COWAGE
Cow"age (kou1j), n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Cowhage.
COWALKER
Co`walk"er, n.
Defn: A phantasmic or "astral" body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelgänger.
COWAN
Cow"an (kou"an), n. Etym: [Cf. OF. couillon a coward, a cullion.]
Defn: One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship. [Scot.]
Note: Among Freemasons, it is a cant term for pretender, interloper.
COWARD Cow"ard (kou"rd), a. Etym: [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]
1. (Her.)
Defn: Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; — said of a lion.