adj. frightened into submission or compliance.
v. i.
Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cherish with care. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. characterized by or showing abject fear. [ prenominal ]
n. pl. Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from
v. t. To rescue. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF American Indian origin. ] (Zool.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also