nonce-wd. [f. COUSIN + -RED: cf. † brotherred, kindred.] Cousinship, relationship.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxiv. ‘There is some cousin-red between us, doubtless,’ said the Bailie reluctantly.
[In Scott’s Journal 1826 (1890, I. 250) used with obvious reference to the Sc. phrase ‘to red kin’ i.e., to clear up obscure questions of kinship.]
