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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CO, n. A sea-cave; less frequently an inland cave (see second quot.). Known to Gsw.² 1936. See also Cove, n. [ko:]Ayr. [1826] R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 333:
Lairds o' Co, a name bestowed on Colzean from some co's (or coves) in the rock underneath the castle.Gall.(D) 1877 “Saxon” Gall. Gossip 128:
The Co of the Grennan in Kirkmaiden . . . is a narrow oblique opening in a detached rock at the foot of an old craggy heugh on the roadside.Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 319:
There's a dry co no far frae the Burnfit, yt the tide never wuns up tae noo-a-days.