| 释义 |
† couse, cousse, v. Obs. and dial.
In 4 kowse.
[perh. related to F. causer, or to Ger. kosen: cf. coze. The identity of the 14th c. kowse with the mod. Cornwall word is only conjectural.]
†a. To say. Obs.
b. To chat, gossip. dial.
a1400Cov. Myst. 90 He muste here brynge, I herde hym kowse [rimes spouse, house], Into the tempyl a spowse to wedde. 1880W. Cornwall Gloss., Coussy, to chat, to gossip; to loiter on an errand. ‘She's allus coussing.’
Hence couse n.
1880W. Cornwall Gloss., Cousse, a chat, a gossip. ‘We had a bra' comfor'ble cousse.’ |