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Definition of Cowls
1. cowl [v] - See also: cowl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowls
Literary usage of Cowls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwelling Houses: Their Sanitary Construction and Arrangements by William Henry Corfield (1885)
"There is no doubt, however, that several fixed chimney cowls for preventing down
... Of revolving cowls for chimneys, the common lobster-backed FIG. 10. ..."
2. A Manual of Public Health by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1890)
"cowls are under certain circumstances advantageous, for instance, the common way of
... cowls whether aspirating or the reverse, fixed or revolving, ..."
3. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"cowls.—Emerson's ventilators.—Advantage is taken of the currents in the external
air, to aid in establishing ventilation in houses, and draught in chimneys, ..."
4. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, William Rishanger (1852)
"... that they might obtain the blessings of the spectators, and, bowing their
heads, and with cowls lowered, commended themselves to the prayers of all. ..."
5. How to Drain a House: Practical Information for Householders by George Edwin Waring (1902)
"VENTILATING cowls ON SOIL-PIPES. THE upward extension of soil-pipe for complete
ventilation is a matter of much importance, and one that has been ..."
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