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Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

e family Hyænidæ, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also hyæna.]

buse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.

Not valorous; cowardly.

of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. Shak. Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. -- War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.

White-livered; cowardly.

Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [Colloq.] [Written also meaching and meeching.]

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

d in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. Shak. To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer.

, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault. "Murderous coward." Shak. -- Mur"der*ous*ly, adv.

A fool; an idiot, a coward. [Obs.] Camden.

A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium. [Obs.] He is worthy to be called a niding. Howell.

. Ex. xvi. 36. A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward. Shak.

An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch. Shak.

Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

gth or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. "His genius . . . poor and cowardly." Bacon.

Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base. -- Poor"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.