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

s., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.

To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]

money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also money changer. -- Money cowrie (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Cypræa (esp. C. moneta) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See Cowrie. -- Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may no…

To make the noise of a cow; to low; -- child's word.

that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month. The crescent moon, the diadem of night. Cowper.

ylon should mount up to heaven. Jer. li. 53. The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.

g for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. -- Mud puppy (Zoöl.), the menobranchus. -- Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] -- Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. -- Mud wasp (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hymenopte…

coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.

A cow. [Prov. Eng.; U.S., a child's word.] Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow. Tusser.

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

ce: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. "Mustering all its force." Cowper. All the gay feathers he could muster. L'Estrange. To muster troops into service (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army. -- To muster troops out of service (Mil.), to register them for final pay…

A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. Cowper.

A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden.

ommunications or conferences. He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. Cowper.

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.

To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] Cowley.

Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidæ, or Hexanchidæ. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.

e present. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. Cowley.