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cow n Cp EDD ~ sb1 1 (11) ~ belly 'a quick-sand'.
DAE 6 ~ fly (1879). DINNEEN riabhach: laetheanta na riaibhche 'the days of the
brindled cow' for cow's days ~ EDD sb1 1 (85) ~ plat.
Attrib, comb cow bee: fly attracted to cows and other large
animals.
[1970] 1976 GUY 117 In the course of an hour I had upset
the ecology of the region to the tune of thirty-eight nippers, sixteen cowbees and six
others of a nasty sort. Q 71-3 Cow bees are the kind of insects you find on a moose's
skin. They don't bite you.
cow belly: bog-land.
1958 Evening Telegram 18 Mar, p. 4 This is peat land, or
commonly known to Newfoundlanders as 'cowbelly' and is highly acid and required ample
cultivation by skilled farmers.
cow(s) days: period from
April 1-13.
C 68-16 The first of April to the thirteenth are known
as 'the cow days.' These days are usually cold and windy. The old folk years ago used to
say that those were the days for skinning the cow. C 71-26 'Old cows days' referred to
the first thirteen days of April. which were always supposed to be days of bad weather.
The old people never counted on doing any outdoor work during this weather for 'the old
cows days are coming up,' they'd say.
cow flock: marsh
marigold (Caltha palustris) (1956 ROULEAU 28).
cow
fly: see cow bee (Q 71-8).
cow platter, ~ plat(e):
cow dung.
P 206-69 Cow's plate: the round dried cow droppings.
1973 PINSENT 9 Ruth Lowe and a downtown girl friend stop to help Roger to his feet after
he falls to his knees in a cow platter.
cow(s) tail: (a) in
coopering, a mop-like device used to shape a barrel; (b) cirrus cloud or mare's tail.
T 90-64 [The barrel would be] tressed over a fire and steamed with
a cow's tail—a stick with a piece of brin on it. stuck down in a barrel, and you
give it a swish around on the hot wood and then hammer your level best, and you'd bring
that barrel to a shape. 1965 PEACOCK (ed) i, 141 "On the Schooner John Joe-: But
now we're bound home and our wings they are spread, / And the cow-tails are flying all
over our heads. Q 71-7 ~ a cloud formation predicting strong winds.
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