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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Cow \Cow\ (kou), noun [See {Cowl} a hood.] A chimney cap; a cowl

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Cow \Cow\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cowed} (koud); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cowing}.] [Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. {Cuff}, verb (used with an object)] 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.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Cow \Cow\, noun [Prob. from same root as cow, verb (used with an object)] (Mining) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. --Knight.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Cow \Cow\, noun; pl. {Cows} (kouz); old pl. {Kine} (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. {Beef}, {Bovine}, {Bucolic}, {Butter}, {Nylghau}.]

1. The mature female of bovine animals.

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

cow

noun

1: female of domestic cattle: "'moo-cow' is a child's term" [syn: {moo-cow}]

2: mature female of mammals of which the male is called 'bull'

3: a large unpleasant woman

verb

1: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) [syn: {overawe}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

131 Moby Thesaurus words for "cow": Brahman, Indian buffalo, Partlet, abash, appall, aurochs, beat down, beef, beef cattle, beeves, biddy, bison, bitch, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, break, brood mare, browbeat, buffalo, bull, bulldoze, bullock, bully, bullyrag, calf, carabao, castrate, cattle, clamp down on, coerce, compel, critter, dairy cattle, dairy cow, daunt, demoralize, despotize, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, doe, dogie, domineer, domineer over, dragoon, embarrass, enslave, ewe, ewe lamb, faze, filly, grind, grind down, guinea hen, gyp, harass, hector, heifer, hen, henpeck, hind, hornless cow, huff, intimidate, jenny, keep down, keep under, kine, leppy, lioness, lord it over, mare, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, nanny, nanny goat, neat, oppress, overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, ox, oxen, peahen, press heavy on, rattle, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over, roe, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, slut, sow, steer, stirk, stot, strong-arm, subjugate, suppress, systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, tigress, trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, vixen, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on, wisent, yak, yearling, zebu

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

Cow A cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Lev. 22:28; Ex. 23:19; Deut. 22:6, 7). The reason for this enactment is not given. A state of great poverty is described in the words of Isa. 7:21-25, 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.

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

COW Character Orientated Windows (MS, SAA, UI)

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