Definitions for cowages
cowages
cow·age
Spelling: [kou-ij]
IPA: /ˈkaʊ ɪdʒ/
Cowages is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 152 anagrams from letters in cowages (acegosw).
Definitions for cowages
noun
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a tropical vine, Mucuna pruriens, of the legume family, bearing reddish or blackish pods.
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the pod itself, covered with bristlelike hairs that are irritating to the skin and cause intense itching.
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the hairs of the cowage mixed with a liquid vehicle and used to expel intestinal worms.
Origin of cowages
1630-40; Hindi kãũch, kēvā̃c (compare kavac any husk or pod), reshaped in E by folk etymology
Examples for cowages
Its houses roofless, their walls crumbled, are scarcely seen beneath the thick green carpet of convolvulus, and cowage (mecuna).