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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 345 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COWARD , a See also:

TERM

term of contempt for one who, before danger, See also:

pain or trouble, shows fear, whether See also:

PHYSICAL

physical or moral. The derivation of the word has been obscured by a connexion in sensewith the verb " cow," to instil fear into, which is derived from old Norse kuga, a word of similar meaning, and with the verb " cower," to crouch, which is also Scandinavian in origin.' The true derivation is from the See also:

French See also:

coe, an old See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

QUEUE

queue, a tail, from See also:

Lat. cauda, hence couart or couard. The reference to " tail " is either to the expression " turn tail " in See also:

FLIGHT

flight, or to the See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of animals dropping the tail between the legs when frightened; in See also:

HERALDRY

heraldry, a See also:

lion in this position is a " lion coward." In the See also:

FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

fable of Reynard the See also:

Fox the name of the See also:

hare is Coart, Kywart, Cuwaert or other variants.

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