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

To COWER, COWYR, COUR, v. a. To recover.
Barbour.

Abbrev. from Fr. recouvrir.

Cowering, s. Recovery.
Barbour.

COW-FISH, s. The Mactra lutraria, Mya arenaria, or any other large oval shellfish, Orkney.

COWFYNE, s. A ludicrous term.
Evergreen.

COWHUBBY, s. A cow-herd.
Evergreen.

Belg. koe, a cow, and hobb-en, to toil, q. a cow-herd.

COWIE, s. The name given to the Porpoise in the Firth of Tay.

COWIE, s. A cow wanting horns, S.
V. [Cow], v.

COWIE, adv. Very; as cowie weel, very well, Lanerks.