Acow – Brockett A Glossary of North Country Words 1829

Acow, crooked, obliquely, awry. Sax. ascunian, devitare.

Source: Brockett John Trotter. A Glossary of North Country Words in use with Etymology and affinity to other languages and occasional Notices of Local Customs and Popular Superstitions. Printed Newcastle upon Tyne 1829.