Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cowhide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cowhide \Cow"hide`\ (-h?d`), n.
1. The hide of a cow.
2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.
3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cowhide \Cow"hide`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cowhided}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Cowhiding}.]
To flog with a cowhide.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cowhide
n 1: leather made from the hide of a cow [syn: {cowskin}]
2: the hide of a cow
3: a heavy flexible whip made of braided cowhide
v : flog with a cowhide
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