Coath

//koʊθ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sickness; disease; pestilence. UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
  2. 2
    An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc. UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
  3. 3
    A disease affecting sheep or cattle. UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To faint. intransitive
  2. 2
    To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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