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ong, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth.

ow of a precipice; the brow of a hill. To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.

To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff. Cowper.

To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]

was] somewhat corpulent and burly. Sir T. More. Burly and big, and studious of his ease. Cowper.

A cow house. [N. of Eng.& Scot.]

metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.

Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable. Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. W. Irving.

The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.

hbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders. The baker's punctual call. Cowper.

To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." Job xxi. 10.

Hooded; cowled.

captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team. A trainband captain eke was he. Cowper. The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot.

branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. Sir W. Scott.

to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a race" Cowper. (b) To have influence.

A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.

ections formed for interest, and endeared By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. Cowper. They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of the words. Sowth.

Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper. Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant.

which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit. Cowell.

a carriage in general. Cowper.