Part 2522

<i>Macualay.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>cowardly</b> rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous; recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted; white-livered.</syn>

<h1>Cowardly</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"ard*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a coward.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Cowardship</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"ard*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cowardice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cowbane</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"bane`</hw> <tt>(kou"b?n`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the <i>Cicuta virosa</i>; in the United States, the <i>Cicuta maculata</i> and the <i>Archemora rigida</i>. See <er>Water hemlock</er>.</def>

<h1>Cowberry</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(-b?r`r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cowberries</plw> <tt>(-r<?/z)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of <spn>Vaccinium</spn> (<spn>V. Vitis-id</spn>), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called <i>mountain cranberry</i>.</def>

<h1>Cowbird</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"bird`</hw> <tt>(-b?rd`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The cow blackbird (<spn>Molothrus ater</spn>), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle.</def>

<h1>Cowblakes</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"blakes`</hw> <tt>(-bl?ks`)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Dried cow dung used as fuel.</def><mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Cowboy</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"boy`</hw> <tt>(-boi`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.</def>

<h1>Cowcatxjer</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"catxj`er</hw> <tt>(-k?ch`?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Cowdie</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"die</hw> <tt>(kou"d?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Kauri</er>.</def>

<h1>Cower</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cowered</er> <tt>(-?rd)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cowering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>kera</ets> to doze, liequiet, Sw. <ets>kura</ets>, Dan. <ets>kure</ets>, G. <ets>kauern</ets> to cower, W. <ets>cwrian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.</def>

<blockquote>Our dame sits <b>cowering</b> o'er a kitchen fire. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>