verb coaf, hoast; (loudly) bowf (an hoast); (violently) husk; (huskily, with a wheeze) craighle; (especially to clear the throat) hauch; (asthmatically, especially to clear the throat) pyocher SHETLAND, NORTH-EAST; (in a subdued asthmatic way) pech; (sharply, with a tickle) kicher.
noun coaf, hoast; (loud) bowf; (slight) crickle: a crickle i the thrapple; (so bad as to cause anxiety) kirkyaird hoast.
‣ fit of coughing kink.
‣ cough up hoast up, hask.