Obs. Also 7 Sc. couk. [From the sound.] intr. To utter the note of the cuckoo.
1599. T. M[oufet], Silkwormes, 50. Let constant Cuckoes cooke on euery side.
1734. Ramsay, Evergreen (Cherrie & Slae, ii.). The Corbie crys, The Coukow couks.