Cow vs Spider - What's the difference?
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A female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.
More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age.
The meat of such animals as food (more commonly called beef).
The female of larger species of mammal, including bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
(derogatory, informal) A woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful.
(informal) Anything that is annoyingly difficult, awkward or graceless.
(informal) A conniption fit or hissy fit; a state of agitation .
(mining) A wedge or brake to stop a machine or car; a chock.
To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
* Shakespeare
(UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
* 1836 , Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers ?
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey.
(Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
(chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
* 2002', Katharine Gasparini, ''Cranberry and vanilla ice cream '''spider'' , recipe in ''Cool Food ,
(slang) A spindly person.
(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
(snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
(cookware, US, UK, historical) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
* 1846 , Mary Hooker Cornelius, The Young Housekeeper's Friend ,
* 2005 , Marty Davidson, Grandma Grace's Southern Favorites , recipe for “strawberry coconuts”, Rutledge Hill Press, ISBN 1-4016-0219-3, page 193:
* 2008 , Corona Club (San Francisco, California), Corona Club Cook Book ,
(cookware) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle.
* 1996 , City and Guilds of London Institute, Food preparation and cooking. Cookery units. Student guide. , Stanley Thornes, ISBN 0-7487-2566-0, unit 2ND5, element 2, page 157:
* 2008 , Anna Kasabian and David Kasabian, The Wild Fish Cookbook , Creative Publishing International, ISBN 1-58923-317-4, page 84:
A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached
(slang) Heroin (street drug).
(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
(Internet, of a computer program) to follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
As an acronym cow
is (computing).As a noun spider is
any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey.As a verb spider is
(internet|of a computer program) to follow links on the world wide web in order to gather information.cow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia cow) (en-noun) (see usage notes)- That website is a real cow to navigate.
- (Knight)
Usage notes
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals ky, kye and kine are archaic and no longer in common use.Synonyms
* bitch * bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)Antonyms
* (female domesticated ox or other bovine) bullSee also
* (meat) chicken, pig, pork, goat, lamb, muttonDerived terms
(terms derived from "cow") * cowboy * cow catcher, cowcatcher * cow corner * cowgirl * cowherd * cowmilk, cow milk * cowpoke * cowpool * cowpuncher * cowshed * cow shot * cow tipping * cash cow * have a cow * holy cow * sacred cowSee also
* * beef * bovine * bull * calf * cattle * heifer * steer * low * moo * ox * vealEtymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- Con artists are not cowed by the law.
- To vanquish a people already cowed .
Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Who could live to gaze from day to day on bricks and slates, who had once felt the influence of a scene like this? Who could continue to exist, where there are no cows but the cows on the chimneypots; nothing redolent of Pan but pan-tiles;
Anagrams
* (l) English nouns with irregular pluralsspider
English
Noun
(en noun)page 339.
page 146, recipe 28 “To fry salt pork”:
- Cut slices and lay them in cold water in the spider'; boil them up two or three minutes, then pour off the water and set the ' spider again on the coals and brown the slices on each side.
- In spider pan or deep skillet set over hot coals, quickly fry a few at a time in deep lard until brown.
page 202,
- Melt ½ the dry sugar in the spider , stirring with knife until all is melted.
- If you are deep-frying your falafel, use a spider or basket to place them gently into the hot oil, which should be preheated to a temperature of 175°C (330°F).
- Consider investing in a frying basket or a spider' for small amounts of fish. A ' spider looks like a metal web and has a long handle and can lower and raise fish from the hot oil.
Derived terms
* (assassin spider) * (coconut spider) * (pelican spider) * spiderdom * spidership * spideryVerb
(en verb)- ''The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.