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▪ I. † co1, coe Obs. Also ko, koo, keo, coo. [ME. midland form, answering to northern ka, kae = Da. kaa, ON. *ká, *kǫ́, from *káha: cf. chough.] Jackdaw. Cf. caddow1.
c1325Gloss. W. de Biblesw. 145 La chouwe, a co-brid [Camb. MS. the co]. c1440Promp. Parv. 84 Coo byrde, or schowhe, Monedula. Ibid. 280 Koo bryd, or schowghe. 14..Voc. Harl. MS. 1587 Ibid. 84 Monedula, coo. a1528Skelton P. Sparowe 466 We may not well forgo The countrynge of the coe. 1530Palsgr. 237/1 Koo, a byrde. ▪ II. † co2 Obs. Cant. (See quots.)
1561J. Awdelay Frat. Vacab. 5 A Kitchin Co is called an ydle runagate Boy. 1567Harman Caveat 76 A Kynchen Co is a young boye..that when he groweth vnto yeres, he is better to hang then to drawe forth. 1834Ainsworth Rookwood iii. v. (1878) 183 Doxies..and their coes. ▪ III. co dial. form of come v. |