construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
cowkine
cowlick
cowlick
noun
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
cowlike
cowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
cowpock
cowpock
noun
Obsolete form of cowpox.
cowpoke
cowpoke
noun
(US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence.
(US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
cowskin
cowskin
noun
A whip made of that material.
Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.
cutwork
cutwork
noun
A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away
dawcock
dawcock
noun
(obsolete) A jackdaw.
(obsolete) A silly fellow.
icework
icework
noun
(geology) Glacier action.
Art or building work using ice as a material.
kowatch
lacwork
lacwork
noun
Ornamentation by means of lacquer.
lockjaw
lockjaw
noun
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
lucknow
lucknow
Proper noun
State capital of Uttar Pradesh (India).
outwick
rowlock
rowlock
noun
(nautical, chiefly Britain) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US).
sowback
sowback
noun
A low ridge of sand
towcock
warlock
warlock
noun
A male magic-user; a male witch.
warnock
wedlock
wedlock
noun
(obsolete) A wife; a married woman.
wenlock
wenlock
Adjective
Of a geologic epoch within the Silurian period from about 428 to 423 million years ago; marked by the appearance of the first corals.
