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The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.

Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.

See Cowpox. Dunglison.

A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock. Dunglison.

A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass.

Same as Kauri.

A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.

in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold. American cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West (Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order (Primulaceæ) with the English cowslip. -- French cowslip (Bot.), bear's-ear (Primula A…

Adorned with cowslips. "Cowslipped lawns." Keats.

Same as Cow parsley.

A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields.

Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.

Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century. Fairholt.

To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton.

[Mahratta gaekwar, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.

To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To transport in a scow.

g or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scowled and frowned with froward countenance. Spenser.

In a scowling manner.

The mantee.