coath

noun, verb — 5 senses

noun

UK /kəʊθ/ · US /koʊθ/

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

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.

verb

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

To faint.

To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot.

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