cowgate (kougat)

Right of pasture for cattle. See gate. I scarcely ever knew a cow - gate given up for want of ability to obtain a cow. A. Hunter , Georgical E ays, II. 126. IMG:content-1510.png:[blocks in formation] coward like (kou'ärd-lik), a. Like a coward; populous State. Like Nevada, it is a district of miners' cowardly; pusillanimous. [Rare.] cabins and of cow - boys ' huts. N. A. Rev., CXLII. 462. Trifolium medium, resembling the common red clover, at one time much cultivated in England. -2. Same as knot - gra , Polygonum aviculare. cowhage (kou'āj), n. [Also written couhage, cowage, and cowitch (an accom. form, as if (6) The entire pods of M. pruriens. (c) The plant itself.-2. In the West Indies, a euphorbiaceous shrub, Acidoton urens, bearing capsules covered with stinging hairs. The twining cowhage of the same region is a woody climber of the same order. Tragia rolubilis, with hispid capsules. Cowhage cherry. See Barbados cherry, under cherryl, cowheard1t, n. An obsolete form of cowherd1, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-1512.png:[blocks in formation] cowherd1 (kou'herd), n. [Early mod. E. also cowheard; And for her sake her cattell fedd awhile, And for her sake a cowheard vile became The servant of Admetus, cowheard vile. A wire cap or cage on the top of a locomotive- funnel. cowl2 (koul), n . [Formerly spell spelled coul ; couel , earlier cuvel (in comp. cuvel - staf , cowl- staff), cuvel , later cuveau , a little tub, dim. of cure , a tub, vat, cup a , a tub, vat, cask, later a cup: see cup , coop .] An old name in some e parts of England for a tub or large ve el United States. for holding liquids; specifically, a large ve el for water, to be carried on a pole between two persons. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 371. cow-ladyt (kou'lādi), n. An insect of the fam- ily Coccinellide ; a ladybird or a ladybug. A paire of buskins they did bring Of the cow - ladyes corall wing. "Musarum Delicicæ (1656). cowled (kould), a. [ Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowled churchman be. While I stood observing, the measure of enjoyment was filled up by the unbar gained spectacle of a white- cowled monk trudging up a road which wound into the gate of the town. H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 212. cow-leech (kou'lēch), n. Same as cow-doctor. cow-leeching (kou'le"ching), n. The act or art of healing the distempers of cows. cow-lick (kou'lik), n . A tuft of hair which pre cowrie, n . licked by a cow, as on herself or on a calf, out cowrie-pine (kou'ri-pin), n. See kauri . of its proper position and natural direction. cowry (kou'ri), n.; pl. cowries (-riz). [Also turning inward like those of a cow: said of dogs. cow-house (kou'hous), n. [ couhous ; Also called calf - lick . cowl + house.] A house or building in which cows are kept or stabled. cowish1 (kou'ish), a. [In form coward .] Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [Rare.] It is the cowish terror of his spirit, That dares not undertake. Shak ., Lear, iv. 2. cowish2 (kou'ish), n. [Prob. of Amer. Ind. origin.] A plant found in the valley of the Co- lumbia river, probably some species of Peuce- danum. The root is of the size of a walnut, and resembles in taste the sweet potato. cowitch (kou'ich), n. Same as cowhage . cow-keeper (kou'kē"pėr), n. One whose bus i- ne is to keep cows; a dairyman; a herdsman. Here's my master, Victorian, yesterday a cow - keeper , and to-day a gentleman. Long fellow , Spanish Student, i. 2. cow-killer (kou'kil"ėr), n. One who or that which kills cows. - Cow-killer ant, a Texan species of hymenopterous insects, of the family Mutillida : so called from the popular belief that these wasps, which superfi- cially resemble ants, kill cattle by their stinging. cowl-muscle (koul'mus "1), n. The trapezius muscle: from its other name cucullaris (which see). cowlstafft (koul'ståf), n.; pl. cowlstaves (-stävz). [Also written, erroneously, cole staff , colt staff , col staff ; ME. cuvelstaf , cuvel , coul , E. cowl2 , + staf , E. staff .] A staff or pole on which a tub or other ve el or weight is supported between two persons. Go take up these clothes here, quickly; where's the cowl-staf? Shak ., M. W. of W., iii. 3. Instead of bills, with col staves come: instead of spears, with spits. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, iii. 2. To ride upon a cowlstafft, to be henpecked, as husbands who allow themselves to be abused by their wives. I know there are many that wear horns and ride daily upon colt staves ; but this proceeds not so often from the fault of the females as the silline of the husband, who knows not how to manage a wife. Howell , Letters, iv. 7. cow-man (kou'man), n. A stock-owner; an owner of cattle; a ranchman. [Western U. S.] A gloomy outlook for the future of the cow - man . cow-ma t (kou'mas), n. A pageant on St. John's day, June 24th, at Dunkirk in French Flanders (formerly held by the English). cugle, cugele (the form * cuft given in some dic- tionaries is not authenticated) = D. kovel = Thus ended the cowma , a show scarce exceeded by any MLG. kogel , koggel , kagel , also kovel , LG. kagel in the known world. Town and Country Magazine , 1739. = OHG. cugela, cugulā , MHG. kugele , G. kugel , cow-milker (kou'milker), n. One who milks kogel Icel. kutt (appar. from the Celtic, or cows; any mechanical device for milking cows. from the supposed AS. form * cuft ) = OF. coule , co-work (kō-wėrk'), v. i. [ work .] To cole = Pr. cogula = cogula = Sp. cogulla = Pg. cogul work jointly; coöperate. It. cuculla , cocolla , formerly also cucula , f., also co-worker (kō-werker), n. [ co -1 + worker .] cucullo, formerly cucuglio , cuculio , m., = W. One who works with another; a coöper at or. cwcwll, cwft = Ir. cochal , L. cucullus , m., LL. South , Sermons, III. xi. also cuculla , f., a covering (for the head, for the feet, or for merchandise), a cap or hood fascowp (koup), v. and n. See coup1 . tened to a garment, in ML. esp. a monk's hood. cow-paps (kou'paps), n. A local English name IMG:content-1513.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In general, any shell of the genus Cypræa or family Cypræidæ . cow-shark (kou'shärk), n. A shark of the family Hexanchidæ or Notidanida . cowslip (kou's lip), n . [Early mod. E. also cow- slippe ; cowslyppe , couslyppe , cowslowpe , cowslope , cowslop , corruptly cowyslepe (and cow- slek (Prompt. Parv.), 'cow's leek'), cũ- slyppe , also cūsloppe , cowslip, in one pa age as- sociated with oxanslyppe , oxan slyppe , i. e, oxslip , now written oxlip , as cowslip is taken as 'cow's lip' ("because the cow licks this flower up with her lips" - Minsheu), cu , cow, + slyppe , sloppe (in this form only in the above compounds), the sloppy droppings of a cow (ME. sloppe , a puddle, E. slop1 , q. v.), akin to slype , slipe , a viscid substance, slopen , pp. of slūpan , dis- attached to a gown or robe, and admitting of be- Also called dead - men's - fingers . ing drawn over the head or of being worn hangcow-parsley (kou'pärs"li), n. Same as cow- ing on the shoulders: worn chiefly by monks, monks, chervil. and characteristic of their dre or profe ion. cow-parsnip (kou pärsnip), n. What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl ! Pope , E ay on Man, iv. 199. IMG:content-1514.png:[blocks in formation] scented flowers on short pedicels. Its flowers have been used as an anodyne. The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see. anatomist (1666-1709). - Cowperian glands, in va- rio us animals, a pair of acce ory prostatic or urethral glands of lobulated or follicular structure, which pour a mucous secretion into the urethra. In man they are small, about the size of a pea, lying beneath the membranous portion of the urethra, close behind the bulb, and emp- tying into the bulbous portion of the tract. Their size, cow slipped