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COAF, v., n. also coaff. Sc. form of Eng. cough.m.Sc. 1983 Leonard S. Quinn in Duncan Glen Akros Vol. 17 No. 51 Oct 132:
... an the silence
wis lik steppin stanes partin
the soaft hassle a souns: the rasp
a chists, the rattle a coaffs, the groan
a kneelers, wee snatches ae argymints wi god, stiflt crys ti hivven, an the poundin a breists; ... Slg. 1994 Janet Paisley in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 33:
Netta cannae speak. Then she coafs an mair blood trickles oot hur mooth.Edb. 2005:
Ah had an awfie coaf last week.