kouskous

[COUS-COUS.] kous-sō, s. (An Aby in i an word.) Bot. & Phar .: [BRAYER A.J kow-tow, kō-tow', v. t. & i. [Chinese.] A. Trans .: To perform the kowtow to; to salute by prostration; to fawn obsequiously upon. (Moore: Fudge Family , lett. xi.) B. In trans.: To perform the kowtow; to fawn obsequiously. kow-tow, kō-tow', s . [Kowtow, v .] The mode of saluting the Emperor of China, by prostration before him on all fours, touching the ground with the forehead nine times. K.P. The abbreviation for Knight of the Order of St. Patrick.