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Cow"heart`ed (-h?rt`?d), a.
Cowardly.


The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and
called him a cowhearted fellow.

R. North.


Cow"herd` (-h?rd`), n. [AS.
cūhyrde; cow + hyrde a
herder.] One whose occupation is to tend cows.


Cow"hide` (-h?d`), n.
1. The hide of a cow.


2. Leather made of the hide of a
cow.


3. A coarse whip made of untanned
leather.


Cow"hide`, v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Cowhided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cowhiding.] To flog with a cowhide.


Cow"ish (kou"&ibreve;sh), a. [From
Cow, v. t.] Timorous; fearful;
cowardly.
[R.] Shak.


Cow"ish, n. (Bot.) An
umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous
roots, found in Oregon.
[Written also cous.]


Cow"itch (kou"?ch; 224), n.
(Bot.) See Cowhage.


Cowl (koul), n.


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