Definition of Cowhided

1. Verb. (past of cowhide) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cowhided

1. cowhide [v] - See also: cowhide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowhided

cowhage
cowhages
cowhand
cowhands
cowheard
cowheards
cowhearted
cowheel
cowheels
cowherb
cowherbs
cowherd
cowherds
cowhide
cowhided (current term)
cowhides
cowhiding
cowhidings
cowhouse
cowhouses
cowier
cowies
cowiest
cowing
cowinner
cowinners
cowish
cowitch
cowitches

Literary usage of Cowhided

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica by Oneida Historical Society at Utica (1894)
"... you see what Mr. Greeley said about you in the Tribune this morning, governor?” “\Vhat did he say?” was his answer. “He says you ought to be cowhided ..."

2. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. by Harriet Jacobs (1862)
"A quarrel arose between him and her brother, and the brother cowhided him. This led to a family feud, and he proposed to remove to Virginia. ..."

3. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1864)
"... if the gentleman who cowhided him for offering an indignity to a lady was standing with his back to him when he inflicted the chastisement. ..."

4. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"... cowhided Ephraim Pentland on Market Street. William Wilkins was Stewart's second in that duel. Duelling was not so uncommon then as now. ..."

5. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"Greene: If the Governor were not such a coward, he would have cowhided you before this, or got somebody else to do it. Hurly : If the gentleman from ..."

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