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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1831

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KINCOGISH, n. See quot. Hist.Sc. 1831 J. Logan Sc. Gael (1876) I. 175:
The law of Kincogish, by which a chief was answerable for every member of his clan, was a truly Celtic institution.

[Appar. Gael. ceann coguis, chief conscience, or phs. cinnidh coguis, the conscience of the tribe, but the phr. is not recorded in Gael.]

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