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e; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. "He shared in the plunder." Cowper.

textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. Cowper.

A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.

A hornless animal (cow or sheep).

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

Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

To pierce with a poniard; to stab. Cowper.

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.

ransferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain. -- Porcelain shell (Zoöl.), a cowry.

oach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice. On pain of being posted to your sorrow Fail not, at four, to meet me. Granville.

a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.

A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.

to pierce, as with the talons. [Archaic] Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren. Cowper. Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. J. Fletcher.

One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. Cowley.

or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer. My last, least offering, I present thee now. Cowper.

the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. Cowell.

h and fair dealing. The august tribunal of the skies, where no prevarication shall avail. Cowper.

dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition. Cowper.