Coward
Coward (kou"?rd) , adjective
[Old French couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., French couard, from Old French coe, coue, tail, French queue (from Latin coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Compare Cue, Queue, Caudal.]
1.
(Heraldry) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
2.
Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch.
3.
Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
Invading fears repel my coward joy.
Coward , noun
A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse.
Coward , transitive verb
To make timorous; to frighten. [Obsolete]
That which cowardeth a man's heart.