Cow
Cow (kīn) , noun
[Old English cu, cou, Anglo-Saxon cū; akin to Dutch koe, German kuh, Old High German kuo, Icelandic kȳr, Danish & Swedish ko, Latin bos ox, cow, Greek boy^s, Sanskrit gō. r223. Compare Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter, Nylghau.]
1.
The mature female of bovine animals.
2.
The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.
Cow (kou) , noun
[See Cowl a hood.]
A chimney cap; a cowl
Cow (koud) , transitive verb
[Compare Icelandic kuga, Swedish kufva to check, subdue, Danish kue. Compare Cuff, transitive verb]
To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.
To vanquish a people already cowed.
THe French king was cowed.
Cow , noun
[Probably from same root as cow, transitive verb]
(Mining) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. — Knight