Part 2524

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilatingshaft, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.</def>

<h1>Cowl</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cowl</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>cuvele</ets>, <ets>cuvel</ets>, dim. of F. <ets>cuve</ets> tub, vat, fr. L. <ets>cupa</ets>. See <er>Cup</er>.]</ety> <def>A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Cowled</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cowled</hw> <tt>(kould)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing a cowl; hooded; <as>as, a <ex>cowled</ex> monk</as>.</def> "That <i>cowled</i> churchman."

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Cowleech</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"leech`</hw> <tt>(kou"l?ch`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[2d <ets>cow + leech</ets> a physician.]</ety> <def>One who heals disease of cows; a cow doctor.</def>

<h1>Cowleeching</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"leech`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Healing the distemper of cows.</def>

<h1>Cowlick</h1> <Xpage=337>

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

<h1>Cowlike</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"like`</hw> <tt>(-l?k`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a cow.</def>

<blockquote>With <b>cowlike</b> udders and with oxlike eyes. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cowlstaff</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cowl"staff`</hw> <tt>(koul"st?f`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cowl</ets> a vessel + <ets>staff</ets>.]</ety> <def>A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.</def>

<i>Suckling.</i>

<h1>Coworker</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Co`work"er</hw> <tt>(k?`w?rk"?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who works with another; a co<?/perator.</def>

<h1>Cow parsley</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow" pars`ley</hw> <tt>(kou` p?rs`l?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous plant of the genus <spn>Ch\'91rophyllum</spn> (<spn>C. temulum</spn> and <spn>C. sylvestre</spn>).</def>

<h1>Cow parsnip</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow" pars`nip</hw> <tt>(-n?p)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus <spn>Heracleum</spn> (<spn>H. sphondylium</spn> in England, and <spn>H. lanatum</spn> in America).</def>

<h1>Cowpea</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"pea`</hw> <tt>(-p?`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus <spn>Dolichos</spn>; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.</def>