† cochourn.
A kind of dog which couches or lies low.
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14.. Seven Deadly Sins 76 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 217 He..kepith me low lyke a cochoure.
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §59. 45 A partringer who shal have in his custody two doges cochours . ij faucons for partriges.
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