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▪ I. cowed, ppl. a.|kaʊd|
[f. cow v.1+ -ed.]
Depressed or dispirited through fear; overawed.
1608Shakes. Per. iv. iii. 25, I do shame To think of what a noble train you are And of how cow'd a spirit. a1745Swift Helter Skelter (R.), Low in pocket, cow'd in courage, Safely glad to sup their porridge. 1856Olmsted Slave States 149 Not like whipped curs and cowed slaves, but as free men. 1887Jessopp Arcady viii. 230 A farm labourer is a heavy, sanctimonious, and thoroughly cowed creature.
▪ II. cowed
knew; obs. var. of could: see can v.1
c1500‘Robin Hood & Potter’ in Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ball. (1888) III. v. cxxi. 111/2 The potter cowed of corteysey. |