cowing,ppl.a.|ˈkaʊɪŋ| [cow v.1] Overawing, intimidating. 1843T. Wilson Pitman's Pay etc. 24 It was, ne doubt, a cooen seet [i.e. cowing sight].1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere I. x. 261 Her sharp tongue had sometimes a cowing effect on his curious nonchalance.