Definition of cow

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Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..

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Beef :: Beef (n.) The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food..
Cowberry :: Cowberry (n.) A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-idaea), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry..
Recreant :: Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch..
Squat :: Squat (a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Siscowet :: Siscowet (n.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit..
Frowny :: Frowny (a.) Frowning; scowling.
Cowing :: Cowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Co.
Cowlike :: Cowlike (a.) Resembling a cow.
Coward :: Coward (a.) Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity..
Proboscidifera :: Proboscidifera (n. pl.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle..
Encowl :: Encowl (v. t.) To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of.
Palsywort :: Palsywort (n.) The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.
Poltroon :: Poltroon (n.) An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
Kipskin :: Kipskin (n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide..
Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.
Flee :: Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive..
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities..
Dioecia :: Dioecia (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries..
Bovine :: Bovine (a.) Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament..
Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water..
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