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Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen
fire.

Dryden.

Like falcons, cowering on the nest.

Goldsmith.

Cow"er (kou"&etilde;r), v. t.
To cherish with care. [Obs.]

Cow"fish` (-f&ibreve;sh`), n.
(Zoöl.) (a) The grampus.
(b) A California dolphin (Tursiops
Gillii). (c) A marine plectognath
fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having
two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also
cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.

Cow"hage (kou"h&asl;j), n. [Cf.
Hind. kaw&amc;nch, koānch.] (Bot.)
A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna,
having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the
fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculæ are
sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.
[Written also couhage, cowage, and
cowitch.


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