (D.O.S.T.), and is obscurely related to Gael. colpach, a heifer, steer, O.I. colpthach, idem.]

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