10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COWLSTAFF»
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1
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
(F.—L.) The pole supporting the vesselwas called a cowlstaff; see Merry Wives, iii
. 3.156.'Coul, a large wooden tub; formerly, anykind of cup or vessel;' Halliwell.
ME. cuuel(= cuvel),asin cuuel staf, a cowlstaff, Gen.and Exodus, l. 3710.
2
Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition
For the journey, he has Ilmarinen make him iron footwear, a coat of mail, and an
iron cowlstaff. And so he sets out, pattering along; he comes to Vipunen, who has
long since died and lies in the ground. On that spot there grows a great forest of ...
Juha Pentikäinen, Ritva Poom,
1999
3
A dictionary of the English language
Cowlstaff. Colt,. n. (S.) a. young. horse. ;. a. foolish. youth. — v. to frolic ; to befool.
CYilt'ish, a. like a colt ; frisky; wanton. Colt'ish-ly, ad. in the manner of a colt.
CcHts'tdoth, n. love of youthful pleasure. CoTum-ba-ry, n. (L. columba) a dovecot
; a ...
4
A Catalogue of the Pictures,&c., in the Shakespeare Gallery, ...
... foul linen.Mrs. Page. He! to cover our ma er he : Coll our men, mistress' Fork-
This diffi'mhli'ig knight-si! , y y . ' Mrs. Ford. What, John,,Robert, John!" Go take up.
these. clothes. here,. quickly;. Where's. the. cowlstaff? look,. how you drumble: ...
Shakspeare Gallery, John BOYDELL (Lord Mayor of London.),
1790
5
A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and ...
Go take up these clothes quickly; Where's the cowlstaff? Meaay Wives of
Winnsoa. Collen (L. collutn), embraced round the neck. Colling was the act of
embracing the neck. i So having saide, hertwixt her armes twaine. She strcightly
straio'd ...
6
The Kalevala: Or, Poems of the Kaleva District
He drove the iron cowlstaff into Antero Vipunen's mouth, into the grinning gums,
the rattling jaws. He uttered a word, spoke thus: "Slave of mankind, get up from
lying under the ground, from sleeping a long time." Vipunen rich in songs at once
...
7
A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and ...
Colestaff, a pole or staff upon which vessels are carried by two persons, by
running it through two handles; sometimes called caltstaff and cowlstaff. I and my
companye have taken the constable from the watch, and carried Mm about the
fields ...
25 But the staunch old Vainamoinen Made his mind up to attempt it. Then he
hurried to the smithy Where he spoke to Ilmarinen: "O you smith, you Ilmarinen,
Forge me shoes and gloves of iron, 30 Iron shirt and iron cowlstaff, Make it steel -
and ...
Eino Friberg, George C. Schoolfield,
1988
... that have been used to describe general and gross stupidity, and that all take
the form of declaring that someone "knows not" or "cannot tell" X from Y: a cat
from a cowlstaff, a goose from a gridiron, chalk from cheese, his ass from his
elbow, ...
10
English Folk-rhymes: A Collection of Traditional Verses ...
The stang [Saxon staeng, a pole or staff] proper, is a cowlstaff ; the cowl is a water
-vessel borne by two persons, on the cowlstaff, which is a stout pole whereon the
vessel hangs. " Where's the cowlstaff?" cries Ford's wife when she purposes to ...