Obs. rare. Also kotchel(l. App. the same as COCKLE v.3 to cherish. [Cf. F. cochelet little cock, coqueliner to cocker.]
1578. N. Baxter, Calvin on Jonah, 20. They flatter themselues and after a sort kotchell their own minds. Ibid., 51. To much … hath euery one of us kotcheled himselfe in his sins.
1606. Breton, Ourania, D ij. Cotchelling all things in their infancie Till they have got strength and maturitie.
