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adv. [ Pref. a- + cock. ] In a cocked or turned up fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Prefix a- + cock + bill: with bills cocked up. ] (Naut.) (a) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor. (b) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

A faucet to allow escape of air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From F. beau fine + E. cock (the bird); or more prob. fr. OF. baud bold, gay + E. cock. Cf. Bawd. ] A fine fellow; -- a term of endearment. [ Obs. ] “How now, my bawcock ?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European water rail. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., or . [ Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies. ] A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. “The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.” B. H. Chamberlain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat. Charles Reade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from Brompton Hospital, London. ](Pharmacy) A mixture containing morphine and cocaine, and sometimes other narcotic substances, such as heroin, in an alcoholic solution, administered mostly to terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, to relieve severe pain. Its use is not universally accepted as good medical practice. [ PJC ]

n. [ AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. Chicken. ] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A chief man; a leader or master. [ Humorous ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A faucet or valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Jonsons says, “The handle probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason.” Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma critæ galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The style of gnomon of a dial. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The indicator of a balance. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. a penis. [ vulgar ] [ PJC ]

Ball cock. See under Ball. --
Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. --
Cock and bull story,
an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. --
Cock of the plains (Zool.) See Sage cock. --
Cock of the rock (Zool.), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cocked p. pr. & vb. n. Cocking. ] [ Cf. Gael. coc to cock. ] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dick would cock his nose in scorn. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cocked their hats in each other's faces. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. cocca notch of an arrow. ] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cocked, fired, and missed his man. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. kökkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect. ] A small concial pile of hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under the cocked hay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of. coque, F. coche, a small vessel, L. concha muscle shell, a vessel. See Coach, and cf. Cog a small boat. ] A small boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yond tall anchoring bark [ appears ]
Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy
Almost too small for sight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [ Obs. ] “By cock and pie.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seduced by military liveries and cockades. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a cockade. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the crowing sound made by a rooster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Syn. -- boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] 1. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

A little transverse bone
Which boys and bruckeled children call
(Playing for points and pins) cockal. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From cock + leek. ] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Russian variety of bagatelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small gray and white Australian parrot (Leptolophus hollandicus, formerly Calopsitta Novæ-Hollandiæ) with a prominent crest; the male has bright yellow cheeks and crest, but the female has only a pale yellow in the face; -- it is so called from its note.
Syn. -- cockateel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Malayan kakatūa. ] (Zool.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinæ, 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 cockatoo (Plictolophus cristatus or Cacatua cristatus), the sulphur-crested (Cacatua galerita or Plictolophus galeritus), etc. The palm cockatoo or great black cockatoo of Australia is Probosciger aterrimus (formerly Microglossus aterrimus). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. [ 1913 Webster ]

That bare vowel, I, shall poison more
Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. [ 1913 Webster ]

The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [ Rev. Ver. basilisk's ] den. Is. xi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any venomous or deadly thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cock a boat. ] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giddy; rash. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chafer the beetle. ] (Zool.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning; the first light of day.
Syn. -- dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

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. ] To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cock the bird. ] 1. One given to cockfighting. [ Obs. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. köcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows). ] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a double dim. of cock. ] A young cock. [ 1913 Webster ]

. One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ F. coquet coquettish. See Coquette, n. ] Pert; saucy. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Eng. Law) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A measure for bread. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From cock to turn up. ] A squinting eye. Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A match or contest of gamecocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Addicted to cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced. [ 1913 Webster ]