Category:Cow

Cow (kou), n. Etym: [See Cowl a hood.]

Defn: A chimney cap; a cowl

cow Cow, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k. Etym: [OE. cu, cou, AS. c; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. g. sq. root223. Cf. Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter, Nylghau.]

1. The mature female of bovine animals. See: Cattle

2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

cow Cow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowed (koud);; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowing.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. Cuff, v. t.]

Defn: To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. To vanquish a people already cowed. Shak. The French king was cowed. J. R. Green.

cow Cow, n. Etym: [Prob. from same root as cow, v.t.] (Mining)

Defn: A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Cow - A cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Leviticus 22:28; Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 22:6, Deuteronomy 22:7). The reason for this enactment is not given. A state of great poverty is described in the words of Isaiah 7:21, where, instead of possessing great resources, a man shall depend for the subsistence of himself and his family on what a single cow and two sheep could yield.