~Cowering~, _s._ Recovery.

_Barbour._

COW-FISH, _s._ The Mactra lutraria, Mya arenaria, or any other large oval sh.e.l.lfish, Orkney.

COWFYNE, _s._ A ludicrous term.

_Evergreen._

COWHUBBY, _s._ A cow-herd.

_Evergreen._

Belg. _koe_, a cow, and _hobb-en_, to toil, q. a cow-herd.

COWIE, _s._ The name given to the Porpoise in the Firth of Tay.

COWIE, _s._ A cow wanting horns, S.

V. ~Cow~, _v._

COWIE, adv. Very; as _cowie weel_, very well, Lanerks.

~Cowie~, _adj._ Odd, queer, Lanerks.

COWIT, _part. pa._

1. Closely cut.

2. Having short and thin hair.

V. ~Cow~, _v._

_To_ COWK, _v. n._ To reach ineffectually; in consequence of nausea, S.

B.

Germ. _koch-en_, id.; Isl. _kuok-a_, gula niti.

COWKIN, _s._ A beggar, a needy wretch.

Fr. _coquin_, id.

_Dunbar._

COWLICK, _s._ A tuft of hair on the head, which cannot be made to lie in the same direction with the rest of the hair, S.

From its resemblance to hair _licked_ by a _cow_.

COWMACK, _s._ An herb supposed to have great virtue in making the cow desire the male, S. B.

COWMAN, _s._ A name for the devil, S.

V. ~Cow~, _s._

COWNTIR, _s._ Rencountre.

_Wallace._

COWNTYR PALYSS, Contrary to.

_Wallace._

Fr. _contrepale_, a term in heraldry, signifying that one _pale_ is opposed to another.

COWOID, _pret._ Convoyed. _Leg. conwoid_.

_Barbour._

COWPES, COWPIS, _s. pl._ Baskets for catching fish, S.

_Acts Ja. III._

A. Bor. _coop_, id. Teut. _kuype_, septa.

COWPON, _s._ A fragment, a shred, S.

_R. Bruce._

Fr. _coupon_, L. B. _copo_, a piece cut off from a thing.

COWPER JUSTICE, Trying a man after execution; the same with _Jeddart_, or _Jedburgh justice_, S.

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