n. [ See Cowl a hood. ] A chimney cap; a cowl [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To vanquish a people already cowed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
THe French king was cowed. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Bot.) See Cowhage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A phantasmic or “astral” body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelgänger. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Cf. OF. couillon a coward, a cullion. ] One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship. [ Scot. ] Among Freemasons, it is a cant term for pretender, interloper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal. ]
Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He raised the house with loud and coward cries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Invading fears repel my coward joy. Proir. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon. [ 1913 Webster ]
A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. Dryden.
v. t. To make timorous; to frighten. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
That which cowardeth a man's heart. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]