coath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sickness; disease; pestilence.
  2. An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
  3. A disease affecting sheep or cattle.
verb
  1. To faint.
  2. To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot.

Pronunciation

kōth /kəʊθ/ /koʊθ/

Word forms

coath coaths cothe coathing coathed

Etymology

From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

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