Definition of "cowitch" []

• Alternative form of cowage. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "The only food they possessed was tamarinds, prepared with ashes, and a little cowitch meal."
• "The cowitch, as mentioned before, has a velvety brown covering of minute prickles, which, if touched, enter the pores of the skin and cause a painful tingling."
• "The reeds are full of cowitch (Dolichos pruriens), the pods of which are covered with what looks a fine velvety down, but is in reality"