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coward : 英英辞書
Cow"ard
(kou"?rd), a.[OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]
1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch.
Shak.
3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
Shak.
Invading fears repel my coward joy.
Proir.

Cow"ard
n.A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Craven; poltroon; dastard.

Cow"ard
v. t.To make timorous; to frighten. [Obs.]
That which cowardeth a man's heart.
Foxe.



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