cowt, cowte

[COLT.] A colt. ( Scotch.) *cow-ther, s. [A corruption of cower (q. v.).] Το cower, to crouch. "Plautus in his 'Rudens' bringeth in fishermen cow thring and quaking."-Nashe: Lenten Stuffe. cowth-wõrt, s . [Corruption of Eng. motherwort (?).] A labiate plant, Leonurus cardiac a . Its more general English name is Mother-wort (q. v.). *Cox, s. [A contr. of coxcomb (q. v.).] A coxcomb.