An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

COWAN, s. A fishing boat.
Wodrow.

Su. G. kogge, C. B. cwch, linter.

COWAN, s.
1. One who does the work of a mason, but has not been regularly bred, S.
2. One who builds dry walls, S.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. kujon, homo imbellis; Fr. coi-on, a base fellow; from Su. G. kufw-a, supprimere, insultare.

COWART, s. Covert.
Wallace.

COWARTRY, s. Cowardice.
Bellenden.

COWATYSS.
V. [Couatyse].

COW-CLOOS, s. pl. Common trefoil, S. B. Trifolium pratense, Linn.

COWCLYNK, s. A harlot.
Lyndsay.

Perhaps from cow, and clink, money; q. one who prunes the purse.