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▪ I. cotchel, n. local.|ˈkɒtʃəl|
[Derivation unknown.]
A portion (of grain, etc.) left in a sack or bag; a small remnant of a larger quantity.
1847–78Halliwell, Cotchel, a sack partly full. South. [So 1881 in I. of Wight Gloss.; 1888 Berksh. Gloss. (E.D.S.).] c1870Kentish dial. (from correspt.), I have gathered all the cotchels of saltpetre together and put them into one bag. 1890Correspt. fr. London, ‘Cotchell’ is a word in use on the Corn Exchange in London..to denote a small remnant of a larger quantity..It may be applied to a bushel left from a sack or..100 quarters left out of a cargo.
▪ II. † ˈcotchel, v. Obs. rare.
Also kotchel(l. App. the same as cockle v.3 to cherish.
[Cf. F. cochelet little cock, coqueliner to cocker.]
1578N. Baxter Calvin on Jonah 20 They flatter themselues and after a sort kotchell their own minds. Ibid. 51 To much..hath euery one of us kotcheled himselfe in his sins. 1606Breton Ourania D ij, Cotchelling all things in their infancie Till they have got strength and maturitie. |