| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| cowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cow |
| cowage | noun | See Cowhage. |
| coward | adjective | Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; — said of a lion., Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly., Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity., A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon., To make timorous; to frighten. |
| cowboy | noun | A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States., One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans. |
| cowdie | noun | See Kauri. |
| cowish | verb t. | Timorous; fearful; cowardly., An umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. |
| cowled | adjective | Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk. |
| cowpea | noun | The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States. |
| cowpox | noun | A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; — called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock. |
| cowrie | noun | Same as Kauri., Alt. of Cowry |