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Ball cock . See under Ball . -- Chaparral cock . See under Chaparral . -- Cock and bull story , an extravagant , boastful story; a canard. -- Cock of the plains (Zo\'94l.) See Sage cock . -- Cock of the rock (Zo\'94l.) , a South American bird ( Rupicola aurantia ) having a beautiful crest. -- Cock of the walk , a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. -- Cock of the woods . See Capercailzie .

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Cock (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cocked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cocking .] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up.

Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay.

Dick would cock his nose in scorn. Swift.

2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.

They cocked their hats in each other's faces. Macaulay.

4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.

Cocked hat . (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat <-- or tricorn -->. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.

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Cock , v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.

Addison.

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Cock , n. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock .

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Cock , n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm.

At cock , At full cock , with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock . See under Half . -- Cock feather (Archery) , the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch.

Nares.

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Cock , v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

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Cock , v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.

Cocked , fired, and missed his man. Byron.

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Cock , n. [Cf. Icel. k\'94kkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.] A small concial pile of hay.

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Cock , v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.

Under the cocked hay. Spenser.

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Cock , n. [Of. coque , F. coche , a small vessel, L. concha muscle shell, a vessel. See Coach , and cf. Cog <?/ small boat.] A small boat.

Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] Diminished to her cock ; her cock , a buoy Almost too small for sight. Shak.

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Cock , n. A corruption or disguise of the word God , used in oaths. [Obs.] "By cock and pie."

Shak.

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Cock*ade" (?) , n. [F. cocarble , fr. coquard vain, OF. coquart , fr. coq cock, prob. of imitative origin. The ornament is so named from its resemblance to the crest of a cock. Cf. Coquette .] A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.

Seduced by military liveries and cockades . Burke.

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Cock*ad"ed (?) , a. Wearing a cockade.

Young.

Cock-a-hoop <Xpage=271>

Cock`-a-hoop" (?) , a. Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

Cockal <Xpage=271>

Cock"al (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice [Obs.]

2. The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone . [Obs.]

Nares.

A little transverse bone Which boys and bruckeled children call (Playing for points and pins) cockal . Herrick.

Cockaleekie <Xpage=271>

Cock`a*leek"ie (?) , n. [From cock + leek .] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

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Cock`a*ma*roo" (?) , n. The Russian variety of bagatelle.

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Cock"a*teel (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) An Australian parrot ( Calopsitta Nov\'91-Hollandi\'91 ); -- so called from its note.

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Cock`a*too (?) , n. [Malayan kakat\'d4a .] (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin\'91 , having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested ( Plictolophus, &or; Cacatua, cristatus ), the sulphur-crested ( P. galeritus ), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus .

Cock"a*trice (?; 277) , n. [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix , cocatrice . The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile , but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq , whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile .]

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1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk .

That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice . Shak.

2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.

3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.

The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's ] den. Is. xi. 8.

4. Any venomous or deadly thing.

This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon.

Cockbill <Xpage=273>

Cock"bill (?) , v. t. [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning .

To cockbill the anchor , to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill .

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Cock"boat` (?) , n. [See Cock a boat.] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.

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Cock"-brained` (?) , a. Giddy; rash.

Milton.

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Cock"chaf`er (?) , n. [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zo\'94l.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris ) and allied genera; -- called also May bug , chafer , or dorbeetle .

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Cock"crow (?) , Cock"crow`ing , n. The time at which cooks first crow; the early morning.

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Cock"er (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cockered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering .] [OE. cokeren ; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle , v.] Th treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.

Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.

Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.

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Cock"er , n. [From Cock the bird.] 1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.]

Steele.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.

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Cock"er , n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. k\'94cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle , holder . Cf. Quiver (for arrows).] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.]

Drayton.

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Cock"er*el (?) , n. [Prob. a double dim. of cock .] A young cock.

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Cock"et (?) , a. [F. coquet coquettish. See Coquette , n. ] Pert; saucy. [Obs.]

Halliwell.

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Cock"et , n. 1. (Eng. Law) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shopper as a warrant that his goods have been duly enstered and have paid duty.

2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [Eng.]

3. A measure for bread. [Obs.]

Blount.

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Cock"eye` (?) , n. [From cock to turn up.] A squinting eye.

Forby.

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Cock"eye` , n. (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

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Cock"fight` (?) , n. A match or contest of gamecocks.

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Cock"fight`ing , n. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.

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Cock"fight`ing , a. Addicted to cockfighting.

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Cock"head` (?) , n. (Mach.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

Cockhorse <Xpage=273>

Cock"horse` (?) , n. 1. A child's rocking-horse.

Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.

2. A high or tall horse. [R.]

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Cock"horse` , a. 1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart.

Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.

Cockieleekie <Xpage=273>

Cock`ie*leek"ie (?) , n. Same as Cockaleekie .

Cocking <Xpage=273>

Cock"ing , n. Cockfighting.

Ben Jonson.

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Coc"kle (?) , n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s<?/coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by EF. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch . Cf. Coach .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium , especially C. edule , used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.

2. A cockleshell.

3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.

Raymond.

4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.]

Knight.

5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast.

Knight.

6. The dome of a heating furnace.

Knight.

Cockle hat , a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. Shak. -- Cockle stairs , winding or spiral stairs.

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Coc"kle , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cockled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cockling (?) .] [Of uncertian origin.] To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.

Cockling sea , waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion.

Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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Coc"kle , n. [AS. coccel , cocel ; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks, cockle.] (Bot.) (a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose ( Luchnis Githage ). (b) The Lotium , or darnel.

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Coc"kle*bur` (?) , n. (Bot.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium ; -- called also clotbur .

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Coc"kled (?) , a. Inclosed in a shell.

The tender horns of cockled snails. Shak.

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Coc"kled , a. Wrinkled; puckered.

Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. Gay.

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Coc"kler (?) , n. One who takes and sells cockles.

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Coc"kle*shell` (?) , n. 1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

2. A light boat.

To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black.

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Cock"loft` (?; 115) n. [Prop., a loft where cocks roost.] An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.

Dryden. Swift.

Cockmaster <Xpage=273>

Cock"mas`ter (?) , n. One who breeds gamecocks.

L'Estrange.

Cockmatch <Xpage=273>

Cock"match` (?) , n. A cockfight.

Cockney <Xpage=273>

Cock"ney (?) , n. ; pl. Cockneys (#) . [OE. cocknay , cokenay , a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay , neye , for ey egg (cf. Newt ), AS. \'91g . See 1st Cock , Egg , n. ] 1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. "A young heir or cockney , that is his mother's darling."

Nash (1592).

This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney . Shak.

2. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuosly.

A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. Macaulay.

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Cock"ney , a. Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.

Cockneydom <Xpage=273>

Cock"ney*dom (?) , n. The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively.

Thackeray.

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Cock"ney*fi (?) , v. t. [ Cockney + -fy .] To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [Colloq.]

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Cock"ney*ish , a. Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.

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Cock"ney*ism (?) , n. The charasteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.

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Cock"-pad`le (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) See Lumpfish . [Scot.]

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Cock"pit` (?) , n. 1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

Henry the Eight had built . . . a cockpit . Macaulay.

2. The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.

Brande & C.

3. (Naut.) (a) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement. (b) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.

Cockroach <Xpage=273>

Cock"roach (?) , n. [Sp. cucaracha .] (Zo\'94l.) An orthopterus insect of the genus Blatta , and allied genera.

&hand; The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are Blatta orientalis , a large species often called black beetle , and the Croton bug ( Ectobia Germanica ).

Cockscomb <Xpage=273>

Cocks"comb (?) , n. [1st cock , n. + comb crest.] 1. See Coxcomb .

2. (Bot.) A plant ( Celosia cristata ), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb . Also the Pedicularis , or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli , and the Onobrychis Crista-galli .

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Cocks"head` (?) , n. (Bot.) A leguminous herb ( Onobrychis Caput-galli ), having small spiny-crested pods.

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Cock"shut` (?) , n. A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.]

Nares.

Cockshut time &or; light , evening twilight; nightfall; -- so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.]

Shak. B. Jonson.

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Cock"shy` (?) , n. 1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

2. An object at which stones are flung.

"Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

Cockspur <Xpage=273>

Cock"spur (?) , n. (Bot.) A variety of Crat\'91gus , or hawthorn ( C. Crus-galli ), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn .

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Cock"sure` (?) , a. 1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]

We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak.

2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]

I throught myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope.

Cockswain <Xpage=273>

Cock"swain (?, colloq . ?) , n. [ Cock a boat + swain ; hence, the master of a boat.] The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.

Cocktail <Xpage=273>

Cock"tail` (?) , n. 1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [U. S.]

2. (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.

Darwin.

3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.]

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail . Thackeray.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Cockup <Xpage=273>

Cock"up (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India ( Lates calcarifer ); -- also called begti .

Cockweed <Xpage=273>

Cock"weed (?) , n. (Bot.) Peppergrass.

Johnson.

Cocky <Xpage=273>

Cock"y (?) , a. [See Cocket .] Pert. [Slang]

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Co"co (?) , n. &or; Co"co palm (?) . See Cocoa .

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