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coath

coath

English

Alternative forms

  • cothe

Noun

coath (plural coaths)

  1. (Britain dialectal) Sickness; disease; pestilence.
  2. (Britain dialectal) An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
  3. (Britain dialectal) A disease affecting sheep or cattle.

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Verb

coath (third-person singular simple present coaths, present participle coathing, simple past and past participle coathed)

  1. (intransitive) To faint.
  2. (transitive) To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot.