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encourage, encuirage,
courage [ˈkuːrɪdʒ]
n. Strength in the face of pain or grief.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
courageous: Not deterred by danger or pain, brave.
discourage: To dishearten. pt. discouraged
encourage: To give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
Cooross, Couross, Courus,
Couross [ˈkurəs]
pn. Culross (Fife).
cooser, coosur, courser, couser, cuiser, cuisser, kintra-couser,
couser [ˈkusər, ˈkʌsər]
n. A stallion.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kintra-couser [ˈkɪntrə-, N. ˈkwɪntrə-]: A travelling stallion.
cooshie, coosie, cousie,
cousie [ˈkuːzi]
n. A challenge to a feat of dexterity or daring, the prance of a horse.
v. To show off tricks.
cooslip, coosmooth, coosmouth, coousmooth, couslip, cousmouth, cowsmouth, cuslip, goslip,
couslip [ˈkuslɪp, ˈgɔslɪp]
also SEC. cousmooth [ˈkuːzmuθ]
n. The cowslip Primula veris.
cootyach, coutach, coutyach, kutyach,
coutach [NN.a. ˈkutjʌx]
n. A contemptuous term for a company of people
 
From Gaelic cuideachd.
cootch, coutch, kootch,
coutch [kutʃ]
n. I.Sh. To coat with a preservative.
Cooter, Coulter, Couter, Couter_Fell, Couter_Fell,
Couter [ˈkutər]
pn. Coulter (Lanarkshire).
 
Couter Fell
pn. Culter Fell, the culmination of a network of ridges that lie south of Coulter.
catter, cooter, coother, couter, couther, cuiter, cuither, cuter, cutter, kjoder, koather, koder, kyoder,
couter [ˈkutər, ˈkjutər, I.Sh. kjodər]
also couther [ˈkuθər]
v. To nurse back to health, to pamper, fuss over, mend, patch, put to rights, coax, wheedle.
coolter, cooter, cooterneb, cooter-neb, cootrie, coulter, counterneb, couter, couter_neb, couterie, coutther,
couter [ˈkutər, ˈkuθər]
n. The coulter, the blade of a plough. col. The nose.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
couterie: [NN.b. ˈkutri] The puffin Fratercula arctica.
couter neb: I.Ork. The razorbill Alca torda, U. The puffin Fratercula arctica.

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