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Webster 1913 Edition

Cow

Cow

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cows
(kouz); old pl.
Kine
(kīn)
.
[OE.
cu
,
cou
, AS.
cū
; akin to D.
koe
, G.
kuh
, OHG.
kuo
, Icel.
kȳr
, Dan. & Sw.
ko
, L.
bos
ox, cow, Gr.
βοῦς
, Skr.
gō
. √223. Cf.
Beef
,
Bovine
,
Bucolic
,
Butter
,
Nylghau
.]
1.
The mature female of bovine animals.
2.
The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

Cow

(kou)
,
Noun.
[See
Cowl
a hood.]
A chimney cap; a cowl

Cow

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cowed
(koud)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cowing
.]
[Cf. Icel.
kuga
, Sw.
kufva
to check, subdue, Dan.
kue
. Cf.
Cuff
,
Verb.
T.
]
To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.
To vanquish a people already
cowed
.
Shakespeare
THe French king was
cowed
.
J. R. Green.

Cow

,
Noun.
[Prob. from same root as
cow
, v. t.]
(Mining)
A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cow

COW

,
Noun.
plu.
cows; old plu. kine. The female of the bovine genus of animals; a quadruped with cloven hoofs, whose milk furnishes an abundance of food and profit to the farmer.
Sea-cow, the Manatus, a species of the Trichechus. [See Sea-cow.]

COW

,
Verb.
T.
To depress with fear; to sink the spirits or courage; to oppress with habitual timidity.

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