COW. In a penal statute which mentions both cows and beefer's, it was held that by the term cow, must be understood one that had a calf. 2 East, P. C. 616; 1 Leach, 105.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter, Nylghau.]

[1913 Webster]

1. The mature female of bovine animals. [1913 Webster]

2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Cow \Cow\ (kou), n. [See Cowl a hood.]

A chimney cap; a cowl [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Cow \Cow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowed (koud); p. pr. & vb. n. Cowing.]

[Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. Cuff, v. t.]

To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. [1913 Webster]

To vanquish a people already cowed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

THe French king was cowed. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Cow \Cow\, n. [Prob. from same root as cow, v. t.]

(Mining) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

131 Moby Thesaurus words for "cow": Brahman, Indian buffalo, Partlet, abash, appall, aurochs, beat down, beef, beef cattle, beeves, biddy, bison, bitch, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, break, brood mare, browbeat, buffalo, bull, bulldoze, bullock, bully, bullyrag, calf, carabao, castrate, cattle, clamp down on, coerce, compel, critter, dairy cattle, dairy cow, daunt, demoralize, despotize, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, doe, dogie, domineer, domineer over, dragoon, embarrass, enslave, ewe, ewe lamb, faze, filly, grind, grind down, guinea hen, gyp, harass, hector, heifer, hen, henpeck, hind, hornless cow, huff, intimidate, jenny, keep down, keep under, kine, leppy, lioness, lord it over, mare, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, nanny, nanny goat, neat, oppress, overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, ox, oxen, peahen, press heavy on, rattle, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over, roe, she-bear, she-goat, she-lion, slut, sow, steer, stirk, stot, strong-arm, subjugate, suppress, systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, tigress, trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, vixen, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on, wisent, yak, yearling, zebu

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

cow

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Cow \Cow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowed (koud);; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowing.]

[Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. Cuff, v. t.]

To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.

To vanquish a people already cowed. --Shak.

THe French king was cowed. --J. R. Green.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cow \Cow\, n. [Prob. from same root as cow, v. t.]

(Mining) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. --Knight.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cow \Cow\ (kou), n. [See Cowl a hood.]

A chimney cap; a cowl

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter, Nylghau.]

1. The mature female of bovine animals.

2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)