Definition of Cowing

1. Verb. (present participle of cow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cowing

1. cow [v] - See also: cow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowing

cowheels
cowherb
cowherbs
cowherd
cowherds
cowhide
cowhided
cowhides
cowhiding
cowhidings
cowhouse
cowhouses
cowier
cowies
cowiest
cowing (current term)
cowinner
cowinners
cowish
cowitch
cowitches
cowk
cowked
cowkeeper
cowking
cowks
cowl
cowl muscle
cowled
cowleech

Literary usage of Cowing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York by New York (State). Court of Appeals, Austin Abbott (1874)
"cowing. The plaintiffs claim that cowing, the maker, received value at the time ... But it was shown by parol evidence that cowing became the maker of the ..."

2. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 by Weymouth (Mass (1910)
"COWEN (see Cowan, Cowin, cowing), Deborah, d. Israel Jr. and Hannah, Dec. 2 [dup. ... COWIN (see Cowan, Cowen, cowing), Barnabas, s. Howland and Rachel, bp. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of the State by New York (State). Court of Appeals, Emerson Willard Keyes (1867)
"On the 20th October, 1856, and before the said notes were made, Benson had applied to cowing to borrow his note for about $4000, which cowing declined to ..."

4. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Lewis publishing company, Chicago, Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker (1908)
"Daniel cowing is a name constantly recurring in the history of that town, though the family is now practically extinct there. ..."

5. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, Edward Manson, John Melville Gould (1896)
"cowing v. cowing (1864), 33 LJP 149. In assessing damages against the co-respondent the jury are to take into consideration the same circumstances as would ..."

6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"WS JOHN cowing KNOX, of Jackson, Minnesota, an Associate of the American Ornithologists' Union, wn- drowned in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Canada, on June io, ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"That the plaintiffs confiding in the promise, did afterwards, on divers days and times, sell and deliver to cowing, on certain credit, agreed upon between ..."

8. The Old Merchants of New York City by Walter Barrett (1885)
"Before the war, he and Henry cowing started a cotton factory at Fishkill Landing, ... There were two of the brothers cowing — Henry and Ward. ..."

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