cow-turdn.
Now vulgar or dialect.in extended use.1637 J. Bastwick Answer to Exceptions against Letany ii. 21/1 The Prelats..put vp their fingers to their Fovre-Sqvare Cowtvrds, and giue him a nod with the head.
A clot of cow-dung (e.g. in a pasture).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > dung
cow-turdc1485
shard1542
cow-shard1579
cow-sharn1622
cow-dung1626
cow-clot1710
cow-dab1785
cow-flop1847
pad1895
pat1937
cow-pad1941
cow-pat1954
patty1960
cow-clap-
cow-plat-
c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 101 Butt in a cow tord dyd ye slyde.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxxix Vse locall playsters, and amonge all other thynges a hote cowe toorde is nat the worst.
1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. N j Take a drye coutord.
1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 172.
1918 W. A. Raleigh Let. 18 Nov. (1926) II. 498 I want it to reach Germany... For self-respect and sense of honour the whole nation is one large cow-turd.
Compounds
cow-turd-bob n. the larva of a beetle found in cow-dung, used by anglers as a bait.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs
angletwitcheOE
wormc1320
codwormc1450
redwormc1450
gentle1577
touchangle1581
bob1589
Jack1601
dug1608
codbait1620
caddis-worm1627
caddis1653
cockspur1653
lob-worm1653
marsh worm1653
gilt tail1656
cadew1668
cad1674
ash-grub1676
clap-bait1681
whitebait1681
earth-bob1696
jag-tail1736
buzz1760
treachet1787
angleworm1788
cow-turd-bob1798
palmer bob1814
slob1814
angledog1832
caddis-bait1833
sedge-worm1839
snake feeder1861
hellgrammite1866
easworm1872
cow-dung bob1880
snake doctora1883
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 33 The other Bob is found under a Cow-turd..that rests on such a ground as the other is found in.]
1798 Sporting Mag. 11 246 Cow-turd bob, or Clap-bait, found under a cow-turd.
cow-turd-fly n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies
stone-flya1450
ant-fly1653
hawthorn-fly1653
mayfly1653
oak fly1653
wall-fly1653
pismire-fly1670
cow-lady1676
mayfly1676
owl fly1676
brown1681
cow-turd-fly1684
trout-fly1746
orl fly1747
hazel fly?1758
iron-blue fly?1758
red spinner?1758
Welshman's button?1758
buzz1760
Yellow Sally1766
ash-fly1787
black caterpillar1787
cow-dung fly1787
sharn-fly1787
spinner1787
woodcock-fly1787
huzzard1799
knop-fly1799
mackerel1799
watchet1799
iron blue1826
knob fly1829
mackerel fly1829
March brown1837
cinnamon fly1867
quill gnat1867
sedge-fly1867
cob-fly1870
woodcock wing1888
sedge1889
olive1895
quill1899
nymph1910
green weenie1977
Montana1987
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 162 Flies proper for every Month..For May..the Peacock-fly, the Cow-lady, the Cow-turd fly.
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