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2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.

3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

Cow"hide`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowhided; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowhiding.] To flog with a cowhide.

Cow"ish (kou"&ibreve;sh), a. [From Cow, v. t.] Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [R.] Shak.

Cow"ish, n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. [Written also cous.]

Cow"itch (kou"?ch; 224), n. (Bot.) See Cowhage.

Cowl (koul), n. [AS. cuhle, cugle, cugele; cf. dial. G. kogel, gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla, cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to conceal, cella cell. Cf. Cucullate.] 1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.

What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl? Pope.

2. A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.

3. A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

Cowl, n. [Cf. OF. cuvele, cuvel, dim. of F. cuve tub, vat, fr. L. cupa. See Cup.] A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. Johnson.

Cowled (kould), a. Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk. "That cowled churchman." Emerson.

Cow"leech` (kou"l?ch`), n. [2d cow + leech a physician.] One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor.

Cow"leech`ing, n. Healing the distemper of cows.

Cow"lick` (-l?k`), n. A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow.

Cow"like` (-l?k`), a. Resembling a cow.

With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope.

Cowl"staff` (koul"st?f`), n. [Cowl a vessel + staff.] A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling.

Co`work"er (k?`w?rk"?r), n. One who works with another; a co&?;perator.

Cow" pars`ley (kou` p?rs`l?). (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus ChŠrophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).

Cow" pars`nip (-n?p). (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).

Cow"pea` (-pē`), n. 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.

Cow"per's glands` (kou"p?rz gl?ndz`). [After the discoverer, William Cowper, an English surgeon.] (Anat.) Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.

Cow"-pi`lot (kou"pī`lŭt), n. (Zo÷l.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.

Cow"pock` (-p&obreve;k`), n. See Cowpox. Dunglison.

Cow"pox` (-p&obreve;ks`), n. (Med.) 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. Dunglison.

Cow"quake` (-kwāk`), n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass.

Cow"rie (-r&ybreve;), n. (Bot.) Same as Kauri.