An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 191
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~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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