Part 2525

<h1>Cowper's glands</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"per's glands`</hw> <tt>(kou"p?rz gl?ndz`)</tt>. <ety>[After the discoverer, William <ets>Cowper</ets>, an English surgeon.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.</def>

<h1>Cow-pilot</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"-pi`lot</hw> <tt><fld>(kou1p?`l?t)/pr>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (<spn>Pomacentrus saxatilis</spn>); -- called also <altname>mojarra</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cowpock</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"pock`</hw> <tt>(-p?k`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>See <er>Cowpox</er>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Cowpox</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"pox`</hw> <tt>(--p?ks`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also <altname>kinepox</altname>, <altname>cowpock</altname>, and <altname>kinepock</altname>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Cowquake</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"quake`</hw> <tt>(-kw?k`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants (<spn>Briza</spn>); quaking grass.</def>

<h1>Cowrie</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"rie</hw> <tt>(-r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Kauri</er>.</def>

<h1>Cowrie Cowry</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw><hw>Cow"rie Cow"ry</hw><hw> <tt>(kou"r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cowries</plw> <tt>(-r<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Hind. <ets>kaur<?/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A marine shell of the genus <spn>Cypr\'91a</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly <spn>C. moneta</spn> and several other species were largely used as money in Africa and some other countries, and they are still so used to some extent. The value is always trifling, and varies at different places.</note>

<h1>Cowslip</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"slip`</hw> <tt>(-sl?p`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>c<?/slyppe</ets>, <ets>c<?/sloppe</ets>, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. <er>Slop</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A common flower in England (<spn>Primula veris</spn>) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the United States, the marsh marigold (<spn>Caltha palustris</spn>), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Marsh marigold</er>.</def>

<cs><col>American cowslip</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a pretty flower of the West (<spn>Dodecatheon Meadia</spn>), belonging to the same order (<spn>Primulace\'91</spn>) with the English cowslip.</cd> -- <col>French cowslip</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>bear's-ear (<spn>Primula Auricula</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Cowslipped</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow"slipped`</hw> <tt>(-sl?pt`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adorned with cowslips.</def> "<i>Cowslipped</i> lawns."

<i>Keats.</i>

<h1>Cow's lungwort</h1> <Xpage=337>

<hw>Cow's" lung"wort`</hw> <tt>(kouz" l?ng"w?rt`)</tt>. <def>Mullein.</def>

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

<hw>Cow" tree`</hw> <tt>(kou" tr?`)</tt>. <ety>[Cf. SP. <ets>palo de vaca</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree (<spn>Galactodendron utile</spn> or <spn>Brosimum Galactodendron</spn>) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.</def>