Coit

Insularum, quas innumeras lateque patentes spargit, clarissimam, lævo alveo Astabores dictus est, hoc est, ramus aquæ venientis è tenebris; dextero veto Astusapes, quod latentis significationem adjicit, nec ante, quam ubi rursum coit, Nilua dictus est. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Every composition of them in this matter is, “Male sarta gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur.” ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

* [2115] Male sarta gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

That garment was always known after as "the hallelujah coit." ❋ F. Jewell (N/A)

And away he went out into the darkness and rain shouting, "A Hallelujah top coit!" ❋ F. Jewell (N/A)

Were you a native of Greece, where to exhibit in the public games [e] is an honourable employment; and if the gods had bestowed upon you the force and sinew of the athletic Nicostratus [f]; do you imagine that I could look tamely on, and see that amazing vigour waste itself away in nothing better than the frivolous art of darting the javelin, or throwing the coit? ❋ Caius Cornelius Tacitus (N/A)

A.D. 455; the name has also been derived from Celtic _Ked-coit_, that is, the tomb in the wood. ❋ Various (N/A)

= Similar wording at vii 7 'ipse uides certe glacie concrescere Pontum', _Tr_ II 196 'maris astricto quae coit unda gelu', and _Tr_ III x 37. ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

= The same phrase in the same position (leaving space for the disyllable) at _EP_ III iii 26 'et coit astrictis _barbarus ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

The pseudo-Michael Scot among the _Signa mulieris calidæ naturæ et quæ coit libenter_ stated that her hair, both on the head and body, is thick and coarse and crisp, and Della Porta, the greatest of the physiognomists, said that thickness of hair in women meant wantonness. ❋ Havelock Ellis (1899)

Magnus, we find a chapter entitled "Signa mulieris calidæ naturæ et quæ coit libenter," which may be summarized here. ❋ Havelock Ellis (1899)

But, if _bi-coit-suk_ does not mean twins, I am greatly mistaken. ❋ Unknown (1887)

The man, who might possibly have been their father, but more probably their elder brother, saw our amazed looks, and said "_Bi-coit-suk_:" at least, it sounded like that. ❋ Unknown (1887)

As sooin as he coom near th 'coit he could hear him snoaring away ommost as laad as a trombone. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

Sam wod promise to be up directly, an he'd put a net into his coit pocket, an a two-o-three breead crumbs in a bit o 'paper, an a rat, ommost as big as a kittlin, but withaat a tooith in its heead, into his inside brast pocket, an then he'd set off. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

Just then th 'chaps sang another verse, an' he thowt he'd better stop a bit longer, soa he put up his coit collar to keep th 'wind aght of his neck, an' wor sooin fast asleep agean. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

Th 'peanner struck up, an' a chap in a big white hat an 'longlapp'd coit sang "What aw did for Hannah," an' afoor he'd finished aw thowt if he'd done hauf as mich for Hannah as he'd done for us he owt to be shot. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

'Them's just my sentiment,' sed one o'th 'singers,' an 'aw dooant care who hears me say it, for aw dooant care whether a chap's coit is aght o'th' elbows or his britches knees brussen, noa matter if he's ---- ' ❋ John Hartley (1877)

Furst ov all, find aght sombdy 'at yo fancy yore mates think moor on nor they think o' yo -- watch him ivery time yo get a chonce, an 'see if yo connot pick aght a hoil in his coit. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

She fears no denial, and she meets with none; as soon as she has stated her case, the good woman replies, "Sit wi ''em lass! aw'm sure aw will! an' thee," she said, turning to her husband, "put on thi hat an 'coit an' goa wi 'her." ❋ John Hartley (1877)