Obs. In 5 also cukkyn. [Cf. Icel. kúka cacare; kúkr merda; but the u is short in Eng.] intr. To void excrement. Cf. CACK. Hence Cucker; Cucking vbl. sb.; also attrib.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 143. Esyn or cukkyn … or voydyn as man at priuy place [H. cuckyn, P. kackyn], stercoriso, merdo, egero. Ibid., 106. Cukkynge, or pysynge vesselle, scaphium.
a. 1605. Montgomerie, Flyting w. Polwart, 87. Where I cuckied. Ibid., 735. Closet mucker, house cucker.
1606. Choice, Chance, &c. (1881), 69. Hatcht out of a Cucker broode.
