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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1515-1572
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Cocadrill, Cokadraill, n. [ME. cocadryll, cokadrille (c 1300), etc., OF. cocodrille, med. L. cocodrillus.] A crocodile. c1515 Asloan MS I. 169/12.
Thair is tayne cocadrillis to ryde our watteris ffor thai can swym c1515 Ib. 21.
Cocadrillis, cocatrice, & basiliskis 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 3199.
Thow fikkill feindis Quene, … Thow cruell cocatrice, and kyndlie cocadrill 1572 Satirical Poems xxxii. 86.
I and my bairnis sall craif Goddis plaigues ful richt To fall thé, Grange, thou cruell cokadraill [: bewaill]
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