cowan (1)

[Prob. a dim in. from cog (q. v.).) ." otherwise denominated a dry - diker . 2. Also used to denote one who builds dry walls, IMG:content-1204.png:[graphic][merged small] 1. Ord . Lang .: Cowardly, mean, pusillanimous. Why, why, ye coward train, These fears, this flight? ye fear, and fly in vain." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, vi. 239-40. 2. Her .: An epithet applied to animals represented with the tail between the legs.