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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cow, n.4 [Norw. kuv-, kuskjel, Icel. kúskel.] A large round species of shell-fish. —1693 J. Wallace Orkney 14.
Here is plenty of shell fish, oisters, &c., crabs, cows, or the tillinoe
