cow 
However Angular this phenomenon may appear, it is 
placed beyond all doubt by the concurring teftimony ot 
centuries. 
“ The cows, when difperfed on the Alps, are brought 
together by the voice of the fenn, who is then laid to al¬ 
lure them, (lochcn.J How well the cattle diftinguilh the 
note of their keeper appears from the circumftance of 
their haftening to him, though at a great diltance, when¬ 
ever he begins to hum the ranz des vaches. He furnifhes 
that cow which is wont to ftray fartheft with a fmall bell, 
and knows by her arrival that all the reft are afl'embled. 
The famous paftoral fong of the Swifs mountaineers, 
known by the name of kuhreihen, or ranz des vaches , is 
very frequently heard in Innerooden. It neither confifts 
of articulated founds, nor is it ever fung by the cow¬ 
herds with words to it: all the tones of it are fimple, 
and moftly formed within the throat. Hence the tune 
produces very little or no motion of the jawbones, and 
its founds do not referable thofe which commonly iftue 
from the human throat, but rather feem to be the tones 
of Tome wind-inftrument; particularly as fcarcely any 
breathing is perceived, and as the cowherds fometimes 
fing for minutes together without fetching breath.” 
“ Curs’d Cows have fliort horns.” This proverb 
is farcaftically applied to fuch perfons, who, though 
they have malignity in their hearts, have feeblenefs in 
their hands, difabling them from wreaking their malice 
on the perfons they wifi? to injure.. Alfo, under this ri¬ 
diculous emblem of curs'd cows, inveterate enemies are 
couched, whofe barbarous defigns are often fruftrated by 
the intervention of an over-ruling providence, according 
to the Lat. Dat Dens immiti, cornua curta bovi. 
“ Many a good Cow hath a bad calf.” That is, many 
a good or wife man hath a wdcked or ftupid child. Lat.' 
llcroumfilii 710 XU. Gr. Av^cov ygciiav rey.vci 'ttyiixcltoi.. Hif- 
tory furnifhes us with various inftances of men in all ca¬ 
pacities and ftations, great and fmall, wife, virtuous, and 
valorous, whofe children have degenerated. But it fur¬ 
nifhes us with, perhaps, as many inftances on the con¬ 
trary fide of the queftion ; whence the Lat. Fortes crcan- 
tur fortibus. 
“ He eats the calf in the Cow’s belly.” Or, accord¬ 
ing to another proverb, He fpends the Michaelmas rent hi 
the Midfurmner noon: that is, he fpends his rents before 
they be due. The French fay, II mange foil bled en herbe; 
He eats his corn before it is ripe. 
COW (Sea). See Trichecus. 
To COW, v. a. [from coward, by contraction. ] To dc- 
prefs with fear ; to opprefs with habitual timidity.—By 
reafon of their frequent revolts, they have drawn upon 
themfelves the preffures of war fo often, that it feems to 
have fomewhat cowed their fpirits. Howel. 
For when men by their wives are cow'd, 
Their horns of courfe are underftood. Hudibras. 
COW-BURNER, / - , in entomology. See Buprestis. 
COW-DUNG,/! The dung of a cow.—That in the 
fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung 
for fallets. Shahefpeare. 
COW-HERD,/ [cow, and hyjib, Sax. a keeper.] One 
whofe occupation is to tend cows. 
COW-HOUSE, f. The houfe in which kine are kept. 
—You muft houfe your milch-cows, that you give hay 
to, in your cow-houfe all night. Mortimer. 
COW-ITCH, j. in botany. See Dolichos. 
COW-LEECH, f. One who profeffes to cure diftem- 
pered cows. 
To COW-LEECH, v. n. To profefs to cure cows.—= 
Though there are many pretenders to the art of farrier- 
ing and cow-leeching, yet many of them are very ignorant, 
efpecially in the country. Mortimer. - 
COW’s-LIP, or Cowslip, f. [ paralyjis ; cuylippe. 
Sax. as fome think, from their refemblance of feent to 
the breath of a cow; perhaps from growing much in 
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pafture grounds, and often meeting the cow'sfip.'] A fpc- 
cies of primrofe. See Primula and Dodecatheon. 
COW’s-LIP-WATERjyi A water diftilled from row- 
flips.—You had better take a little diacodion and ‘cowfip- 
water. Congreve. 
COW-PARSLEY. See Ch^ropiiyllum. 
COW-POX, /! A difeafe of cows, very fimilar to that 
of the fmall-pox in the human fubject, firft difeevered 
by Dr. Jenner, in 1798, and called variole vaccince. The 
puftules are formed on the nipples or teats of cows, and 
are filled with matter exactly like the puftules in the 
fmall-pox. Hence Dr. Jenner was induced to inoculate 
many patients with this virus from the cow, in ail of 
whom ‘lie found the fmall-pox unufually mild, and per¬ 
fectly fafe. This led to a great number of fubfequent 
experiments, the combined influence of which feems to 
have brought the vaccine inoculation into confiderable 
practice. See the article Inoculation. 
COW-QUAKES,/! in botany. See Briza. 
COW-WEED,/, in botany. See Ch jerofhyi.lum. 
COW, or Cowmull, a river of Hindoorfan, which 
runs into the Sind, thirty miles below Attock. 
COW and CALF, rocks of Ireland in Dundrum Bay, 
near the fouth-eaft coaft of the county of Down : four 
miles weft of St. John’s Point. 
COWARD,/, [coudrd, Fr. of uncertain derivation.] 
A poltroon ; a wretch whofe predominant pafiion is fear. 
—A foldier vaunted before Julius Caslar, of the hurts he 
had received in his face. Csefar knowing him to be a 
coward, told him, You had belt take heed, next time you 
run away, how you lookback. Bacon. 
Tremble ye not, oh friends ! and cowards fly, 
Doom’d by the ftern Telemachus to die ! Pope. 
It is fometimes ufed in'the manner of an adjeCtive : 
Invading fears repel my coward joy, 
And ills forefeen the prefent blifs deftroy. Prior. 
COW'ARDICE, f. Fear; habitual timidity; pufil- 
lanimity ; want of courage.—This great, this holy Be¬ 
ing, is prefent to all our afteCtions ; fees every treache¬ 
rous inclination of our hearts to defert his fervice ; and 
treafures up, againft the day of his wrath, the fecret 
cowardice which deters us from afferting his caufe, which 
prevails on us to compliment the vices of the great, to 
applaud the libertine, and laugh with the prophane. 
Rogers. 
None was difgrac’d ; for falling is no firavne, 
And cowardice alone is lofs of fame : 
The ven’trous knight is from the faddle thrown, 
But ’tis the fault of fortune, not his own. Dry den. 
COW'ARDLINESS,/. Timidity; cowardice. 
COW'ARDLY, adj. Fearful; timorous; pufillani- 
mous.—An Epyptian foothfayer made Antonius believe 
that his genius, otherwife brave and confident, was, in the 
prefence of Octavius, poor and cowardly. Bacon. —Mean ; 
befitting a coward ; proceeding from 'fear : 
I do find it cowardly and vile, 
For fear of what might fall, fo to prevent 
The time of life. Shakcjpearc. 
COW'ARDLY, adv. In the mannerofacoward; mean¬ 
ly ; vilely.—He fharply reproved them as men of no cou¬ 
rage, who had moll cowardly turned their backs upon then- 
enemies. Knolles. 
COW'ARDREE,/. Cowardice : 
Be therefore councelled herein by me, 
And fliake off this vile-hearted cowardree. Spenfer. 
COW'ARDSHIP,/! The character or qualities of a 
coward ; meannefs : a word not now in ufe. —A very paltry 
boy, and more a coward than a hare: his difhonefty ap¬ 
pears in leaving his friend here in neceftity, and denying 
him ; and for his coward/kip, afk Fabian. Shahefpeare. 
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