rare, exc. dial. In 6 coulthe, 7 cooth. [f. COOL a. + -TH: cf. warmth.]
1. Coolness.
1547. Salesbury, Welsh Dict., Oerfel, coulthe.
1611. Cotgr., Froid, cold, cooth; coldnesse.
1781. Mad. D’Arblay, Diary, I. 379. My father and Mrs. Thrale seated themselves out of doors … for coolth and chat.
1863. T. Taylor, Pictures in Words, xiii. In pleasant dreams Of English coolth and greenery.
1875. Parish, Sussex Dialect, Coolthe, coolness. ‘I set the window open for coolthe.’
2. A cold (i.e., the malady so named).
1881. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., s.v. Cooth … ‘That child’s ketcht a cooth.’
1884. Cheshire Gloss., Cooth, cold (malady) … ‘I’m so full of cooth and cold.’
