coen.¹

Forms: Also Scottish cow.

Etymology: The Scots form is more etymological, corresponding to Dutch kouw, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German couwe, côje, German kaue, Middle High German kouwe, köwe, in same sense, also ‘cage’ < West Germanic type *kauja, < Latin cavea hollow, stall, cage, coop, etc., < cavus hollow. Apparently introduced from Low German as a mining term. The same Latin original gave cavie n., and (through Romance) cage n.; also the last syllable of decoy n.², Dutch kooi, cage.

local Mining.

a. A little hut built over a mine-shaft, as a protection to the shaft, or as a repository for ore, tools, etc. Hence coe-shaft, coe-stead (†-stid).

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1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 117 Such as be cavers, or do rob men's coes.

1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 259 Water-holes, Wind-holes, Veyns, Coe-shafts and Woughs.

1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 273 Fleaks, Knockings, Coestid, Trunks and Sparks of oar.

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Ijb Fleaks [are] those very useful things that the miner uses to make for Shelter when he has as yet no Coe to hold off the Wind and Rain from his Shaft.

1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 360 Coes, or small buildings..for stowing the Ore, Tools, &c.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Cow, a rude shed erected over the mouth of a coal-pit.

1890 A Correspondent says : ‘The word is still in use among Derbyshire lead-miners’.

b. The following absurd ‘explanation’ of Phillips has been uncritically repeated in the Dictionaries.

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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Coe, a word used among Miners, and signifying the little recess which they make for themselves under ground still as they work lower and lower.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Coe, (among Miners) the little Lodgment they make for themselves, under Ground, as they work lower and lower. [So Bailey, Ash, and recent compilers.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

coen.²

Forms: Also caw.

Etymology: A worn-down form of cothe n., coath, Middle English cothe, Old English coðu, coðe disease, sickness (of cattle, etc.).

local.

A disease in sheep, the rot. Also in combinations, as coe-grass (see quot. 1888).

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1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon viii. 218 To communicate the caw or rot in sheep.

1879 Chard & Ilminster News 25 Jan. There were two kinds of coe; one described as fluke coe or liver rot: the other as wet coe, or dropsy.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Coe-grass Said to be the cause of the coe in sheep and cattle—Juncus bufonius.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

coev.

Forms: Also caw.

Etymology: < coe n.²: see cothe v.

local.

transitive. To give (sheep) the coe or rot.

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1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) Gloss. Coad, or Caud, unhealthy, consumptive, or cored like a rotten sheep.

1879 Chard & Ilminster News 25 Jan. How long will it take to coe a sheep?..one night.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Wet pastures are said to coe the sheep.

Derivatives

coed adj. (also coad, caud, cawed) diseased.

ΚΠ

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 9 A wud ha' had a coad, riggleting, parbeaking, piping Body in tha.

1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 636/2 Cawed mutton.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

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also refers to : † cocoen.¹

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单词	coe
释义	coen.¹ Forms: Also Scottish cow. Etymology: The Scots form is more etymological, corresponding to Dutch kouw, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German couwe, côje, German kaue, Middle High German kouwe, köwe, in same sense, also ‘cage’ < West Germanic type kauja, < Latin cavea* hollow, stall, cage, coop, etc., < cavus hollow. Apparently introduced from Low German as a mining term. The same Latin original gave cavie n., and (through Romance) cage n.; also the last syllable of decoy n.², Dutch kooi, cage. local Mining. a. A little hut built over a mine-shaft, as a protection to the shaft, or as a repository for ore, tools, etc. Hence coe-shaft, coe-stead (†-stid). ΚΠ 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 117 Such as be cavers, or do rob men's coes. 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 259 Water-holes, Wind-holes, Veyns, Coe-shafts and Woughs. 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 273 Fleaks, Knockings, Coestid, Trunks and Sparks of oar. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Ijb Fleaks [are] those very useful things that the miner uses to make for Shelter when he has as yet no Coe to hold off the Wind and Rain from his Shaft. 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 360 Coes, or small buildings..for stowing the Ore, Tools, &c. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Cow, a rude shed erected over the mouth of a coal-pit. 1890 A Correspondent says : ‘The word is still in use among Derbyshire lead-miners’. b. The following absurd ‘explanation’ of Phillips has been uncritically repeated in the Dictionaries. ΚΠ 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Coe, a word used among Miners, and signifying the little recess which they make for themselves under ground still as they work lower and lower. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Coe, (among Miners) the little Lodgment they make for themselves, under Ground, as they work lower and lower. [So Bailey, Ash, and recent compilers.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). coen.² Forms: Also caw. Etymology: A worn-down form of cothe n., coath, Middle English cothe, Old English coðu, coðe disease, sickness (of cattle, etc.). local. A disease in sheep, the rot. Also in combinations, as coe-grass (see quot. 1888). ΚΠ 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon viii. 218 To communicate the caw or rot in sheep. 1879 Chard & Ilminster News 25 Jan. There were two kinds of coe; one described as fluke coe or liver rot: the other as wet coe, or dropsy. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Coe-grass Said to be the cause of the coe in sheep and cattle—Juncus bufonius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). coev. Forms: Also caw. Etymology: < coe n.²: see cothe v. local. transitive. To give (sheep) the coe or rot. ΚΠ 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) Gloss. Coad, or Caud, unhealthy, consumptive, or cored like a rotten sheep. 1879 Chard & Ilminster News 25 Jan. How long will it take to coe a sheep?..one night. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Wet pastures are said to coe the sheep. Derivatives coed adj. (also coad, caud, cawed) diseased. ΚΠ 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 9 A wud ha' had a coad, riggleting, parbeaking, piping Body in tha. 1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 636/2 Cawed mutton. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see also also refers to : † cocoen.¹ < n.¹1653n.²1808v.1746 see also
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