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English Dictionary: cowl by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cowl
n
  1. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
    Synonym(s): hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling
  2. a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
v
  1. cover with or as with a cowl; "cowl the boys and veil the girls"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cowl \Cowl\ (koul), n. [AS. cuhle, cugle, cugele; cf. dial. G.
      kogel, gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla,
      cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to
      conceal, cella cell. Cf. {Cucullate}.]
      1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name
            was also applied to the hood and garment together.
  
                     What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl?
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to
            improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc.
  
      3. A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cowl \Cowl\, n. [Cf. OF. cuvele, cuvel, dim. of F. cuve tub,
      vat, fr. L. cupa. See {Cup}.]
      A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for
      conveyance of water. --Johnson.
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