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† ˈcow-shard Obs. Also 6 -sherd, -shed, 6–7 -sheard. [f. cow n.1 + shard, var. of sharn.] Cow-dung; a cow-turd.
1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 19 The Scarabe flies ouer many a sweete flower, and lightes in a cowshard. 1592Greene Def. Conny Catch. (1859) 49 The beetle that..at night takes up his lodging in a cowsherd. 1599Chapman Hum. Dayes Mirth Wks. (1873) I. 96 (D.) Blind as a beetle..that in cowsheds fall. 1626Bacon Sylva §775 Turf and Peat and Cow-sheards are cheap Fewels. |