† couwee, a. Obs.
[a. F. couée tailed.]
In ‘ryme couwee’, OF. rime couée, med.L. rithmus caudatus tailed rime, applied to a couplet or stanza with a tail, tag, or additional short line.
| [13.. Ars Rithmicandi in Reliq. Antiq. I. 32 Rithmorum caudatorum alii sunt consoni alii dissoni..Primus modus est quando duæ distinctiones concordant simul, et additur cauda, et duæ aliæ simul, et additur cauda, et caudæ concordant.] c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Prol. 85 If it were made in ryme couwee, Or in strangere, or enterlace, Þat rede Inglis it ere Inowe, þat couthe not haf coppled a kowe, þat outhere in couwee, or in baston, Som suld haf ben fordon. |