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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cog, Coge, Coig, n.² Also: cogge, kog, coyg, koig, cogue. [Of unknown origin.] A wooden vessel made of hooped staves.Also with defining terms, as milking, mustard, wasching, water, wort cog: see these words.(a) 1504 Treas. Acc. II. 259.
xxxij stopes, xxxij coggis, and xxxij platis of tree 1546–7 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXIII. 151.
Ane trene pynt stop … vj trene coggis … ane maskene fatt 1551 Elgin Rec. I. .
That na persoun sell ayill bot with ane selit quart … and that nayne be sauld with coggis, pigis or coppis a1568 Bann. MS. 137 b/31.
Ane cog, ane caird wantand ane naill 1586 St. A. Test. II. 68.
Ane trene point stop, ane chopein cog, … ane posset cop 1638 Ann. Banff I. 82.
Measures sic as firlotis, pectis, coggis, stouppis, and wtheris veschellis of trie 1643 Misc. Abbotsf. C.184.
I took ane seif … and set ane cogge full of water in the seive, and then laid ane woll scheir on the coggis mouth 1662 Highland P. III. 13.
The yong man … reached her a cog with watter to drink(b) 1504–5 Treas. Acc. III. 57.
Stopes, cogis and platis 1512 Ib. IV. 186.
For lxiij treyne platis, … samony cogis, xxx skalis, tua tubbis 1546 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) Merschell v. Muire.
vj trein cogis, price of the pece ourheid ij d. 1642 Elgin Rec. I. 274.
Frydaye nixt … is appoyntit for trying of the stoupis and cogis 1670 Harleian Misc. VI. 141.
Their drink is ale made of beer-malt, and tunned up in a small vessel called a cogue; after it has stood a few hours, they drink it out of the cogue, yest and all(c) 1502 Treas. Acc. II. 78.
To Sir Andro M‘Brek to dispone to pur folkis … vj li. … for xxx stopes and xxx coyggis to thaim 1569 Inverness B. Rec. I. 180.
Ane kowing tube … , ane stray skeipe, … tuay pointt coiggis 1576 Orkney Oppress. 72.
Foir lesspundis of buttir ryndit with hinnie, two coigges full 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 111.
The said Katheran … hettand ane coig full of milk, … fra thow hed anes … tuichit the coig [etc.] 1608 Hilderstoun Silver Mines I. 7 b.
Aucht coigis to leave the watter with c1650 Spalding I. 53.
That [matter] quhilk wes convoyit furth of ane coig apointit for that office 1636 Edinb. Test. LVII. 259 b.
Ane milking koik [sic], sex littell koigs(d) 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. 5.
His cougs, his dishes, and his caps 1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 248.
They did sei the barme spring furth … and gott coogs and keeped it