Obs. rare–1. [Anglicized spelling of Welsh cywydd.] A form of Welsh verse, consisting of couplets, with internal alliteration or assonance or both, ending in like syllables which would rhyme, except that one is stressed and the other stressless. It is the commonest form of bardic verse.
1612. Drayton, Poly-olb., iv. Notes 59. Some Makers … Rehearse their high conceits in Cowiths. Ibid., 67. Cowiths are couplets of equall tetrameters.
