Cothish; Faint, sickly, ailing. It is amply justified by modern and very frequent use. A dog is said to cothy when he is meek and delicate. [From] cothe, to faint.
- Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830
Morose, uncouth; East Anglia, Norfolk.
- Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1896-1905
The springs in the New Forest are said "to cothe" the sheep - that is, to disease their livers.
- J.R. Wise's New Forest, 1880
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