CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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cowherd in CommonParlance
- definition a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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cowhide in CommonParlance
- definition leather made from the hide of a cow
- definition the hide of a cow
- definition a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
- definition flog with a cowhide
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cowhouse in CommonParlance
- definition a barn for cows
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cowl in CommonParlance
- definition protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
- definition a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
- definition cover with or as with a cowl
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cowl muscle in CommonParlance
- definition either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms
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cowl-shaped in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like a cowl
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cowled in CommonParlance
- definition having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood
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cowlick in CommonParlance
- definition a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
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cowling in CommonParlance
- definition protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
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cowman in CommonParlance
- definition a male hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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cownose ray in CommonParlance
- definition large ray found along eastern coast of North America
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cowpea in CommonParlance
- definition fruit or seed of the cowpea plant
- definition sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
- definition eaten fresh as shell beans or dried
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cowpea plant in CommonParlance
- definition sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
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cowpen daisy in CommonParlance
- definition coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico
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cowpie in CommonParlance
- definition fecal matter of a cow
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cowpoke in CommonParlance
- definition a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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cowpox in CommonParlance
- definition a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
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cowpuncher in CommonParlance
- definition a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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cowrie in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
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cowry in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
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cows in CommonParlance
- definition domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
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cows' milk in CommonParlance
- definition milk obtained from dairy cows
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cowshed in CommonParlance
- definition a barn for cows
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cowskin in CommonParlance
- definition leather made from the hide of a cow
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cowslip in CommonParlance
- definition early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
- definition swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups