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▪ I. cowe1 Sc.|kaʊ, kɔːʊ| [f. cow v.2] The act of ‘cowing’, cropping, or pruning; fig. a dressing, a cropping.
1785Burns To W. Simpson xxvii, But new-light herds gat sic a cowe, Folk thought them ruin'd stick-an-stowe. ▪ II. † cowe3 Also coue, kow(e. Obs. = chough.
a1225Ancr. R. 66 Þe hen hwon heo haueð ileid, ne con buten kakelen. And hwat biȝit heo þerof? Kumeð þe coue anonriht & reueð hire hire eiren. 1386–1561 [see chough 1 β]. |