coath
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.
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editNoun
editcoath (countable and uncountable, plural coaths)
- (UK dialectal) Sickness; disease; pestilence.
- (UK dialectal) An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
- (UK dialectal) A disease affecting sheep or cattle.
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editVerb
editcoath (third-person singular simple present coaths, present participle coathing, simple past and past participle coathed)
- (intransitive) To faint.
- (transitive) To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot.
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