imp. & p. p.
Above all other one Daniel
He loveth, for he couth well
Divine, that none other couth;
To him were all things couth,
As he had it of God's grace. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. selcūð, seldcūð; seld rare + cūð known. See Uncouth. ] Rarely known; unusual; strange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ She ] wondered much at his so selcouth case. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. uncouth, AS. uncūð unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + cūð known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked. ]
To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Harness . . . so uncouth and so rich. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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