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

COWMAN, s. A name for the devil, S.
V. [Cow], s.

COWNTIR, s. Rencountre.
Wallace.

COWNTYR PALYSS, Contrary to.
Wallace.

Fr. contrepalé, a term in heraldry, signifying that one pale is opposed to another.

COWOID, pret. Convoyed. Leg. conwoid.
Barbour.

COWPES, COWPIS, s. pl. Baskets for catching fish, S.
Acts Ja. III.

A. Bor. coop, id. Teut. kuype, septa.

COWPON, s. A fragment, a shred, S.
R. Bruce.

Fr. coupon, L. B. copo, a piece cut off from a thing.

COWPER JUSTICE, Trying a man after execution; the same with Jeddart, or Jedburgh justice, S.
Cleland.