cowans

In these surrogate families the free with their bodies and usually stoned or drunk women found more acceptance and support than the outer world (the so-called cowans) ever gave them and more importantly they found non-judgmental validation of the ever escalating addictions and self-destructive behaviors they displayed.

Red Alerts 2009

A quick visit by helicopter and the interjection of a polite, armed “heavy” might be enough to deter intruders, “cowans.”

Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003

No, the upturned box was designed specifically for the uninformed, to throw “cowans” off the trail, to make them think that whatever treasure might have been there was now long gone.

Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003

The gun was the shoot-to-kill weapon of a KGC sentinel, of W. D. Ashcraft, who had lived in Section 33, and who had been assigned to kill cowans on sight, questions asked later.

Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003

His station is at the outer avenue of the Chapter, his duty to guard against the approach of cowans and eavesdroppers, and suffer none to pass or repass but such as are duly qualified.

The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge William Morgan

For this purpose it was resolved to use different signs, words, and tokens, in every degree, by which they would be secured against cowans and Saracens.

The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge William Morgan

We must never expose ourselves to the conversation of cowans, and must be circumspect even with those with whom we are the most intimate; and not deliver up ourselves to any, excepting those whose character and behavior have proved them brothers, who are worthy to come and appear in the sacred sanctuary where holy Truth delivers her oracles.

The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge William Morgan

And were you to reflect on the black color of said box, it would teach you to cover your secrets with a thick veil, in such a manner that the profane cowans cannot possibly have any knowledge thereof.

The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge William Morgan

"To keep off all cowans and eavesdroppers, and see that none pass or repass without permission from the chair."

The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge William Morgan

Secondly, the candidate approaches the footstool of the Master, and there renounces all cowans; he promises to subdue his passions, by which means he is united to virtue, and by his regularity of life, demonstrates what he proposes.

The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge William Morgan