cotcheln.
/ˈkɒtʃəl/ local.
A portion (of grain, etc.) left in a sack or bag; a small remnant of a larger quantity.
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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Cotchel, a sack partly full. South. [So 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words; 1888 Berksh. Gloss. (E.D.S.).]
c1870 Kentish dial. (from correspt.) I have gathered all the cotchels of saltpetre together and put them into one bag.
1890 Correspt. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
† cotchelv.
Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper
daunt1303
cocker1440
cherisha1450
pomper1483
daut?a1513
to cocker up1530
pamper1530
pimper1537
tiddle1560
cockle1570
dandlea1577
cotchel1578
cockney1582
fondle1582
coax1589
to coax up1592
to flatter up1598
dainty1622
pet1629
cosset1659
caudle1662
faddle1688
pettle1719
coddle1786
sugar-plum1788
twattle1790
to make a fuss of or over (with)1814
mud1814
pamperizea1845
mollycoddle1851
pompey1860
cosher1861
pussy1889
molly1907
1578 N. Baxter tr. J. Calvin Lect. upon Jonah 20 They flatter themselues and after a sort kotchell their own minds.
1578 N. Baxter tr. J. Calvin Lect. upon Jonah 51 To much..hath euery one of us kotcheled himselfe in his sins.
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. D2 Cotchelling all things in their infancie Till they have got strength and maturitie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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