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

Cowie, adj. Odd, queer, Lanerks.

COWIT, part. pa.
1. Closely cut.
2. Having short and thin hair.
V. [Cow], v.

To COWK, v. n. To reach ineffectually; in consequence of nausea, S. B.

Germ. koch-en, id.; Isl. kuok-a, gula niti.

COWKIN, s. A beggar, a needy wretch.

Fr. coquin, id.

Dunbar.

COWLICK, s. A tuft of hair on the head, which cannot be made to lie in the same direction with the rest of the hair, S.

From its resemblance to hair licked by a cow.

COWMACK, s. An herb supposed to have great virtue in making the cow desire the male, S. B.