No. All I reckoned upon was Cowing him into a civiller posture of mind, and checking his aggressions and insolence.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
I was reluctant to shed his blood, and I was willing to try all possible means to avoid doing so; but if I did not succeed in Cowing this ruffian, authority was at an end.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley
The dog would have been over after him, had not Cosmo, turning his back on the bailiff, who had not observed his master's danger, knocked the dog, in the act of leaping, once more to the earth, when a rush of stones that came with him, and partly fell upon him, had its share in Cowing him.
"Warlock o' Glenwarlock"
George MacDonald