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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cowit, Cow(i)d, ppl. a. [Cow v.] Having the hair or horns cut short; polled.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 275.
Weil couth I claw his cruke bak, and kemm his cowit noddill 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1958 (B).
Quhat diuill a(i)llis the cowid carle 1603 Philotus lxvii.
Ye gar us trow that all our heids be cowit a1689 Cleland Poems 88 (J).
Acts … Imposing nook'd caps and cow'd heads(2) 1582 Edinb. Test. XI. 220.
Foure oxin, ane of thame … blak cowit 1586 Ib. XV. 79.
Ane cowit brandit ox 1597 Ib. XXXI. 240.
Scho left to Jane Hay ane cowit quoy
