▪ I. cowe1 Sc.
(kaʊ, kɔːʊ)
[f. cow v.2]
The act of ‘cowing’, cropping, or pruning; fig. a dressing, a cropping.
| 1785 Burns 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.
| a 1225 Ancr. 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]. |