Cows
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Definition
(pl. ) of Cow
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing cows waiting for the milking hour, promises abundant fulfilment of hopes and desires. See Cattle.
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Examples
- The test for the cows was likewise successful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They reckoned wealth by cows. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He found that when cows were deprived of food containing fat they still continued to give milk yielding cream or fatty products. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He bred his cows for milk. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I fell into a beaten road, where I saw many tracts of human feet, and some of cows, but most of horses. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Sheep-marks there were in profusion, and at one place, some miles down, cows had left their tracks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Twenty-five cows will eat up the ensilage about as fast as one man can get it out. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I took with me six cows and two bulls alive, with as many ewes and rams, intending to carry them into my own country, and propagate the breed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- A smell of cows, hot, animal, almost like beef, came out on the heavily cold air. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There are about sixteen million milch cows in the United States, and their contribution to the food stuffs of the day in milk, butter, and cheese is no insignificant factor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But we don't live under leaves, and keep cows and sheep and creatures. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I put my cows and sheep into my coat-pockets, and got on board with all my little cargo of provisions. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Sixty sheep and a number of cows were subjec ted to experiment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- April 13 to 30, four heifers and two dry cows were fed ensilage and hay. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- All work is stopped, all assemble there, nobody leads the cows out, the cows are there with the rest. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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