Cowardliness

Quality of being cowardly; want of courage: timorousne ; cowardice; timidity. Cow'ardly, a. Wanting courage to face danger; pusillanimous; dastardly; timid; faint-hearted. "His genius was poor and cowardly." - Bacon . See SHIPPON. Cow'ikee, in Alabama , a post-office of Barbour co. Cowikee Creek, in Alabama , traversing Barbour co., flows into the Chattahoochee, abt. 10 m. above Eufaula. Cow'ish, a. Timorous; pusillanimous; cowardly. "It is the cowish terror of his spirit." - Shaks . -n. ( Bot . ) Same as CoWHAGE. See DOLICHOS. Cow'-itch, n. ( Bot . ) See DOLICHOS. Cow'-keeper, n . A dairyman; one whose vocation is to keep cows for retailing milk to the public. Cowl, n. [A. S. cugle, cugele, cuhle; Lat. cucullus; Armor . kougoul ; W.cwcwll, a cowl, from cwgn , a knot, the primitive cowl being a piece of cloth tied round the head by a knot.] A sort of hood worn by the Bernardines and Benedictines. They are of two kinds, - the one white and very large, worn on ceremonial occasions and when a isting at the office; the other black, and worn on ordinary occasions, in the streets, . -A cap or cover for a chimney which turns with the wind, used to facilitate the escape of smoke . (Sometimes written cow .) - A wire cap covering the smoke-stack of a locomotive engine. - A ve el carried on a pole by two persons for the transport of water. Cowled, ( koold ',) a. Wearing a cowl; hooded; cowl shaped; as, a cowled friar.