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Definition of Cowans
1. cowan [n] - See also: cowan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowans
Literary usage of Cowans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine by Charles Whitlock Moore (1867)
"cowans. In our paper on Mother Kilwinning appearing in the " Magazine " of date
August 29, 1863, there occurs the following passage: " Kilwinning, Dec. ..."
2. ... An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, Comprising the by Albert Gallatin Mackey, Edward L. Hawkins, William James Hughan (1912)
"It is there taught that our ancient brethren met on the highest hills and lowest
vales, the better to absente the approach of cowans ana eavesdroppers, ..."
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