keow

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Etymology

From Middle English cou, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

keow (plural keeine)

  1. cow
    • 1867, “THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 102:
      Dhree brailès o' beanès, an a keow at was yole,
      Three barrels of beans, and a cow that was old,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 49
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