Definitions
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- noun
Sickness ;disease ;pestilence . - noun An
attack ofillness , such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc. - noun A disease affecting sheep or cattle.
- verb intransitive To
faint . - verb transitive To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or
rot .
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Cothe_, _coath_ (_th_ soft), a disease of sheep, the plaice or flook, a flat worm _Distoma nepaticum_ in the stomach.
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect William Barnes
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'Now,' said Sleary, 'come along to the coath, and jump up behind; I'll go with you there, and they'll thuppothe you one of my people.
Hard Times 1876
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There'th a coath in half an hour, that goeth to the rail, 'purpothe to cath the mail train.
Hard Times 1876
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'Now,' said Sleary, 'come along to the coath, and jump up behind;
Hard Times 1868
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There'th a coath in half an hour, that goeth to the rail,
Hard Times 1868
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There'th a coath in half an hour, that goeth to the rail,
Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1868
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'Now,' said Sleary, 'come along to the coath, and jump up behind;
Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1868
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There’th a coath in half an hour, that goeth to the rail, ‘purpothe to cath the mail train.
Hard Times 2002
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‘Now,’ said Sleary, ‘come along to the coath, and jump up behind; I’ll go with you there, and they’ll thuppothe you one of my people.
Hard Times 2002
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