[f. COW sb.1 + -ISH.]
1. Like a cow; of the nature of a cow.
1570. Levins, Manip., 145/9. Cowish, vaccinius.
1607. Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr., I. ii. 60. Brentius saith, A circle representeth Christes death aswell as a Crosse;… Peter Viret sayd: A Cowe is as good a signe of it…. This Cowish and circle-like signe.
† 2. Cowardly. Obs.
1579. W. A., Rem. Lawless Love, Vision of Raw Devise, 10. Amid the crewe of cowish carped knightes.
1605. Shaks., Lear, IV. ii. 12. The Cowish terror of his spirit.
