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cowitch

[ kou-ich ]

noun



cowitch

/ ˈ첹ʊɪʃ /

noun

  1. another name for cowage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cowitch1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cowitch1

C17: alteration of cowage by folk etymology
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The only food they possessed was tamarinds, prepared with ashes, and a little cowitch meal. 

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The cowitch, as mentioned before, has a velvety brown covering of minute prickles, which, if touched, enter the pores of the skin and cause a painful tingling. 

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