Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cowse.
Examples
-
Captain William Clark, of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition, dropped the final _e_ from the word cowse, spelling it c-o-w-s.
The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Nathaniel Pitt Langford 1871
-
February 11, 2008 at 2:07 pm you reelize, of cowse, i yam just being sillee.
CHEEZBURGR W/ EXTRA LETTUCE - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
-
Back we were by the jerk of a bearnstark, backed in paladays last, on the brinks of the wobblish, the man what never put a dramn in the swags but milk from a national cowse.
Finnegans Wake 2006
-
I have been told by James Stuart that in the valley of the Snake river the "camas" and the "cowse" roots are to be found in great abundance, and are much prized as food by the Indians.
The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Nathaniel Pitt Langford 1871
-
We have not noticed on this trip a single growing plant or specimen of the camas, the cowse, or yamph.
The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Nathaniel Pitt Langford 1871
-
In Gough’s edition of Camden the name is given “Careg cowse in clowse, _i. e._ the heavy rock in the wood.”
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
-
Then why should we hesitate to accept _Cara clowse in cowse_ as the ancient Cornish name of the Mount, and why object to Mr. Pengelly’s argument that it must have been given at
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
-
Cornish name of St. Michael’s Mount, _Cara clowse in cowse_, which in
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
Gammerstang commented on the word cowse
(verb) - (1) To pursue animals; Western England.
--Thomas Wright's Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, 1857
(2) To wander about idly.
--James Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855
(3) To court, make love to spelled course.
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
January 16, 2018