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couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F.
couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F.
queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) +
-ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or
perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue,
Queue, Caudal.] 1. (Her.)
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his
legs; -- said of a lion.

2. Destitute of courage; timid;
cowardly.

Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted
wretch.

Shak.

3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding
from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.

He raised the house with loud and coward
cries.

Shak.

Invading fears repel my coward joy.

Proir.

Cow"ard, n. A person who lacks
courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.

A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse.

Dryden.

Syn. -- Craven; poltroon; dastard.

Cow"ard, v. t. To make
timorous; to frighten. [Obs.

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