cowheard 
COwheard-t, See cmrln ril-, I'oirnrd. 
cowheart (kou'hart), . [An accom. form of 
mirurd, q. v.] A coward. [1'rov. Eng.] 
cowhearted ( kou'har'ted), a. [See cowhtart. \ 
Timid. 
COW-heel (kou'hel), . The foot of a cow or 
calf boiled to a gelatinous consistency. 
COW-herb (kou'erb), . The field-soapwort, .S- 
/xiiuiriii Vuri'iiriii. 
cowherd 1 (kou'herd). . [Early mod. E. also 
/iiirliciii'il : < coir 1 + herd*.] One whose occu- 
pation is the care of cattle. 
And for her sake her cattell fedd awhile, 
And for her sake a mirheard vile became 
The servant of Admetus, cowhrard vile. 
V/iwr, F. Q., III. Xi. 39. 
COWherd-t, [Early mod. E. also cowheard : 
see mu-ttnl, . ] A former false spelling of cow- 
i/i-il, simulating cowherd*. See coward. 
cowhide (kou'hid), . and a. I. n. 1. The skin 
of a cow prepared for tanning, or the thick 
coarse leather made from it. 2. In the United 
States, a stout flexible whip made of braided 
leather or of rawhide. 
II. a. Made of the leather called cowhide : 
as, heavy cowhide boots. 
cowhide (kou'hid), f. t. ; pret. and pp. cowhided, 
ppr. cowltiding. [< cowhide, n., 2.J To beat or 
wnip with a cowhide. 
iln well beaten 
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A wire cap or cage on the top of a locomotive- 
funnel. 
cowl- (koul), w. [Formerly spelled coul; < ME. 
'couel, earlier cuvel (in comp. cuvel-ntaf, cowl- 
staff), < OF. cuvel, later cuveau, a little tub, dim. 
of cutv, a tub, vat, < L. cupa, a tub, vat, cask, 
later a cup: see cup, coop.] An old name in 
some parts of England for a tub or large vessel 
for holding liquids ; specifically, a large vessel 
for water, to be carried on a pole between two 
persons. 
That the cornyiu haue the CmeU to mete ale with. 
EnglM Gildi (E. E. T. S.), p. 371. 
cow-ladyt (kou'la'di), n. An insect of the fam- 
ily <'i>irini-lliiln- ; a ladybird or a ladybug. 
A palre of buskins they did bring 
of the cuw-ladi/et corall wing. 
Jltuarum Delicia (1056). 
cowled (kould), a. [< cowl* + -ed*.] I. Wear- 
ing a cowl ; hooded. 
Yet not for all his faith can see 
Would I that cvu-Ud churchman be. 
Emeriun, The Problem. 
While I stood observing, the measure of enjoyment was 
the town. 
cowslip 
shape, and position vary in different animals, ill some of 
w hi' li tliry a If mill h mure hulih ili'Vr)<>l*i-il than ill man. 
illed Ci.ii'/- r i 'ilnnil* and ijlaiululae Cvirprri. 
COW-pilot (kou'i>i lot), . A fish, Pomacentrvs 
.iiu-ntilis. of a meun-oUn color, with 5 or 6 
vertical blackish bands rather narrower than 
their interspaces, common in the West Indies, 
and extending along the southern coast of the 
United States. 
COW-plant (kou'plant), n. The Gymnema laeti- 
l'i i-ii. an iisrli'jiiadacwous woody climber of Cey- 
lon, the milky juice of which is used for food 
by the Singhalese. 
cowpock (kou'pok), n. One of the pustules of 
cowpox. 
COW-poison (kou'poi'zn), n. The Delphinium 
trolliifiiliuiH of California, a native larkspur. 
COW-pony (kou'po'ni), . A pony used in herd- 
ing cattle. [Western U. 8.] 
I put spurs U> the smart little cow-pony, and loped 
briskly down the valley. 
T. RtMitvtlt, Hunting Trips, p. 86. 
(kou'poks), n. A vaccine disease 
ppears on the teats of a cow, in the form 
of vesicles of a blue color, approaching to livid. 
11. Jainei, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 212. 
2. Shaped like a cowl ; cucullate : as, a cowled 
leaf, 
cow-leech (kou'lech), n. Same as cow-doctor. 
contain a limpid fluid or virus which U capable of com- 
municating genuine cowpox to the human subject, and of 
conferring, In a great majority of Instances, a complete 
and permanent security against smallpox. Also called 
I'll: -i-itiiil. Srr i'il,-:'i ii'tt nut. 
COW-hitch (kou'hich), n. Naut., a slippery or cow .Uct (kou'lik), . A tuft of hair which pre- 
lubberly hitch or knot. sents the appearance of hair that has been 
cow-hocked (kou'hokt), a. With the hocks ij c ked by a cow, as on herself or on a calf, out 
turning inward like those of a cow : said of dogs. o ; j^ g p rO per position and natural direction. 
cow-house (kou'hous), M. [< ME. couhouts; < Also called calf-lick. 
cow* + Aoiwe.] A house or building in which cowl-muscle (koul ' mus ' 1), n. The trapezius 
cows are kept or stabled. muscle : from its other name cucullaris (which 
cowish 1 (kpu'ish), a. [In form < cow* + -ish* ; Bee ) 
the sense imported from coward.'] Timorous ; cowlstafft (koul'staf), .; pi. cowlstaves (-stavz). 
fearful; cowardly. [Rare.] [Also written, erroneously, colestaff, coltstaff, 
cobtaff; ME. cuvelstaf, < cuvel, coul, E. cowft, + 
staf, E. staff.] A staff or pole on which a tub 
It is the cowifh terror of his spirit, 
That dares not undertake. 
spirit, 
Mule., Lear, Iv. 2. 
cowish 2 (kou'ish), n. [Prob. of Amer. Ind. or "other velisel or weight is supported between 
origin.] A plant found in the valley of the Co- two persons. 
1 ii MI bin river, probably some species of Peuce- 
danitm. The root is of the size of a walnut, 
and resembles in taste the sweet potato, 
cowitch (kou'ich), . Same as cowhage. 
the 
Go take up these clothes here, quickly; where'i 
cmrMaff Shak., M. W. of W., Hi. 8. 
Money Cowry ( Cypraa mtntffa ), 
natural sue. 
Instead of bills, with colttaixt come : Instead of spears, with 
/.'. Jontan, Tale of a Tub, Ui. 2. 
COW-keeper (kou'ke'per), . One whose busi- 
ness is to keep cows ; a dairyman ; a herdsman. 
Here's my master, Victorian, yesterday a cow-keeper, and 
-day a gentleman. Longfellow, Spanish Student, i. 2. 
to-day 
To ride upon a cowlatafft, to be henpecked, as husbands 
who allow themselves to be abused by their wives. 
I know there are many that wear horns and ridt daily 
upon coUMavet ; but this proceeds not so often from the 
fault of the females as the silliness of the husband, who 
knows not how to manage a wife. IlovxU, Letters, iv. 7. 
COW-killer (kou'kil'er), n. One who or that 
which kills cows. -Cow-Mller ant, a Texan species of cow-man (kou'man), n. A stock-owner; an 
hymenopterons insects, of the family MutMutir: so called owner of cattle ; a ranchman. [Western U. S.] 
from the popular belief that these wasps, which superfl. 
dally resemble ants, kill cattle by their stinging. 
COWl 1 (koul), n. [< ME. cowle, coule (also covel, 
A gloomy outlook for the future of the one-man. 
pageant on St. 
kirk in Jrench 
covele (written couel, couele), and cuvel, kurele COW-maSSt (kou mas), n. A pa$ 
appar. after the Icel. kufi), < AS. cule, cuhle, John's day, June 24th, at Dunkir 
cugle, cugele (the form *cufl given in some die- Flanders (formerly held by the English). 
tionaries is not authenticated) = D. Icovel = Thus ended the covmuua, a show scarce exceeded by any 
MLG. kogel, koggel, kagel, also kovel, LG. kagel In the known world. Town and Country Magazine, 1739. 
= OHGK cugeld, eugula, MHG. kugele, G. kugel, cow-milker (kou'mil'ker), n. One who milks 
kogel = Icel. kufl (appar. from the Celtic, or cows; any mechanical device for milking cows. 
from the supposed AS. form 'cufl) = OF. coule, co-work (ko-werk'), v. i. [< co- 1 + work.] To 
cole = Pr. cogula = Sp. cogulla = Pg. cogula = work jointly ; cooperate. 
It. cuculla, cocolla, formerly also cucula, f., also co-worker (ko-wer'ker), n. [< co- 1 + worker.] 
cucullo, formerly cucuglio, ciiculio, m., = W. One who works with another ; a cooperator. 
cwcwll, cwfl = Ir. coclml, < L. cucttllux, m., LL. Co-mrrkeri with God. South, Sennons, III. xl. 
also ciieulla, f., a covering (for the head, for n,n,,v.\ mrl SP conn* 
the feet, or for rnerchandisS), a cap or hood fas- S^SS^pSM- AlSSltoglUl name 
tened to a garment, in ML. esp. a monk's hood. C W , n ? *ft;. O narian polvp. 
n. See cowry. 
cowrie-pine (kou'ri-pin), . See kauri. 
cowry (kou'ri), H.; pi. cowries (-riz). [Also 
written cowrie, sometimes kowree, repr. Hind. 
A-r, Beng. kari, a cowry.] 1. The popular 
name of Cypraxi 
moneta. a small 
yellowish-white 
shell with a fine 
gloss, used by 
various peoples 
as money, it is 
abundant In the 
Indian ocean, and 
Is collected In the 
Maldive and East 
Indian islands, in 
Ceylon, In Slam, and on parts of the African coast. It was 
used in China as a medium of exchange in primitive times, 
Iwfore the introduction of a metallic currency, and also 
in Bengal, where, as late as 1864, 5,120 cowries were reck- 
oned as equal to a rupee. It U still so employed In Africa, 
and in the countries of Further India, In Siam 8,400 cow- 
ries are equal to about 1. tfcf. of English money. 
The small shells called cwmtt are considered preserva- 
tives against the evil eye. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 323. 
2. In general, any shell of the genus Cyprtta 
or family ( 'ynrtfidce. 
cow-shark (kou' shark), n. A shark of the 
family Hexanchidte or Notidanidte. 
cowslip (kou'slip), . [Early mod. E. also cow- 
slippe; < ME. cowslyppe, couslyppe, cowslowpe, 
cowslope, cowslop, corruptly cotcynlepe (and coir- 
shk (Prompt. Parv.), 'cow's leek'), < AS. <*- 
slyppe, also cusloppe, cowslip, in one passage as- 
sociated with oxanslyppe, oxan slyppe, i. e. ojcslip, 
ing drawn over the head or of being worn hang- 
ing on the shoulders: worn chiefly by monks, 
' '' 
Same as cow- 
A wild nmbel- 
her lips r 
(in this form only in the above compounds), 
the sloppy droppings of a cow (ME. sloppe, a 
puddle, E. slop*, q. v.), akin to slype, slipe, a 
viscid substance, < slopen, pp. of slupan, dis- 
solve : see slop* and slip. The name alludes to 
the common habitat of the flower, in pastures 
and along hedges. In ME. it seems to have 
been applied to several different plants.] 1. 
The popular name of several varieties of Pri- 
Pope, Essay on Man, IT. 199. 
2. A garment with a hood (restis caputiata), 
black or gray or brown, varying in length in 
different ages and according to the usages of 
different orders, but having these two perma- 
nent characteristics, that it covered the head 
and shoulders, and that it was without sleeves. 
Cath. l>ict. Hence 3. A monk. 
E And e *immbe'r"l headend Shim,' 
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, 
And tuni'd the cow*, adrift. 
Imnyton, lauung oaK. 
cow . patll (kou'path), n. A path or track made 
by cows. 
country lasses . . . ee nothing uncommon or heroic In 
following a cow-path. 
<? D. War~r, Their Pilgrimage, p. 1M. 
cow-pea (kou'pe), . A plant, Vigna Siiiemtis. 
See i>i n. 
cowpen-bird (kou'pen-berd), . Same as eox- 
Cowpeiian (kou- or ko-pe'ri-an), a. Pertaining 
to or discovered by William Cowper, an English 
anatomist (1666-1709).- Cowperian glands, in va- 
flom snilll gi a a p,;,. O f acceuory prostatic or urethral 
| 
4. A covering, originally 
top of a chimnoy or the upper end of a soil-pipe 
or ventilating shaft, made to turn with MM 
wind, and intended to assist ventilation. 6. 
a|MM]t (||i . sjzc n( H ]pl .. L lvl ,, K , wm , atn . lmlHlm ,, Mi 
potion ..f the urethra. oloM behiml the bulb, ami emp- 
tyinn into the imll>mis ijrtion of the truet Their size. 
Jnited States. It has umbels of small, buff-yellow, 
scented flowers on short pedicels. Its flowers have been 
used as an anodyne. 
The comlifi tall her pensioners be ; 
In their gold coats spots you see. 
SAa*., M. N. D., II. 1. 
2. In the United States, the more common 
name of the marsh-marigold, Caltha paluxtri*. 
American cowslip, Dotlreathcon Mcadia. a primnlaceous 
ilant of the middle and southwestern Vnited States, also 
^nowu as the shouting-ittar. Bugloss or Jerusalem 
COWSllp.the lungwort. ' Pulmonariaojfeinalu. Cowslip 
ale ale flavored with the blossoms of the cowslip (Pn- 
m3t rrrit), added after the fermentation. Sugar U added 
before iM.ttlini:. Wtfrtfi/*v.- Cowslip wine, a wine 
made by fermenting cowslij* with sutnu-. It ls used as a 
domestii s..|.riii. . French or mountain cowslip, the 
yellow auricula of the Alps. Primula Auricula. Virgin- 
ian cowslip, the Mrrtrnnia riryiniea, from its resem- 
blance to the Jerusalem cowslip. 
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