couthie

A couthie word or two for the passing stranger who may rest a while.

Solid Ground 1998

But the young plants of grace they looked couthie and slee,

Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys Various

My couthie auld wife, aye blithsome to see, vol. vi.,

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

If the contemporary juridical records, even what is left of them, be a criterion, homicide in all its oddly named forms must have been a commonplace to those couthie lieges of his Slobberiness, King Jamie.

She Stands Accused 1935

But the young plants of grace they looked couthie and slee,

Bonny Dundee 1909

There would be fine gardens in Edinburgh, no doubt; but oh, that couthie laurel by the Red Lion door!

The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885

The very smell of the dog was couthie in his nose.

The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885

She cud be vera affauble whan she likit, I'll say that muckle for the dowager; an 'me an' her newsed quite couthie-like as we traivellt.

Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869