Definition of Cahows

1. Noun. (plural of cahow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cahows

1. cahow [n] - See also: cahow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cahows

cags
cagy
cagyness
cah
cahier
cahiers
cahinca
cahincic acid
cahnite
cahoot
cahootchie
cahooted
cahooting
cahoots
cahow
cahows (current term)
cahs
caicco
caiccos
caid
caids
caillach
caillachs
caille
cailles
caimac
caimacam
caimacams
caimacs
caiman

Literary usage of Cahows

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

1. The Naturalist in Bermuda: A Sketch of the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of by John Matthew Jones, John L. Hurdis, John Walter Wedderburn (1859)
"Mr. Smith describes these cahows as being two beautiful birds, one of them in particular, which he took to be a male. They were about the size of a common ..."

2. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"This doubtless refers to the egg-birds as well as to the cahow, but it was "overlate," like the former law, for before that time the cahows anil the ..."

3. The Naturalist in Bermuda; a Sketch of the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of by John Matthew Jones (1859)
"Smith describes these cahows as being two beautiful one of them in particular, which he took to be a They were about the size of a common duck, ..."

4. Adventure Guide to Bermuda by Blair Howard (2004)
"Today, after a great deal of effort, Wingate is the guardian of more than 40 pairs of nesting cahows and the island ..."

5. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... He with a contrary extremity of the abundance of Contrary cahows and Fish, many surfeited and died. Some extreme- killed the Cattell, and one stole away ..."

6. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"Prepared from allyl iodide and K2S, (Hofmann, cahows). Analogous selenium and tellurium compounds of alcohol radicles are also known. ..."

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