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Show C 5O 9% Cow. @. a. [from coward, by contfac. tion.] To deprefs with fear ; to oppref caufe, which prevails on us to compliment th ; ‘with habitual timidity ' ---Accurfed bé that tongue that tflls me fo "ot it hath cozv'd my better part of man "draw Hudibras Their horns of courfe are underftood You muft houfe your milch-cows, that you giv Mortimer hay to, in your cow-honfe all night N Cow-LEECH who profefles to cure diftempered cows 9o Cow-LEECH. w. z. To profefs to cur €OWS Though there are many pretenders to the art o farriering and coww-leeching, yet many of them ar very ignorant, efpecially in the country Mortimar's Hufbandry Cow-wEED aveed. Cow-wHEAT. 7. /o [cow and whear. ‘ 7. {pecies of chervil [co an plant CO'WARD. . /. [conard, Fr. of uncertai derivation. 1. A poltroon; a wretch whofe predominant paffion is fear. Pyrocles did fuc wonders belief beyon a was able to lead Mufidorus to courage, though h Sidney had been born a cozvard There was a foldier that vaunted, before Juliu Ceefar, of the hurts he had received in his face Czfar, knowing him to be but a coward, told him You were beft take heed, next time you run away How you look back Bacon Some are brav as great captain ong day, and cowards another have often told me, from thei own experience and obfervation Temple A coward does not always efcape wit _ . but fometimes alfo he lofes his life difzrace South Tremble yenot, ‘oh friends ! and cozvards fly Doom'd by the ftern Telemachus to die Pope's Odyffey 2. It is fometimes ufed in the manner o an adjeétive . i « the cowardice of doing wrong Milton on Education None was difgrac'd ; for falling is no thame And cowgrdice alone is lofs of fame . +'The vent'rous knight is from the faddle thrown But 'tis the fault of fortune, not his own Dryden's Fables This great, this holy, this terrible Peing, is prefent to all our affections fees ever treacherou inclination of our heart to defert his fervice; an treafures up, againft the day of his wrath, the fe oret cowardice which deters us from afferting hi ‘Co'xcoms f{pecies o n. [, [cock and comb, corrupte As the cockney did to the eels, when fhe pu them i' the pafty alive; fhe rapt them o' th' cox combs wit down a ftick an theii'caps ecried, down, wantons Shake[peare's King Lear A very paltry boy, and more a coward than a There, take my coxcomb :- why, this fellow ha hare:* his dithonefty appears in leaying his frien _banifhe tw o hi daughters an di th thir here in neceffity, and denying him; and for hi bleflin agaigh hi wil i tho follo him tho cowvardfbip, afk Fabian Shakefpeare. 7 Co'wer w. n. [ cwrrian, Welf courber, Fr. or perhaps borrowed fro the manneriin which a cow finks on he knees.] "To fink by bending the knees to ftoop ; to fhrink Let the pail be put over the man's head abov water, then h cower down and the pail be prefie down with hims Bacon The fplitting rocks coww's' in the finking fands And would not dafh me with their ragged fides Shakefpeare As thus he fpake, each bird and beaft beheld Approaching two and two'; thefle corv'ring. lo With blandifhment, each bird ‘Roop'd on his wing Milton Our dame fits cow'ring o'er a kitchen fire T draw frefh air, and nature's works admire. Dryd Co'wisH. adj. [from To cow; to awe. Timorous ; fearful ; mean; pufillani mous ; cowardly Not in ufe It is the cozvifp terrour of his fpirit That dares.not undertake : He'll not feel wrong Which tie him to an anfwer. Shakefp. King Lear Co'WkEEPER. 7. /. [coaw and kegper.] On whofe bufinefs is to keep cows Yo hat z. / Cows-LUNGWORT Mullein Co'warpsHIP. 7. /. [from coward.] The | 2. Fhe comb refembling that of a cock charaéter or qualities "of a coward; formerly i wor fool licenfe whic meannefs : a word not now in ufe Certesy Sir knight, ye' been too much to blame Thus for to blot the honour of the dead And with foul cowardice his carcafe thame ‘Whofe living hands immortaliz'd his name Fairy Quzcn Gallant and fearlefs courage will turn into the Shakefpears's Tempeft Thy little fon Permit to range the paftures: gladly the Will mow the cozvflip pofies, faintly fweet. Philips adv He fharply reproved them as men of no courage - who had moft cowardly tugned their backs upo their enemies Knollis COWL mak In a cowflip's bell I lie In the manner ofa | from cock's comb. i1. The top of the head coward; meanly; vilely Co'warDLY Co'warpicg. #: /. [from coward.] Fear habitual timidity ; pufillanimity; wan of courage valour, an Where the bee fucks, there fuck I I do find it corvardly and vile For fear of what might fall, {o to preven Shakefpeare's Fulius Cafar The time of life Let all fuch as can enlarge their confciences lik hell, and ftyle a cowardly filence in Chrift's cauf difcretion, know, that Chrift will one day fcor them South heroic Sidnzy as a lily 2. Mean ; befitting a coward; proceedin from fear i native an their refemblanc He might as well {ay, that a coww/lip is as whit Bacon's Natural Hiftory Having more man than wit about me, I drew And rais'd the houfe withtoud and coward ciies Shakefpeare Invading fears repel my coward joy And ills forefeen the prefent blifs deftroy. + Prior fro Gowflip is alfo called pagil, grows wild in th meadows, and is a fpecies of primrofe Miller in the prefence of Oétavius poor and cowardly On [cow and leech. 7 / think ., of {cent to the breath ofa cow; perhap from growing much in pafture grounds and often meeting the cow's /ip. that his genius, otherwife brave and confident, wa Th Cow-HOUSE. 7./. [cow and houfe. houfe in which kine are kept as fom An Egyptian foothfayer made Antonius heliev €oWw-HERD. 7 /. [cow, and hypb, Sax. One whole occupation is t ~ keeper. tend cows Co'wsLiP. # /. [paralyfis 5 cuylippe, Sax 1. Fearful ; timorous ; pufillanimous f " often, that it feems to have fomewhat cowed thei Howel's Pocal Foreft fpirits For when men by their wives are ¢ow0'd of wa preflure th themfelye upo have a bunch in the middle, fomewhat wedge-like and covered with a foft bolfter W ifeman vices of the great, to applaud the libertine, an laugh with the prophane Rogers's Sermons revolts, they hav By reafon of . their frequen L Shakefpeare's Macheth The way by a cowl-flaff is fafer : the ftaff muf Co'WARDPLINESS, 7. /. [from cowardly. Timidity; cowardice Co'warDLY. adj. [from coward. Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripp'de---- ‘ s S ¢ 5) CO ‘The terms cowkeeper and hogherd are not to b ufed in our poetry; but there are o finer word in the Greek language Broome 7. f. [cugle Saxon ;" cucallus Latin imagine that Franci €ornfiel di feratch his elbow, when he had fweetly invented to fignify his mame, faint Francis with his frier cow! in a cornfield Camder ‘What differ more, you cry, than crown and cozw/ T'll tell you, friend, a wife man and a fool Pope 2. [Perhaps from cool, cooler, a veffel i which hot liquor is fet to cool.] A vefle in which water is carried on a pole be- twee two CowrL-sTAFF. n. /. [cow! and f#aff.] Th ftaft on which a veffel is fupported betwee two men Mounting him upon a cowl-faff Which (toffing him fomething high He 2pprehended to be Pegafus Shakefpeare A fop; a f{fuperficial pretende knowledge or accomplithments Suchling. t I fent to her By this fame coxcomb that we have import.tsv th' wind Tokens and letters, which the did refend I {corn, quoth fhe, thou coxcomb filly Shake/p Hudibras Quarter or council from a foe It is a vanity for every pretending coxcoméb t make himfelf one of the party ftill with hi betters L' Eftrange They overflowed with fmart repartees, and wer orly diftinguithed from the intended wits by bein called. coxcombs, though ‘they deferved not fo fcandalous a name Dryden Some are bewilder'd in the maze of {chools And fome made coxcombs, natare meant but fools Pope 4. A kind of red flower Coxco'micaL. adj. [from coxcomb.] Foppifh; conceited : a low word, unworth of ufe a ver Becaufe, as he wa natural writer, an they were without prejudice, without prepoffeffion without affectation coxcomical fenfelef an without the influence o cabal, the wer a liberty t recelve the impreffions which things naturally mad on their minds Denmis COY adj [ coi ‘French quitus, fro Latin. 1. Modeft ; decent Jafon is as coy as is a maide' He looked pitesufly, but nought he faid 1. A monk's hood ma 3 muft needs'wear my coxcomb 2. Referved no acceflible Chawesr no eafil condefcending to familiarity And vain delight the {aw he light did pafs A foe of folly and immodeft toy Still folemn {ad, or fill difdainful coy Speafer Like Phabus fung the no lefs am'rous hoy Like Daphne fhe, as lovely and as coy all At this feafon every {mile of the fun, like the {mile of a coy lady, is asdear as it is uncommon Pope The Nile's coy fource Zo Cox w.n Graingcr [from the adje@ive. 1. To behave with referve; to reje® familiarity No more What, coying it again but make me happy to my guft That is, wichout your ftruggling. Dryd, K. Artbur Reviee |