cow keeping

The busine of keeping cows for dairy purposes; dairy-farming. or ladybird.' [COCCINELLA.] cow-lady, s. The insect now called a ladycow, "A paire of buskins they did bring Of the cow - ladyes corall wing." Musarum Deliciæ , 1656. ( Nares .) cow-leech, s. One who profe es to cure the diseases of cows; a quack veterinarian. *cow-leech, v . i . To profe to understand the treatment of the diseases of cows. cow-leeching, s . The profe ion of a cow-leech. cow-lick, s. A tuft of hair on the human forehead, so named from its being turned back as if licked by a cow.