Defn: The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; — so called because frequently associated with cattle.
COWBLAKES
Cow"blakes` (-blks`), n. pl.
Defn: Dried cow dung used as fuel.[Prov. Eng.] Simmonds.
COWBOY
Cow"boy` (-boi`), n.
1. A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.
2. One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.
COWCATCHER
Cow"catch`er (-kch`r), n.
Defn: A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]
COWDIE
Cow"die (kou"d), n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Kauri.